Thursday, September 23, 2010

Prince goes home tomorrow.  When you train a horse like him, you always want the best for him.  You want him to be treated well, so that he gets along good.  You always hope he gets the best deal.  We took Prince on a trail ride today.  We went about 5 miles around our little hill.  He loved it and did very well.  He walked along bobbing his head and didn't have a bit of trouble.  We also took our horse Junior, who is calm and steady.  The only thing we had a little spook with was a donkey.  Both horses put their heads up and looked at the donkeys. 
When we send a horse home like this, we always hope their owners will work the ground skills and ride him with confidence so he will have a good ride.  We also hope they will keep coming to lessons and clinics to continue his and the owners education.

We worked on Gully's lateral flexion, head set, and collection.  Gully is in the place of any three year old colt.  And as with most 3 year olds, you have about 20 minutes of teaching time.  Gully is extremely atheletic, and when you ride him, you can feel every muscle in his body.  He is a very unusual horse. 

1 comment:

Parelli Central said...

Best luck to Prince and his owners....

Petra Christensen
Parelli 2Star Junior Trainee Instructor
Parelli Central