I would like to share a story with you , a very dear friend of mine in her mid 50′s has wanted to strat riding again , she rode as a teenager but had forgotten most things including how to put a head coller on a horse , i stood and watched as she tried to work out how to put it on our Stallion Made in England ( Roman ) upside down , back to front , anything but the right way , Roman stood very still at one point with the nose band on his head and a strap over his eye .
Over the last few months i have been teaching my friend to ride again , on a steady older gelding ?? NO ! but on Roman who is just 5 years old ,and what a good boy he has been .
Last week i was at work so i asked my friend to let Roman out for a spell Given my friends lack of ability to put a head coller on i was amazed when she rang me at work and said she had put the tack on and was riding him around the field , she was very unsure that she had done the girth up tight enough , my reply was ” if you are not calling me hanging under his belly all is OK ” it was proberbly all back to front but they still both had fun , yet again i have to wonder at how kind these Vanner Stallions are , i cant speak for all but so far , Pride MVP ,Rom Rye MVP have been true to this gentle breed , and Roman is proving to be like them.