He rides again

Julian trots on Fanny for the final performance at the end of "Everything Horse Camp". This was Julian's last day of horse camp. He had a great time, and charmed the pants off of all the counselors. I spend a lot of cash buying carrots at the grocery store. On the first day of camp, I received a phone call while shopping at Target. "Hi, is this F....Farleigh? Yes, this is Julie from Redwood Stables- " Uh oh. "Is everything okay?!" "Oh yes! Julian is fine... but he took a little fall off of one of the horses. We have him icing his leg and..." "Did he hit his head?" "Just a bit, but he didn't loose consciousness, and it doesn't seem to bother him. We checked him over carefully, we just wanted you to know before you come to pick him up." Turns out, on Julian's 2nd time riding a horse, ever, he fell off after the horse was spooked, and took off running- with little Julian holding on for dear life. It seems that Mac & Cheese has some psychological issues. And when someone walked by the track holding whip, Mac & Cheese caught sight of it and flipped out, taking off and ignoring Julian's pleas to "HO!" The counselors all commended his amazing bravery for holding on as long as he did before falling towards the ground where a front hoof knocked his helmet from it's seat on his head, and the back hoof grazed that spot on his forhead on the way by. It was a very close call. Luckily Julian, though a bit bruised and shaken, was not injured and after a good spanking Mac & Cheese was sent to his stall and taken out of circulation for the week. The best part? Julian went to bed saying, "I can't wait to wake up and see the horses in the morning". And see them he did, from high in the saddle, no fear. By the end of the week, guess who was his favorite horse? Yup, Mac & Cheese. I guess they have a special bond.