Clean Cut ruled that out. Horses are intuitive and pick up on human emotion quickly. As herd animals, they need their people partners to be the herd leaders. When a horse knows the human is not capable, trouble arises in the form of poor behavior from the horse. In addition, most horse related accidents are due to human error. I knew that this afternoon I could neither earn respect from a horse nor make good judgments. Jon needed to know of the change of plans, and rather than text him, I decided to tell him in person. We’d been talking more lately and I wanted him to know that I would be fine by tomorrow. He was standing at the gate to the arena, sending a text. That in itself was unusual, as Jon rarely texted, but the big smile on his face was even more uncommon. Not that it was any of my business, but I wanted to grab the phone from his hands to see who he was texting. I restrained myself, however. Jon was allowed to have a life. I just didn’t like mysteries. When Jon saw me, he quickly stuck the phone in his pocket, and turned his gaze to Gigi, who was trotting around the pen with her tail up over her back.
