Out Our Way: Along Goliath's Covenant Trail

Out our way, we know that horses are always looking, listening, smelling and learning. Last week, I was at the Minnesota State Fair and admired the horse barn. As I walked in most of the horses were facing the inside of their stalls and away from the crowds, but the ears were always on alert. I watched the ears as they listened to this or that as the crowds went around them. They may not have been watching, but they were very aware of all that was happening around them.

I recall riding Goliath in the Bear Paws and him suddenly going all tense and his ears wig wagging, for he had picked up...