Very hot this morning. Magic and I rode to the Divide pasture. We left the Divide pasture and went up the deer hunter’s road. At the deer hunter’s gate I directed Magic into the woods to go around the gate. It soon became obvious that it was too thick with broken limbs and trees from the ice storm. As we backed up to turn Magic’s feed and legs got tangled up in some limbs. This can be a bad situation. I jumped off to reassure Magic because horses often panic when they get tangled up. Magic’s level headed nature is a blessing for trail riding. He just calmed down, I moved some branches, we backed out and went through the gate. This was not a long ride but all of this country was new to Magic. He has “the confidence of a Christian with 4 aces.” We made a little circle and came in the back of the Ash pasture. It was a very nice ride.
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