Board Thread:Manga/@comment-34196931-20190708230504/@comment-1327106-20190709033535

Horses take their cue from their riders and how well they trust them. Even a tame horse won't necessarily listen when saddled with an incompetent rider (probably because the incompetent rider isn't giving commands correctly). When I was first learning to ride I was put on the tamest, gentlest horse on the stable, not because she would listen to me, but because the handlers knew she would not misbehave and get me hurt. She responded to verbal commands from our trainers better than me who was actually on her back.

If Gabi managed to saddle and bridle the horse as well (rather than grabbing one that was already hitched somewhere) that would be pretty crazy because horses don't like it when the saddle isn't fitted right and getting a bridle on a horse when you have never done it before is harder than it looks (the horse is not going to just open its mouth for you to put a metal bar in it).