May's photo is of handsome Gypsy Dan when he was a stallion in the herd field. Look at his super mane and tail! Dan has always been one of the more frightened ponies - him and Apache used to wind each other up with their high fear levels bouncing off each other when people were in close proximity. Dan has come on so well - Cilla commented a long time ago that "With some of the traumatised ponies there has come a point in their rehabilitation where they no longer seem like unpredictable wild animals. One day I would look at one and think ‘you’re just a little pony, aren’t you?’ With Apache and Gypsy Dan, that hasn’t happened yet. They both retain a mystique, as if they hold something back. They can’t bring themselves, yet, to let go and be ‘just little ponies’". I think we can say that Dan has progressed to that level now - he only trusts people that he knows, but he's come a very long way...and even has his first ever rosette which he won in March!
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