So we carefully put Oscar in the part of the field away from Blue and surrounded by the electric fence. Bad idea. He just walked right through it! Blue came trotting up to investigate who was in his field. He was doing a lot of strutting and shouting, he is such a bully but a coward really. Then there was squealing and sniffing, then Oscar obviously felt enough was enough and gave Blue a kick in the face! Ever since then have been firm friends. Horses, who knows how they think!
Next time we go to check on them, they (or probably Oscar as the ring leader as Blue is scared of electric fences among other things) had knocked down the fence around the new haylidge and were helping themselves! That necessitated a family trip, in the rain, to rig up a much stronger fence around the bales that we were saving for winter in the barn.