My boy is super easy. He was on box rest for 3 months a couple years back, our first walk out he was a little on his toes but he never barged or tried to pull away. He wasn't ridden for 8 months, popped his tack on and off we went for a little walk in the open forest. I didn't take him out of walk for 12 weeks.
He's been to 9 yards in almost 10 years as he has moved about we with as I've done school, college and various jobs. Sometimes he's lived out 24/7, other times he's been stabled 24/7. Yards have varied from super posh, very busy competition yards to a makeshift stable in a cow shed. No matter where we go I put him in his stable and he's immediately settled. A complete novice can ride him and he'll be your typical unflappable riding school type and then an experienced rider can get on him and he'll right be off the aids. He's point shoot whether it's 0.2m or 1.20m.
He also helps me with the babies, whether it's tolerating them out hacking whilst they spook sideways in to him or standing next to them whilst they're having their first clip or set of shoes. He's always rock steady and is a god send with the tricky ones.
I'm very lucky to have him.
