Would you just put a new horse into an established herd?

Depends on the horses. When we bought my daughters horse in December i put him in with my young cob for a few days, then let them all in together. our mare can be a bit iffy with new horses.
 
Mine was a few weeks ago. The YO knew my boy, he had been there before, and also knew the dynamics of the three ponies already there.

We had no problems.
 
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