Sam, however, performed excellently. Everybody thought Sam looked amazing. He did.
Sam had to stay stalled the entire night before, and given his previous anxiety about stalls, we were nervous. He did wonderfully, other than being full of energy the next morning, he was as normal as could be.
In the general round, Sam did everything he was expected to do, with the exception of pulling a very large, like a meter and a half tall, wheel. We had assumed they meant a normal tire sized object, no. Sam did try to pull it, but the rope was caught under the edge and that made it very difficult to pull.
It was after that round and right before the free style round that the issue presented itself. Sam was spooked and we fell off of him. Due to injuries, we were unable to finish the competition, so Sam did not get to perform his best event.
Despite this unfortunate development, Sam came back home with us. He is now set to go off to boarding school. Not because he spooked, he holds no blame for that. He was SO proud of himself when he performed his first trick, stepping up on a pedestal, that we decided it would probably be best for him to be schooled in the discipline. He will be heading off to a new location, temporarily of course, to receive this training. He will be at school for a few weeks and we hope that it will further improve his confidence, balance and muscularity. We want to give him a new experience to keep his mind at high functunality and keep expanding his horizons.
Thanks for being such a wonderful horse Sam!
This will be the last post. Thank you for joining us for this wonderful journey and witnessing the Wonderful Work in Progress that Sam was and still is.
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| The curtain |
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| His poster |
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| Sam on show day |
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| The ominous wheel |
