Good Pony award goes to....ASTRO!

Bringing in the horses tonight, the gate was being crowded by Blue and Fetti while I was attempting to take out Scottie and Astro.  I opened the gate, turned around, and then-well I'm not really sure what happened except that Astro ended up on the outside of the gate before I was ready.  I made the quick decision to hang on to Scottie's lead which meant Astro was free.  Scottie said, no, I can't come out, Astro is free and you need to catch him. I said, no, Scottie, it's ok, let's go and Astro will be fine.  I glanced up and Astro was walking along toward the barn, dragging along his lead rope. When he stepped on it he stopped and waited.  Scottie and I proceeded, Astro was about 15 ft in front of us, so I called to him and said, go on Stro, go in the barn and find your stall.  He hesitated for a moment but when he realized Scottie and I were coming behind him he meandered into the barn and yes, right into his stall.

Astro gets good pony of the year award!






Loretta
 the natural horseman
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