There is something about the outside of a horse...

...that is good for the inside of a man. ~Winston Churchill~

Today I had an experience that once again showed just how true this statement is and how little it sometimes take to leave me smiling to myself the rest of the day.

I was a the barn little early today, the horses were still outside in the pasture so I went to get them in.

They were in the back so I went half way down the pasture before they saw me. I called them in and they were willing enough cantering past me up into the lower and then into the upper paddock where they disappeared around the corner.

But not all of them.

Crispin only cantered 10 meters into the lower padock, stopped turned around, let the others get out of sight and waited all by himself just for me! He waited until I arrived at his side and then we went up together, side by side.

A tiny act but still, it made my day! So it must be true. There IS something about the outside of a horse...