Today I tacked Grady up, just to see his reaction to make sure he has really been ridden before. He didnt care about a thing and didnt even mouth at the bit. I took him on another walk all tacked up this time practicing woah and go. He seems to be ok with it all so I believe Im going to try to get on him tomorrow and be lead around on him. He has suposibly been ridden about 10 times and I think he has. When I jumped around him and pulled my weight up on him by my elbows he hardly flicked an ear.

After our walk we worked some more on picking up his feet. Hes a quick learner but also seems to be very stubborn. When I tried his front feet he picked them both up and held them up for me untill I set them down. I tried his right hind and that was much more difficult. he did not want me touching him on his hind legs and definitely didnt want me to pick them up. When he would pick hem up he wanted to kick at me and jump away. Eventually after about 10 min he would let me pick up his right hind and hold it for about 5 seconds and set it down. I didnt even attempt his left hind.

While he was tied I brushed and fly sprayed him. he didnt seem to care about anything like that. Honestly I was expecting a reaction to the fly spray. He is still hard to catch in he pasture. I have given in and bribed him to come to me with feed and treats. Its just way too hot to chase a horse around the pasture for an hour.

I took Grady for a walk this morning.(hand walking not riding) Now that he is setteld in he is completly different. We walked all around the yard and my grandpas property. nothing seems to bother this horse.(so far) not even the plastic tarp that was covering last winters hay blowing in the wind. He doesnt mind being hosed off, stands tied well. Our only real obsticle today was picking up his feet. He obviously has not had many lessons on this. I only tried his front feet today and he picks them up right away when you touch them but seems to want to drop down to his knee. if you pull up on his foot he straightens out a little bit. By the time I was done working with him today he let me hold up each foot for about 10 seconds untill I set it down without trying to fall down .

Here is my new lil guy. I traded my TWH Gelding for him. He is a 3 yr old QH gelding. Hes only had about 10 rides on him. I think hes a little bit butt high but hes only 3 and hopefully will even out a bit. These pictures were not taken as conformation shots obviously more of a snap some shots before I throw him in the pasture.

His name is Grady.