Today was the second day for our newest arrivals. I have to say that they are quite the handful. Both only being 4 years old they are staring to come into themselves, discovering hormones that they did not have a month or two ago.
I am, however, happy to say that they are going to come right along. Today was filled with a lot of ground work. Paul who is only the smaller of the two was a bit of a hand full going past the other horses, but Patrick was a complete gentlemen. We started learning how to lounge and both picked up on having to go forward on a circle rather quickly. I used to break horses to drive so I always start my horses with a surcingle so they get the idea of having a saddle on. The surcingle allows for the horses to act badly and not break anything. That being said, all was well and so far there are no bad manners. You have to love a clean slate. I predict that I will be on their backs by the end of the week if not Monday.
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