He is better known as "Merlin" and he is a 2002 colt by the Holsteiner stallion Legado De Fuego and out of the Andalusian mare Samara A. He is now owned and loved by Isabel Sheets who is currently teaching him out to drive while he is too young to ride. Here are a few things Isabel has to say about Merlin:

10/04/2003 "Merlin is doing GREAT - he has recently gotten much more confidence and is being much more assertive and bossy! with the others - but he is really getting the idea of long lining and he now understands directional control and I have him doing circles and changes of direction and negotiating obstacles at a walk (we just started doing trot on the long lines but I keep the trot to either straight lines or circles around me for now). Greg has helped me a couple of times by holding the sulky and pulling it along with Merlin - with the shafts actually over his back but not attached. I am using the old cob harness I got years ago for my first baby. He never really reacted to the crupper ... Merlin just tucked his butt and then was okay! He has finally gotten out of his little boy habit of trying to lay down when he wasn't sure or was stressed - that was funny. I have rigged a couple of broom handles to fit through the shaft tugs and thimbles on either side of him to simulate the cart shafts and he is okay with those. "

10/28/2003 "...today was Merlins first time hooked up to the cart completely! This morning I worked with him on standing still and by himself in front of the carriage and standing still for me to harness him without me having to tie him. (I do all this in the indoor arena). He was great - I put the cart over his back and he stood perfectly still and didn't try to walk off, then I put the cart shaft thru the loops and thimbles and lead him while holding onto the cart so that he didn't actually pull it but he could feel the shafts around his body as he walked and turned. Then this evening Greg came out and helped me and this time I actually tied down the shafts with the second girth and while Greg walked in front holding the lead line very loosely I long lined Merlin from behind the cart. He was fantastic - such a champ - he only once got a little concerned when one of the wheels went thru some very wet sand (we had a virtual monsoon here today and the arena got partially flooded) and the sound was different. But all he did was quicken his walk for a few strides. I couldn't be more pleased."