Moving the Beast

Today I took Pass to his new home at Maple Ridge Sport Horses. I picked him up at SMWC and on the third try he loaded in the trailer like a pro. What a good boy.

I arrived at Maple Ridge and unloaded him. He backed right out and went to a stall. What a good boy.

I then tacked him up and rode him, figured it wouldn't hurt to show him right away what his new life would be like. After a little bit of excitement he settled and we worked through our gaits and even jumped a few fences. One was even around 3 foot and a little scary looking. He refused at first, but then popped right over it. Amazingly there weren't any bucks or silliness after the fence. What a good boy.

Afterwards I untacked him and left him in a stall to chill for a bit. He calmed right down and took to the nice alfafa flake I threw for him. What a good boy.

About an hour later I decided it was time to turn him out into his new pasture. I was hoping he'd get a bit beat up and pushed around because it would do him good. He walked up to Erros, CC, Tessa and Darius (some of the big guys in the pasture) and I was looking for the big reaction, one of them was going to tear him up and teach him a lesson. To my shock they all sniffed and after a little bit of prancing around they settled to the grass. Dear Pass, What the heck? You would get along with everyone. Thanks for proving me wrong. I want my money back for the show I was supposed to get. But I guess you're still a good boy, you little turd. :)

Overall it was a pretty successful day.

He's mine!

And so it begins...

I purchased Pass today from SMWC and am now looking forward to starting his training. It was suggested I begin a blog to keep track of his progress as it is almost guaranteed to be entertaining. So here it is! Hopefully, I'll be able to catch some video also, which I'll post links to :)

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