Sorting Competition at the Arena

The weekend was a great success at The King's Arena in Great Falls, Mont.  Rooster arrived extremely alert and interested in all the other horses.  But, he settled down in no time (with the help of my mare who has done this a million times and was cool as a cucumber) and stood quietly next to the other horses for the rest of the weekend.  I was worried he had gotten attached to my mare and might put up a fight when we left him to make a run, but he only whinnied a little and never got too upset or challenged his lead rope at all.  We got some riding in both days (no, we did not compete!) and went right up to the sorting pens where all the action is: Horses chasing cows, running into panels, people shouting, cheering and clapping.  Lots of great exposure for this guy and let me tell you, he did not miss a beat.  Such a cool dude!