Last weekend our daughter, Jessica came to visit -- it was nice seeing 
er
and we had a lovely weekend together.   We rode Saturday AND Sunday ....... 
Jess rode X -- I rode Shammie.   Jess and X hit it off together right away!! 
And she looked so nice riding him too!
But the SURPRISE came on Tuesday ......
Debbie, George and Mathew (our daughter and family from Charleston, SC) came 
to
visit ..... they also had brought along a young cousin Mathew's age (Mathew 
is almost 13 yrs old).
    After I got home from work Debbie and I went for a ride (Buddy had taken 
everyone for a carriage ride in the afternoon) and Mathew and Eric (the 
cousin) rode Tuffy in the round pen (Debbie and I went off down the street).
   Meg ..... I want to tell you -- I was soooooo proud of X ..... remember, 
last weekend Jess rode him ..... on Tues. Debbie rode him ...... then MATHEW 
rode him when Debbie and I got back from our ride (I usually ride Sham as 
she's used to me)........ Now for the PROUD part of X .... listen, that 
little guy has NEVER been pulled around - NOR kicked ..... Mathew was good on 
X but nonetheles, he's a kid -- and kids tend to pull on a horses mouth and 
kick them ..... X just did what he though Mathew wanted him to do -- no 
problem. Mathew even loped X (something *I* haven't done since I got hurt) 
and X just loped along ..... when Mathew pulled back on the reins, X stopped 
on a dime .....
    I can honestly say that X appears to be a BOMB PROOF horse!!!!!  Those 
kind are far and few between for sure!!   It really made me proud of X (even 
if *I* was 'chumping at the bit' the entire time Mathew was riding X ;-(.
    For such a young horse X seems to be capable of doing it all....... what 
a horse !!!  You TOLD me I had a gem here .... YOU knew it all 
along .... just took ME a little time to figure it out !!
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