Sorry this is such a short (boring) clip... my camera ran out of memory! I am so proud of what a little horsewoman Sophia is... she is now riding Margie on her own! Of course mom and/or dad stay close, but she can neckrein, stop, and get Margie to go all on her own. She also goes in the big arena now (the above video is in a small training pen, where we started letting Sophia ride by herself first). I will try to get a video of her asking Margie to walk... she clucks and kicks and it's just hilarious because her legs are so short they just flap against the saddle... she can't really touch Margie with her feet yet! BUT... Margie DOES respond to the little kicks! She'll walk forward when Sophia asks her to! Sophia also loves trotting on Margie, but I haven't let her do that by herself yet. The girls are coming along nicely!