Quick update

Things are going well with Celtic. We're getting out on hacks when we can, he's getting braver and I'm enjoying riding him. I don't feel unsafe at all which is bizarre but then I think a lot of it is down to his very honest nature. If he is really scared he is really scared. I think as time goes on he'll put it on a bit but currently he is trying things first and only letting the other horses go first if he is genuinely scared.
We attempted water and puddles the other day which was a spectacular fail. I'm going to try a flash on him to help with the evasion issues and it will allow me to keep him in a snaffle. On the plus side we went under a huge amount of low lying trees and brush with plantlife snagging at him on one side as he banked the sides of puddles. While I was leaning under all that vegetation and the branches were scraping me and making lots of noise, Kel pushed right through at a steady walk with not so much as a false step. I was totally at his mercy in such a position and its a real testament to his good nature that he just carried me through it all and didn't spook and dump me.
If we wern't already overstocked with horses and I didn't want to do this breaking project again I'd keep him in a heartbeat. It'll be so hard to sell him now. Especially after we've started nicknaming him the Poopaloosa.