Jack’s been here nearly a month and has yet to put a single hoof out of place.  After spending a couple of days settling into his new digs, we crossed our fingers and put him to work.  Jack immediately demonstrated his complete trust in his handler by calmly climbing the steps to the mounting block and standing there, front feet upon the uppermost step, while staff looked on in disbelief.  After explaining to him that the idea was to walk between the mounting blocks, and not over them, he happily stood to be mounted and put in a lovely performance under saddle.  It wasn’t long before Bonnie had him out driving on the road and through the Runnymede Farm.  Rarely does a horse enter training at NCEFT and begin sessions in the same month, but Jack did just that, putting in his debut appearance as our Therapeutic Driving horse early last week.  His progress has been so quick in fact, that Jack is scheduled to give a driving demonstration at this year’s Wounded Warrior Polo Benefit.  Watch the slideshow below for a sneak peak of Jack in harness!

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