Maggie flipped the latch to Sky's stall, and waving her hand at the mare, Sky backed up and allowed Maggie in. Maggie and Sky were strange in that they didn't use cross ties. For some reason Sky hated them. Maggie suspected her bay mare had a bad experience with them before Maggie bought her. Maggie opened the cabinet next to the stall door, and took out the soft brush. Sky was clean, but she still had a little dust from the stall on her. Sky munched on some hay in the courner of the stall, and Maggie began working on shining the mare up.