Bragging on baby

Baby horse and I are having a fantastic week. We went to Naked Horse Farm yesterday with Ms. GY on her horse, my friend on her four year old WB, and my other friend on her six year old Belgian. It was such a wonderful group that fit together in ways I hadn't even anticipated. We all had a fantastic time. My baby horse spent the first half of the time hard core missing his new BFF (Ms. GY's horse who he had trailered with). He kept it together though and only did one little capriole out of frustration that he was being forced to walk and trot circles instead of merrily following her horse around. Also who the heck is this four year old who can steer and make circle shaped circles??? Especially at a new place! He did have a couple of moments where he was focusing so hard on her horse in the distance he was shocked to be near a BIG jump. But overall he was super about all the new sights and jumps. 

Ms. GY then obligingly led us all into the water. Goggles was delighted to get to be close to his BFF and did a much subdued version of the dance he did last time at Majestic Oaks. I also managed to navigate well enough that we did NOT body slam anyone this go round. My friend's four year old calmly joined us in the water, no one has told him that he's four, so he's the most chill creature. She's also done a TON of in-hand work with him and it shows. 

Saintly 4 YO's ears, Goggles on the right, Belgian in the middle, and Ms. GY on the left

After we played in the water, Goggles and I headed off on our own to look at ditches. We were far from Ms. GY at this point, but he was doing his darndest to focus on me. He nonchalantly hopped the smallest ditch a few times and then tackled the middle size like it was NBD. We popped over a few logs on the ground and he VERY politely did not use that as an excuse to bolt back to Ms. GY's horse. GOOD BOY!!!!!!! 

JT couldn't join us, but said she'd be thrilled if he grazed some and trotted a few logs. He was completely disinclined to graze at the beginning, but by the end as we meandered up and down the crater learning about hills, he stopped and ate a few bites. He also got quite tired using his butt walking up the steepest part and paused there to eat, much easier to access grass on an uphill LOL

Goggles telling Rose how much he looooooooves her, saintly baby horse and Ms. GY's horse minding their own business on the right 

I was going to give him today off, but Ryan got called in to work, so I was left at home with nothing to do before work, so I headed out to see the baby. We kept it short and sweet since it was 93 degrees, but we found the shadiest are of the pasture and did about 3 trot circles each direction moving shoulders left and right. After a walk break, we made a right hand trot circle and then I sat and asked for canter. Then waited with my feeling of inevitability. He tried SO HARD to give the correct answer and picked up the right lead. We did TWO WHOLE CIRCLES without spinning out of them to the left. WHATTA GOOD BOY!!!!! We quit on that after about 12 minutes of riding. 

I got SO lucky with this horse. He's just such a good boy and wants very badly to figure out what he is supposed to be doing. He's curious and sweet and smart.