Disappointed w/ One but Surprisingly Proud of Another

To this past Tuesday:

I pulled Zeke and King out to grain them. I also pulled Sam and Jim in to eat their grain and alfalfa. While everyone was munching, I decided that I would pull Chaos out and ride him. To my disappointment, Chaos was naughty. The longer we rode around the yard, the naughter he got. We did walk through a few snow piles but by the end he was starting to rear. I'm not sure how to fix that bad habit so I decided we'd just call it quits. I think if we would have headed down the road and been doing something Chaos would have behaved better. It was also windy and I was tired but I figured that really is no excuse.

I was nervous pulling Maverick out. I was tired and the wind was bad enough to make Chaos flightly. I figured it would make Maverick just as bad, if not worse. I saddled Maverick up and we went into the round pen. We did a little bit of round pen work, unfortunately I didn't have my rubber boots on so my riding boots got muddy. But after a few times around the pen, with Maverick kicking up his heels, I decided it was time for me to get on.

Maverick didn't move a muscle when I swung up into the saddle. He stood perfectly still while I adjusted everything. It's what they are supposed to do but no one else seems to be doing it. I was so pleased. And then we decided to just walk around the pen. We are a little bit directionally challeneged but otherwise it was a fantastic ride. I even decided to be brave and ride Maverick through the gate when I was done, instead of getting off and walking him through. He was a bit spooky about the snowpile but once I got off we walked right through without any issues.

I was greatly disappointed with Chaos but surpringly proud of Maverick.