Rio

Meet Rio. He is my new horse. My neighbor/friend rescued him from an auction situation and has had him for a few months, with no time/skills to work with him. I put a week of training into him a couple months ago, and fell in love with him. He is so sweet and incredibly intelligent. He learns as fast as Shrek (which is really fast) and is a "humble" horse, meaning he is the bottom of the pecking order. All the other horses beat him up and wouldn't let him eat, so he was offered to me...for a price I couldn't refuse. He is a purebred Paso Fino, small (14 hands), and 7 years old. He is gaited, and his canter is smooth as silk. I have ridden him on trail rides and he is awesome, has not stumbled yet, even through the rivers. He is easy on my old injured hips, and pretty cute, too. I will be taking him to the Uintas in a couple weeks, we'll see how he does. Wayfarer is now 21years old and has arthritis enough so that big trail rides are becoming very difficult for him. He may soon be retired to "kids/lesson horse". I can hardly believe I have a new horse...it hasn't really sunk in yet! Is my amazing husband so patient with me or what?!