I once thought that it was the first one hundred miles that a horse is ridden that would essentially determine how great a trail horse he could be. I no longer think so.
Training a horse with perfect consistency for the first hundred miles is a great step, but continued perfect consistency in riding cues and reactions to the horse's behavior, whether that behavior be positive or negative, over the first 1000 miles in the saddle is more important. By then, a horse that has been both consistently ridden and ridden with consistency will be locked in as a perfect trail partner.
Janie is moving toward her first 1000 miles of being ridden and with each ride I am riding a stronger, more confident horse.
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