The girl did take Goose yesteday. I met her and her husband and 14 year old son at the rails-to-trails so they could take him on a test ride. They brought her husband's horse and her son's horse and I took Bob. They tacked him up with her saddle, including a crupper (which he'd never experienced before) and he did great. He acted like he'd worn one his whole life. I rode him first, up and back a bit, then her son rode him, then she rode him. He was barefoot at that point and I wanted her to see that he'd gait that way. Then I put the boots on his fronts for the rest of the ride since it was gravel.
We rode the north end of the trail, which is 5 miles, and back. She rode him up and her husband rode him back, so they both got to see how he rode and how he looked when somebody else was riding him. We met a hiker, some dogs and a 4-wheeler along the way and he never even flinched, so I was real proud of him. Her only concern about him had always been his height, since she's real short, but after they rode him it wasn't a question of IF they were going to buy him, it was WHO was going to get to ride him. I think it's going to be a fight between the three of them. They're even planning on showing him this coming Saturday at a countryboy show, and I think that's great. They were a real nice family that loves horses and Goose deserves a home like that. 