Mr X never ceases to amaze me ...... he's truly and "all around" horse 
for sure!!!  For a horse that was soooooo ugly when I got him, he's also 
turned into one BEAUTIFUL horse too!!!
    Anyway ..... here's the scenerio -- DRIVING -- when Buddy "clicks" for X 
to trot, he trots (he SHOULD be doing that as X has had extensive ground work 
ever since he was a baby) ...... BUT, here was the problem -- he would break 
into a faster trot (a carriage trot - don't know how else to put it) 
......... AND, when I would RIDE him and I would "click" for a trot (or jog), 
he would be going MUCH too fast (and, he DOES have an UNgodly fast trot to 
ride)....
    Now, he CAN do a nice little slow jog ...... but here lately since we've 
been doing a lot of driving, I suppose he's gotten "confused" ...... So, 
today, I "asked" him for a slow jog - actually ASKED him, voice ...... then I 
chanted "slow and eazzzzz-ze, slow and eazzzz-ze" ...... guess what -- he 
broke into a slow and eazz-ze jog ... WOW, I thought -- hey, this IS nice.  
AND, he would KEEP jogging slow and eazz-ze as long as I chanted to him (like 
a caddence).
    Anyway, I'm sure that the judge at the show on Saturday is going to think 
I'm truly NUTSO chanting to my horse -- BUT, I don't care -- I am SOOOOOOOOO 
PROUD of Mr X!!!!
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