"You teach yourself all this?" Ray asked, watching Asher climb up like he'd done it a hundred times before. He mimicked the posture, straightening his spine and pushing back his shoulders.

Gripping the reins, he lightly pressed his foot into Beau's side and nothing much happened, so he did it again, digging his heels in until the horse moved. "Whoo! We have take-off!" Less bat out of hell, more elderly person on a walk though. Ray's eyes widened a little at the slow up and down. "Huh. This feels...new."