Doc gives them a few steps ahead before he lightly spurs the gelding on, and the first steps into the running water are met with hesitation and no small amount of protest.

"C'mon, you're alright, you see him up there? He's leavin' you in the dust..you big baby...there you go...c'mon, there's a good boy, that's it," he urges, hand firm on the reins and voice steady. "There you go...see, ain't so bad..."

She doesn't get too far ahead, and Doc talks the horse across the wide stretch of shallow water, eventually getting him up to a canter once they hit dry land on the other side.