Brandy's First Parade

Brandy and I went in our first parade in Wellsley tonight with 4 other horses from the farm. We all spent about an hour decorating our horses. Then in the pitch black night, asked the horses to go somewhere they've never been before. I had to walk Brandy down the highway...he just freaked way too much. Once we got to the parade site, I did some schooling with Brandy to calm him down. And once the parade started, I was back in the saddle and Brandy was a trooper. We were behind the fire engines and he didn't startle too much with the horns honking and sirens blaring. Had to give the manholes a wide berth, but other than that, did great. After the parade, we managed to ride down the highway back to home (not me running beside a freaked out pony). The horses did amazing considering we asked them to leave home in the dark, walk down a highway with cars and trucks zipping by at 80km/hr. Subjecting them to loud noises and flashing lights and screaming kids, while walking down the main street of Wellsley. We even survived a snow truck scraping down the highway in front of us. I am a very proud mommy and had a small tear of pride with how much Brandy trusted me to do this. I've accomplished alot with him and am very proud of the things we've been able to do. I had a great night and lots of fun with Elsa, Terry, Ashley, Kat and the gang.