One of the reasons I used to avoid being a birdwatcher, is that it was so difficult to find birds as it was hit and miss. For me, if I'm going to photograph something I want to know it's going to be there.

I seem to be in the same situation with horses when I drive around London on backroads. Stopping by the side of a road becomes a tad ‘interesting’ as there is very little shoulder to park on safely. Vehicles speed past and I am sure I could have reached out to touch them - which I didn’t. Still similar to birding, as it was often a wild goose chase except it was horses. Made me realize how much work horse owners do for workshops. Stangely enough, horses in a pasture do not rear on command, gallop long enough to get a shot or stop eating long enough to get a shot. I won’t mention grooming - every speck of mud is in the image in all its high resolution beauty!

I rely a lot on intuition when I'm out driving around and for some reason, I decided to drive down this gravel road just north of London. I believe they were Standardbreds. They seemed fairly cooperative and I had a long lens so I was able to get this shot. No owners seemed to be about so wasn’t able to get permission so I didn’t stay long.