Weekend stuff

Again not much new to report. We are plugging along still taking baby steps. Everyday we do some in hand work which consists of leading over poles, trotting in hand, some backing, picking up feet and some round pen work. Each day things get alittle bit better. Picking up those feet over the poles will take some time to understand. He did not race me while trotting in hand this weekend and we progressed into some turning while maintaining the trot. Still a long way to go in hand but getting better. I got on him Fri, Sat and Sun. He moves out nicely with pony horse Fred in the lead which is a start. Sunday I took Fred out of the round pen and Samson didn't like that much. Managed to get a few steps forward and several decent turns and a few steps back before I decided it was enough. This is such a great little horse-friendly,attentive, willing to learn, his "fight or flight" response is not nearly as extreme as some of our other mustangs. He does get "frisky" and stubborn at times - after all, he is just a youngun. He will be great as he matures. It will be difficult to let this one go.