Update from Allison:
I played with Mr. Deeds today and I’ve got to say, he is one nice horse. He stood nicely in the cross-ties — jigged a bit when the horses in the pasture started running around — and was quiet and cooperative while I tacked him up. Put him on the lunge line, he was lazy, so I hopped up on his back and did some walk/trot circles. He still feels “stilted” at the trot, but hopefully he can work out of that with joint supps and corrective shoeing. I did lots of small bend-around-my-leg circles and change of direction. I even got brave and pushed him into a canter on the straight way. The few canter strides I rode felt relatively nice, but he is definatley off. He doesn’t seem spooky or hot at all, there was some dude driving a big truck through the pasture next to the arena and Mr. Deeds couldn’t have cared less. I just love this guy!!!
