October 29
I have been riding Mama King quite a bit this last week. We have worked up to riding around the block. We trotted one day and today we even loped. She had three different riders on her today, two inexperienced riders and me. She was a doll. The other day, my son was on her and some of the neighbors sped by on noisy four-wheelers. Again, she was just a doll, did not let it bother her in the least bit. There is one thing that really made her wary on our first ride around the block...PIGS! There were some hogs in a small field near where we were riding. Mama King did not know what to think of them. She was quite curious and on guard. She only saw them from a short distance. But she was not sure about them. I got her mind refocused and we continued on our ride. We went up and down bar ditches several times, rode past a great dane and my stallion Apollo. I was very proud of Mama King’s good behavior. She even had 2 other people ride her today. Good girl.