Before they ever step in the castle...

Another article from our local paper caught my eye because we had been to Medieval Times recently.  Who knew they trained the horses about 10 minutes from our house at a farm in Dacula, Georgia.   Read all about it at this link....Dacula ranch serves as training grounds ....

But before they ever step into the “castle” in Lawrenceville, they spend their time at the Dacula farm being trained and groomed for possible roles in the unique show.
“Each horse is different,” said Jason Jones, a 38-year-old “head knight” who has made his living riding the company’s horses in front of crowds for the past 17 years. “It takes hundreds of hours to train these horses to be ready to perform. Some take six months, others can take a year or more. You just don’t know. You have to find out what scares them because when they are in front of the crowd during our shows, and there are so many x-factors.”