Now that Hercules' angles are more correct I decided that tonight was the night for his first saddle. I had to clean stalls before I could really "work" with Hercules so I took in the old saddle and put it in the middle of the round pen so that he could investigate it and play with it (which he really likes to do). I also took my second wheelbarrow in and left it in the round pen and I think Hercules spent more time trying to figure out how to get in to it then he did actually playing with the saddle. Janet was busy with yard work so missed getting any pictures.
Once the "chores" were done I put the saddle on Herc. At first he moved off very quiet but then realized the saddle was cinched in place and so took a lap around the round pen trying to get it off. Then he quieted down and would do walk, trot and canter both ways relaxed.