I noticed that thread on the other forum about getting a new horse and that reminded me of this post of yours, about Tiff riding tell:).
That's great that she rode him...has she done any ground work or did she just climb on:). What did he do that made her say he was a lot to handle? I'm glad to hear she went to an arena.
Becky
She said she had lunged him at home after I told her he did lunge well. He does.
And she lunged him when she got there after she tacked up. She said she was ~really~ nervous to get on, Bob really made him out to be dangerous and filled her head full of all kinds of horrors. She said as scared as she was, he really did pretty well, he just jumped at things, a horse started squealing and banging on the other side of the wall and he jumped, and there was something about a weird sunspot on the arena floor he didn't like. Otherwise she said he was just really fast and didn't want to walk and his trot was really rough (that surprises me, it looks like a pretty smooth efficient trot from the ground) - that might just be nerves too and he'll smooth out if he settles down. And she said he was doing a lot of head tossing, thinks the Tom Thumb she had him in is not the right bit... that it was too much. I'd like to see him go under saddle next time she goes, she said she'd call.
I just fed horses, I'm pretty pleased with how the new shelter setup is going, although the first few nights I saw Bay out in the rain some, they seem to have all decided to come in the last few nights, and the other good thing, when we got some blustery wind and rain, even thunderstorms lately, they came inside for that even during the day, which they could never do when they had to be closed out during the day.
With feeding in there, they're doing good. They did good for about 3-4 days, and then one day they all decided to test the rules. I think that's pretty normal for horses, they'll start out fine doing something new but at some point they're going to test. I had to spray Cyn with the hose a couple times to keep her from running the pony out of her grain. She didn't like that at all. Now she looks at me, and looks at the pony and just stands there mad when she's done with her grain.