"That's why I'd let him go first and by himself."
I'm afraid to do that. He's the herd leader and when he takes off, the others want to do the same. Tuffy and Winnie would go berserko if I did that.
Well then I'd either make them stand till they are calm after they see him go, or, and the easiest solution, leave him in the pasture to feed.
Becky
You know tho, if you let him go first, he may not take off since the others weren't following. If you let him out first, would he be able to run to the gate they are standing at, which is what he may do. But then if he was standing there, you could go to the barn and rattle his feed and he might come, but I bet he'd come slow, because he'd be torn between feed and his buddies.
It's just hard to tell what horses will do.
Becky
Would it work to go get him each time and put him back in and not let him have the feed until he walks?