The naughty corner

Not everyone can be a superstar. Just ask Olive.

There was a lot of scary stuff in the arena, and most of the horses who attended last Sunday's Desensitizing Party took issue with at least one of the obstacles.

Reece's little rescue horse, Judge, aced the windsock...

and the bubblewrap...

but came unglued when confronted with the pool noodles.

Yee haw.

Reece was patient with him, and eventually they got through it, but things were pretty exciting for a little while.

Judge was not alone in this.

A lot of the horses objected to the noodles to one degree...

or another.

Much to my surprise, Linda's solid trail mare, Muscatella, really struggled with this obstacle.

Instead of refusing to walk through the noodles like most of the horses, she charged through with a rush.

Yee haw.

Get out of the way, Taylor!

She had a similar approach to the tarp.

So cute,

but also, so wrong!

With a lot of work she did eventually negotiate both obstacles quietly.

Still, it's safe to say that she's a lot better at dealing with challenges out on the trails than she is in the arena.

She's not alone in that. 

Diana's steady Guaranteed can handle almost anything the real live trails throw at him, but he struggled in the arena on Sunday.

Everything was just a little more dramatic than it needed to be.

They worked through it, but poor Diana was so tired by the end of the day.

This is probably my last post about the party. Tomorrow - maybe - we'll circle back to BreyerFest.