Quad saddled in the arena

Yesterday was a warm, sunny, bright, clear day and the trainer came up and worked Quad in the arena with my saddle. Doesn't he look good? It was still a little muddy from last week's rains and he will get another lesson next Tuesday.

Quad's progress

I have a trainer working with Quad. I wanted somebody to take him out before riding him myself. GOOD THING! Two weeks ago, she saddled him, put her foot in the stirrup, and he went straight up! He reared. Then he took off sideways. Apparently he's never had a regular-sized person on him and isn't used to legs dangling down on his side! So, she's gradually getting him used to stirrups flopping on him and pressure from a full-sized human! Here he is on Tuesday. He looks pretty ho-hum, but don't let that fool you! He's got ENERGY! So, his retraining continues. More updates next week!