other colts over the years

Dixie 

Whisper

 Leroy on the left and below

Brooks

 Cody

Walker

Walker

Fancy

Bruschetta (Coyote Flats)

Grace (previously named Bruschetta

Thunder

issues good and bad

i like this horse of ours, Big Ben

he likes butting things with his nose and he played with his empty oat dish and finally picked it up almost like asking for more!
 he is so kind and tall

and pleasant to trot and lope

he is our favourite (special) horse

you know the kind of animal that you just

keep because of who he is.

however....

when you train someone else's horse and it doesn't work

out we take them back

and that is what we did with Walker below

he kept jumping fences and 

we could not safely keep him

for that reason alone

plus he is the only horse so far

that it felt good to not see him out

in our yard anymore

he had other issues and was getting better but

"the jumping"  

we live right beside a highway

so back to home he goes

you win and you lose

that's life

makes the world go round

peace and sunshine to you!

just like kids...or horses

Walker (above) is a "jumper"  he likes to all of a sudden be on the other side of our fences with

no sign of damage or running through a gate.  We have not witnessed him jumping but twice now he has appeared on the wrong side of the fence.  Yes he needs to be an equestrian jumper. What to do about that?  electric fence, we live close to a highway so is dangerous for us and horse. 

Walker has also been chased by one of our horses and ran through a metal gate.  No injury to himself but gate needed repair.

Brooks (named  for Brooks & Dunn because he is a Dunn color which means he is a buckskin but has  a black stripe down his back and legs)

he gave Mantracker a taste of what he thought about heading into a canter or lope for the first time and Mantracker had a bucking bronco ride for a few minutes.
I am sorry I was not able to witness that ride,!
Brooks also ran through a white training metal gate and carried it for a few yards.  Tom saw that action happen.  No injury to  Brooks and minor repair to the training gate.

this saga will continue...