We went to see Reina, the two year old American Saddlebred, philly who has been with the Amish now for almost a week. We just missed seeing her in the round pen. She was stalled and behaving well for only five days into training. The trainer has been riding her already and she is getting use to being hitched with the saddle on her.
The trainer, John, indicated she is coming along as expected and she is smart. The next scheduled visit is in two weeks. Then we'll be picking her up right around Thanksgiving.
While visiting, the farrier, Toby, was re-shoeing a horse. We chatted with the couple who owns the horse. They are from Tyler County, WV and have had numerous farriers out to their farm. They said they will continue to drive the distance to have the Amish shoe their horse, Toby is that good.
They said when they got there John was on Reina in the round pen and they could tell she was a young horse. They were a bit surprised when they were told she had only been with him for five days. That's our girl!
While Reina is away, there are preparations being made for her when she returns to continue her training as well as mine.
