Rio's turn in the spotlight

Ever since he was a baby, Rio has always been more interested in showing off his pretty moves than  in the rambunctious play most colts indulge in. Remember this? He was 7 months old, and this was his idea of action.

When ownership of this property changed in October of last year, the configuration of our horse pens changed, as the former landlord took all the panels that formed the dry lot that my horses had free access to.

The only good thing about this is that these panels can no longer hurt my horses.... remembering Stella.....
What this means is that I have had to keep my horses in stalls- large ones, 20 X 20 at least, Beamer's is 20 X 40 and then give them daily turnout. In the winter they had more turnout, but with the onset of spring grass, I have had to severely limit the time they spent on grass. This has resulted in a lot of pent up energy, which has had an interesting effect on Rio- he finally learned how to gallop flat out! Before, he would just lope around, but miss Josie has no reservations - she does the full tilt boogie. Rio had to motor to keep up to her (can't let a girl out run him, ya know!) and he has discovered the delight of just getting out and hitting his full stride. (Nitro knew this from day one!)

This bodes well for his future career as Shayla's barrel horse! He's got some moves too....

Tryin' to kick butt.....