Yes, I got to ride Pete.
He has to be the most adorable horse that I have ever seen, a darker bay color, not as dark as Duke, the dark bay there, but he is fairly dark. His forelock hangs down in such a cute way, and he has the sweetest, twitchiest little ears.
But his attention span is 0. I mean, he is like, “Going to the left, what did you say? Oh look at that pretty mare in the field, how lovely the butterflies are, hmm, I can’t wait to get back to my hay, right, going left, what?”
He was so easily distracted that I asked to ride him two handed, so that I could control his head on both sides, after that I had a lot more success.
We did some patterns, pole bending, trotting. His trot is like a dream, it is light and airy, like walking on a cloud. That horse will not get arthritis easily!
Since it had been my birthday the week before, Miss Emma had me do Happy Birthday backwards. What is that? Well, it is riding a horse backwards while everyone else sings “Happy Birthday”. I did it on Buddy, in a 14″ saddle, ouch! I must say, it uh, it is a different perspective of the horse. Buddy is a good deal wider on his back end than on his front end. 
But I did really enjoy riding Pete, I didn’t get to canter though, Miss Emma says his canter is a disaster! But I am going to ride Buddy next week so I should get the chance.