Oantsje joined us less than a year after we got her half sister Jinke. She comes from a long line of alpha mares and established her position right away with the rest of the herd. She is never questioned about her position by the other horses in the herd. Oantsje is a fun horse to ride. extremely smooth and always willing. She is also my soulmate. Although we had to kind of grow on each other. When we initially got her, she drug me half way around the pasture. After that, we had a little talk and another practice run and she quickly caught on as to who the boss was. Which made her even more dedicated! She is a wonderful friend to her humans, but does not really want to share that attention with her equine friends. Regardless - she rules the roost!