The little chestnut that could

Sharing his beet pulp mix with Pito

I love how much Laz loves his herd. What.a.difference!

Out on our daily walks per vet and he's doing great. 

Not taking a lame step

His winter coat is puffing right in!

I think he's also ready to get back to riding

"TRAILS!! Lesssss go!"

Bringing him in one rainy day to eat- ground tie

I hate cross ties and just don't use them. I can, he can, but I prefer to not.

This horse is so good. I can walk away from him, do chores, fill supplements and he's just like "Whatevers.."  He will occasionally watch me and if I'm out of sight he'll nicker but he remains chill

Walking the boys-gotta love multitasking

Updated side profile of Laz's RH hoof

Below is from August.. growth, people, GROWTH! :)

Rear view of RH as of late

and front view, medial wall still has a ways to go but I've been quite happy with this cast

While waiting for Laz's sprained tendon to heal completely, the weather on Saturday was too good to pass. 50's and sunny (spots) but in November, that means "LET's DO THIS!"

I borrowed the BO's pony sized OTTB "Red Zepplin" and we hit the trails with E and Justin

Red is an awesome boy.
Insecure and young but willing and has the energy of 10 horses. 

We jigged the first two miles sideways. 

I didn't care, I just wanted him to keep moving forward which he did.

He was screaming as you can see above, for the first 20 minutes, so I just kept a loose rein and patted him often, urged him on.  He was VERY responsive to the petting, lots of licking/chewing and sighing.  

But don't fret....

Here is how he ended the 2 hour ride;

Calm and on the buckle.

Good boy!

He hasn't been ridden in about a month, but we tacked up and just headed out.

Once we found a good spot on the trail, we opened the boys up and cantered.

Red LEPT into his tiny canter like a deer!

It was exactly what they needed. 

BIG sighs and more brain work after that

We worked on following , side by side riding (which brought the OTTB out in him BIG time but he got over it after a bit)...

 and leading.

He's a great great little 15 h guy!

We even popped over a few downed logs! 

CAN.I.TELL.YOU.HOW.Fing.GOOD.THAT.FELT?!

Like ah-mazing.

I think Red and I will be riding a bit more together :)

Here he is doing the 'release' scratch. Ahhhh back at home

He was 10000% good in my book!

Laz was all "What IN the FACK!? Why u not takez me?!"

"We is the trail buddiez Justin, why you Leaves me..I is sooo happy you is homez!"

On our way out, both Laz and Pito were flying around like crazy, lol

 Laz and tired Red

 Red was much more tired mentally than physically. He hardly broke a sweat and even though we rode for two hours; cantered several times, did trot work and did some jumps, but we walked them the last 35 minutes homes to cool them out

Who doesn't love a little Red guy?!