Taking Solar for his First Ride at our Farm - Restart for this lovely Horse that needed a 2nd chance

[@katyratyra]

Great! Wonderful and surprising how well he’s doing!

[@HarmonyHorsemanship]

Thank you

[@jccastle3452]

Wow, he picked up the correct leads in both directions. I imagine this sweet boy has some good training in his past.

[@HarmonyHorsemanship]

I think so

[@Rapture11.11]

Super lovely video, I will totally subscribe! Do you think his front right bothers him? Is that you riding? I'm no expert but you look very good asking him and riding nicely. I just tacked up my newest horse today making sure to give him time to process... well, other than a bridle, led him around with the saddle cinched up, let him graze, and then took it all off and let him back in his pasture. He is a very well-trained horse, fully broke, soft, and was expensive, but I really want to make sure he is not nervous about me as a person, and that he knows I will not ask too much of him all at once. I bought him for my ex but she changed her mind about having a horse again after never riding him. He's been mostly unridden for 2 years. He was very worried about his ears being touched for a long time, and we are pretty consistently past that now. He still doesn't like his head being touched while he is eating. He became mine under a year ago. I'm sure that I could be riding him by now if I invested more time in that part of things. Mostly I work on my body language and respecting each other, and I trim his feet every couple of weeks so we also interact a lot during that. I love Warwick Schiller and we do a lot at liberty. Maybe soon I will get to sit on him a bit. :)

[@HarmonyHorsemanship]

The horse's hooves are in pretty rough shape from not being regularly trimmed, so it's very possible that he could be a bit ouchy as they adjust to the properly trimmed feet.But also, as we do a gradual trim.

[@sonja437]

He looks like a well mannered and maybe smart horse. He certainly has good horse sense. He’s a nice looking horse.

[@HarmonyHorsemanship]

Thank you

[@robertshrewsbury5067]

This looked to be a good restart and he seems to be recovering from care problems well. Enjoys training treats. Calm, listens,... understand he'll muscle back up as he's exercised and have stamina.

[@HarmonyHorsemanship]

Thank you

[@acaciawilliams9015]

Seems like a really nice, honest horse. Not very off balance and picked up both leads correctly the first time. I wonder what he did in his previous job. I hope he finds a forever home. His age will work against him. Wish you had room in your lesson program, but at least he's getting the care he needs now.

[@HarmonyHorsemanship]

He is a nice guy. He hasn't been ridden in a long time but had some good training