WE DID IT!! We got our first ride together tonight. I didn't start out with the intention of riding tonight. I was just going to do some refresher work with Hercules but as I was doing my mounts he remained totally calm so Janet told me to go ahead and get my first ride out of the way. I knew it wouldn't be a long ride as there was a storm movin in and I could see it coming across the valley. Once I was up Herc didn't want to move his feet. (Janet later told me I never really did take my emergency brake off, so I guess I will have to work on that too. :) )

But Hercules did awesome. I couldn't have asked for a better first ride. He remained calm and we finally did get two laps around the round pen before I dismounted and called it.



I am so very proud of my boy. And I think he was pretty proud of himself as well.