@sherrym25 Your colt sounds like he may be a challenge. Can you have him trained with a professional trainer? I know physically, I am not a person who could break a horse and risk being thrown or even sit on a bucking horse. That's why I bought a very well trained 6 year old. He's 10 now, and he did test me that first year, but he is good and he worships me. He's a bit barn sour which we will work on. I attended a Buck Branaman clinic as a spectator and bought some videos from him to reinforce what I learned. Positive reinforcement really does work, and they get a choice for the easy way and if they don't take that, some other things to think about. My horse thrives on attention and he's very smart. I am going to work through all the ground training again this spring. I also don't ride alone away from the farm. I had a fall from a borrowed horse 5 years ago that spooked and I had a bad ankle fracture. I hobbled out in my cast and crutches to see my old horse who was unsound, and that is healing just to be among them. If there is any question of safety, I will get off and walk. My new horse has been afraid of bicycles, so I've worked on that with him, but I never know if he's really over it.