Yeah, it was snowball of errors.
We had a neighbor girl that use to ride a momma mare, and her foal just followed, she never put a line on the foal. I got where I wouldn't ride with her, she was a friend of Jenny's, if the foal was going too. The foal would sometimes run ahead, and then drop back. 1. it was distracting to the other horses, and 2, sometimes as the foal passed another horse she would kick up at it.
But letting go is the best thing when there is a problem. They won't go far.
Becky
We tried some of that, just letting Cadence run loose with us... and they do have horrible trail manners, running ahead and trying to pass when it's really narrow. And the older they get, the more independent they get ;~D