He smiled a little at her "I'm  glad you like her" he said softly, "My father wanted me to get rid of her but I never could bring myself to do it.  Now I suppose I know why" he said with a chuckle as he finished her up and then moved the mare into her stall and then moving over to Onyx repeating the same process with him until the horse was resting one foot up on the tip of his hoof and leaning heavily to show his trust and how relaxed he was. "This one can be high strung but he is nothing but a big baby..." he said patting the Horses neck with a gentle hand.  It was strange to see a prince or king do something like this.  Normally the servants were the ones to take care of such things but, of course, they were no ordinary royal couple.