First Ride

[Tom Boyle]

By : Tom Boyle

He’s is fearful

And I knew it

Shaking hard and,

Needs a friend

I whisper softly

We can get threw it

Easy Buddy this anit

The end.

So, scratch him

Where he likes it

Sure enough

He licks a chews

I ask again

He gets a moving

Trying hard

To understand the cue

I see him searching

Yes he’s a looking

The pressure I apply real slow

He’s thinking

About the answer

About which way

That he should go

Then he finds it

I release him

On the very first step

I relax him

Telling good boy

Then I pet him on the neck

Never forceful

Always mindful

Never angry

Or full of pride

Make sure that

I support him

This is Just

This colt's first ride.