Lucky Star is willing.
We practiced the mounting block game where the horse has to stand perfectly still besides the mounting block. They like to stand with their nose pointed at you instead of their back being available. It takes a little while for them to realize what your goal is. When ever the horse comes to the mounting block in the correct manner, they get a lot of rubbing and petting.
Pine Dell Farm has got a mounting block for a handicapped individual and then another riser on top of the mounting block. I stood up so high in the air that my nose was wanting to bleed. I would have to leap down to get on Lucky. My feet were probably right where his withers are. In fact, I have to be careful about getting dizzy and falling off. I bet Lucky has never seen such a tall person.
Lucky had to come around one of those orange barrels with the helium balloon sticking up. He had to go between the orange balloon barrel and the blue barrels to get to come into the mounting block. I was so high up that I was able to lift the lead rope over the balloon,. It was a tight squeeze and the rope occasionally caught the balloon and made it move.
That took several tries. He was able to get around the balloon barrel but it was tense after that for him to come and stand perfectly still. He did it!
He’s such a good boy!