I know, I do feel bad that they are not in tiptop shape. I have a few reasons though. They were unwittingly bred by my friend and had foals at-side all of last summer. This really scrapped any plans for much training, as I wanted them to relax, enjoy their babies while they had them, and not be overworked (Emma was losing a bit too much weight for my tastes before her colt was weaned in Sept.) Now it is winter, but really more of a mud season, where I am actually afraid to do much with them; NOT that I am scared of them, it is the muddy turf we would be lunging on; I fear that one of them would slip or get a strain in the deep mud. But Mark and I do walk them in-hand for about half-hour intervals almost every day down the farm road, and they do get worked up then; they also work each other in the field, hehe, chasing/galloping around.. haven't been riding much because we need to build a roundpen this spring, as I really can admit I am not comfortable riding unconfined at this point; it is an issue of seperation anxiety with them; they go nuts when seperated, and I do not want to get ran away with; a roundpen is what I need to build on the groundwork we have started, in a safer confined place; the pasture is WAY too big for join-up or similar horsemanship.