Erik home in Penn Valley

Had my first visit with Erik today. I was quite pleased. When I got to the stable where I am going to keep him for a week or so he was in the round pen. I had some horse cookies with me. He walked right up to me and started sniffing. I was his best buddy after he found the cookies.

I put a halter on him and worked on his feet for awhile. Had no problem putting his feet on the stand and letting me work the file taking off the flares, doing a slight mustang roll and lowering the heals a little. Will work more on them tomorrow.

Erik then got to go into a rather large arena where he was turned loose where he really cut loose. You could tell instantly that he is a real athelete by the way he moved around the arena with very smooth transitions from trot to cantor.