Summitt was my favorite trail riding horse, when Halynov was busy with the mares. Summy had a bad experience with show trainers and was soured on the ring (particularly the whip) so I figured I’d see how he liked riding trails. He LOVED it! We went up and down cliffs with Vickie McBride, who was used to hosting trail rides on the Tevis terrain. We shared many wonderful rides before my youngest decided that he was her horse. And he took very good care of Jessica until his death. In fact, she had sneaked down to his stall that night and slept there with him (unbeknown to us, of course) and returned to the house very early in the morning. Later when we went to feed, he had passed on. He died peacefully in the night, probably soon after Jessie had left him.