Joshua and Shadow

Shadow is our horse.........Well he is still a colt but still.........On friday evening Joshua and Alyssa got over in his pen........A little background is in order about Shadow........He is a full blooded spanish mustang.......He was a rescue.......Just about to turn a year old in June........But he is just a little fellow.......Well it had been raining on friday and Alyssa went to try to dump the feed trough so that she could feed him for her daddy who was doing a job down south........Joshua went into the pen to help her.........And the next thing I know he comes in screaming bent over.........Shadow had kicked him......Apparently he came up behind Shadow and startled him......He has a black and blue groin, looks pretty nasty............Never knew that it could change that many colors..........No he didn't hurt the family jewels........but just above it..........I immidately called his daddy, put ice on it and stripped him and not in that order either........The swelling began to spread but by the time Daddy got home, it was going down......He just had a large hematoma from where the hoof connected to the skin.........We have kept an eye on it and while it is very sore its just fine.........Its very scary what could have happened........the kids are now forbidden to get in his pen at all...........I noticed he was out there acting fiesty but just thought he was being Shadow...........It was also right before this storm system moved in that we are dealing with now.........It started raining in the middle of the night last night and hasn't stopped yet......Its suppose to continue through tomorrow morning.............I went out to get Austin meds today and the road was already covered.......but then again anytime we get a decent rain it does that but its been like 3 times a week here lately that we have been getting rain and the ground is already saturated.............