Leo's mum, Lexie, is a very self confident young lady, and has clearly been a riding pony, perfect for children. Quite why she ended up being sent for slaughter, with her foal, Leo, is a mystery as she has now resumed her career as a kid's pony and is completely reliable and trustworthy.
Leo arrived scared of his own shadow, he had clearly hidden behind mum who protected him aggressively and sheltered him from everything, and he was just terrified of everything.
We made the major mistake of turning him out, in a big field, with his friends, Sabrina Fern and Mimi. Two months later, we were still trying to catch him!
So operation recapture Leo began - first of all, we removed Fern and Mimi from the field, leaving him with Sabrina. Sabrina, who is happy to be caught, and led around, then was brought down to the stables, and put in a very small paddock. Fortunately, rather than be left alone, Leo followed her. We then reunited her with her friends and Leo was on his own.
Eventually we managed to get him from the paddock, onto the yard, and then finally into the barn, where he was well and truly kept in custody till we could do a lot of handling with him.
This is him in the small paddock, with a nose covered in treacle as he had discovered the joys of horselix.
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