Old horses acting like green youngsters! Sheesh!

Took Bart (the boyfriend's horse) out for trail ride with a couple of
companions yesterday after work. Bart is 25, well trained and quiet.
The horse I put green visitors on. A friend borrowed both my ponies
about a week ago and said Bart was "frisky." OMG Bart? Well, decided I
better take him out instead of my trusty mare. Yup, he acted like he
was green and about 3. The ride to the trail head was uneventful as
usual, I'm thinking, hmmm, same old same old. No reaction to barking
dogs, whizzing traffic etc. We hit the trail and he begins to travel
more up and down that forward. Think Lippizaner, airs above ground.
He's not the most athletic horse either, so all his shenanigans did
nothing more than make me laugh and give me a sore ***. So, off to the
public arena we go. Follows is about an hour of schooling, gait
changes, collect, extend. So I ask for a lope: *egads* he actually
bucks. Granted he bucks like an old man, hardly gets the hind feet off
the ground, but I booted him into a canter and let him run it out a
bit. Too funny. By the time we get done he's his old reliable self, and
we walk quietly home. Did I say walk? I could have crawled back faster.
Perfect weather, imperfect horse. Life is good.

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