Oh no! Poor dear Rafi shows how deep seated his fear of loading really is.

The presence of the trailer in the arena was sufficient to make Rafis new found confidence walking over the wooden bridge evaporate. Poor horse couldn’t seem to think straight if he could see the trailer. I had to ditch items that had previously been seemingly and work quite hard to help him get overcome his crests without taking him over threshold and stay on board with me to help him feel ok. His fear is real and I wouldn’t want to be dismissive of that. Rewards for saying no are essential in this situation I think.