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I've seen the same thing with my young ones as they get to be about 4  
and are being trained with all the gear  but no rider yet. They  
become intensely interested in the older horses who get to go out  
with riders and are actually very eager to join the "Big Guys"  
group.  The really young ones like playing but the older not yet  
ridden horses come over to watch the whole process of tacking and  
leaving with great interest and sometimes try to sneak into the group  
leaving...always unsuccessfully.

Maryanne

On Mar 8, 2006, at 8:40 AM, Dot Wiggins wrote:

> One other interesting thing, I think horses are snobs!
> Besides the "color" sorting, the working horses seemed to have a  
> higher status than the rest.   If one of them joined the workers,  
> or an unbroke horse started under saddle, they moved up the pecking  
> order.
> Was a real lesson in "horse herd" social interaction.

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