Saddle Up

Y is unafraid of humans which probably indicates decent treatment in his past life, but, he hardly is enthralled by our species and tends to run whenever he sees me coming. a little monty roberts horse whisperer training may be in order here somewhere down the road--its either that or beating the tar out of them at least one time. neither is particularly fun so i'm hoping Y will by simple observation eventually get with the program. I dislike driving horses ala monty roberts that they finally figure out its easier to stand still then run away. this training method is harder on the horse than roberts advertises. Anyway--back to the matter at hand.

this was the first day of saddling and due to Y's shy behavior I had some concern. but, all went well and the saddle was on the back. girth tightning within two days. the measuring stick showed almost 15'2 today as opposed to slightly over 15' a week ago on arrival. horse looks almost big enough to ride.

Today's exercise consisted of riderless slow gallop-trot arount the paddock. none of the four had any energy today. the trainer goes with the flow and let them all loaf. thereafter Y was done while i rode the others.