Days 37 26th June Bekoice, Hungarian/Slovakian Border Goodness, the nights are pretty cold here! We might even have to fire up the lorry central heating system at this rate. But it was a perfect day for riding, not too hot, slight wind (to keep the horse flies away) with wispy bits of cloud rushing across the blue sky. We were introduced to our horses – Leo (Il P’s mount) & Pepe (my mount) and if the barred teeth and ears back were anything to go by, they didn’t like each other! Quarter Horses are small, standing no more than 15.3 , with an easy nature. Apart from being used to work with cattle, many ‘Quarters’ take part in shows where the prize money is about as big as the saddles. They perform certain manoeuvres that they
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