SandySu, I feel much better now seeing Penny with a friend. They both looked very contented - thanks for posting the pic.
I knew I heard a note of worry in your voice (even though it's typed), which is why I posted the 2nd photo. Also, it gave me practice doing it again. You don't have to worry; I'm very careful of Penny's care, and she would be absolutely miserable without other horses around. So far, she's out with Willy most of the time and sometimes a bay Thoroughbred named King, too. But both Willy and King miss their old herd, and the barn owner doesn't feel comfortable about turning Penny out with the whole herd. She is still trying to figure out which horses will go best with which. Penny gets along with just about any horse. She is pretty mild-mannered and will let them bully her. We humans might mind this, but horses seem to take it in stride more. At least Penny does. A horse herd has a pecking order, and when a new horse is added, sometimes there's violence till they sort out the order, even among the horses who were in the herd to begin with. This is why the barn owner is being so cautious, so no one gets hurt.
Yesterday, she was out with Willy, but the vet was coming to see some of the horses, among them Willy, who is very old at 30+, his teeth are all worn down, and he has a heart murmur. Since Willy had to be taken into the barn and Penny had to stay outside, she was pretty unhappy for a little while, but then she went and stood by the fence where the other horses were on the other side, and she was just fine, knowing other horses were close by, even though they were separated by a fence.
Now the challenge is that when I take her into the barn to groom her, she gets worried. She was fine about this at the old barn, so I'm sure she'll be fine again here, but she still needs to settle in. It's been less than a week since she was moved, and she's not used to going to new places since I don't take her to horse shows, etc.
So that's a little background for you on Penny's present pasture situation.