First Day At School

This should read the first day in the school. We use the sand school in the winter to let the horses have a good old buck and a kick and a roll. They really love it and hurtle about at full speed and more often than not come in covered both in sweat and sand and are a nightmare to groom. Aggy and Poppy have been led out in hand every day from the moment they arrived. But Saturday was the big day when we felt that we could give them their head and let them have their turn in the school... always a bit nerve wracking!
We led Poppy round so that she could get used to it and then let her off the headcollar. She dropped straight to the floor, rolled three or four times and then got up and had a good old buck, a kick and a belt around the school. She then refused to be caught for ages. Aggy was different, she was slightly nervy but she wandered around, rolled a few times and then proceeded to frighten everybody out of their wits by trying to balance on very shaky crooked legs as she attempted to scratch her quarters. They both had a good time, and came in unscathed, although by the time Poppy had finally agreed to be caught the coffee was cold.