"That was, uh... real graceful there." Ray was spared the look of utter amusement plastered on Asher's face when he turned back to get on his own horse.

He was up on Belle's back fairly quickly and with relative ease, but didn't bother rubbing it in Ray's face. "Gentle pressure into the horse's side from your foot will get it moving slowly and pulling on either side on the reins will tell him to turn in that direction. Full pull back on both reins are your brakes. He's pretty well trained, so you don't have to worry about him taking off on you like a bat out of hell." Too bad he couldn't say the same about the one he was on.