As much as I curse Rory and have days when he's got stupid head on and I could seriously beat him within an inch of his life and he still wouldn't behave. There are also days when he positively saintly. Went out for a hack in horrendous winds with YM's young mare who hasn't been out in months she was good barring a few little spooks (apparently grates eat horses) and did Rory bat an eye of course not he blocked traffic went in front and went behind on tracks. Cantered at slow speed and was an absolute angel. Why I can't always have this is beyond me, even met another horse which can produce some nasty spins and bugger off away from it at mach 10 but today he just pricked his ears and calmy went past. Gah I will never understand him.
Pait got the day off as school is currently very deep and it was rather a bit too windy to do baby hacking.

Rory is rugged. Duke unrugged.