Starting colts

[Andre]

Actually both the horses on the outside of my four abreast were two year olds. On the left was the filly I raised here on the farm and the other is a colt I bought as a weanling. The colt is in the furrow on the plow three abreast. Both horses were amazing all summer. They went on all sorts of equipment, mowers, reaper binders, spreaders and then the motorized forecart. The horse that had the most problem with the cart was my best mare (8). I always used more horses than I needed so the load was light on them. They have accepted all the noises and vibrations very well. I have been able to “talk” them up or down depending on the situation. I put them in the show ring at Champlain Vally Fair and the judge told me they acted better than most of the four year olds. Funny what having a job does for young horses. Most the horses at the fair live in a stall, hitch, run in a circle for 25 minutes then back to the stall. I would not act very well either!

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