Darren Lee Greyson | 28 | M | Ignited Sage (Sage) & Dun Been Cursed (Ciel/Lease) | Mentions; Ciel, Open

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Heading towards the stable Darren didn't seem to have too much of a busy day yet so he decided to go check on his newest arrival, Back at barn C it was convenient that Ciel was kept in the same barn as Sage. Stall 14 he could see the geldings gentle features looking out of the stall and right at him, "Hey, Remember me?" He grinned as he stopped at his stall. extending his hand he let the gelding smell his hand before he brushed his hand down his Dun face

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Seeing the blue/white patterned halter and lead rope hooked to his stall Darren picked it up and looked at it for a moment before slipping it over Ciel's face, "Lets go do some work shall we". Unlatching the stall he led the Dun out of his stall and down the isle towards the cross ties for a grooming. Grooming box in hand and the gelding clipped into the lines Darren began the grooming process, Coat brushed, Mane braided to keep it out of the way and hooves picked before Darren went searching for the geldings tack in the tack room.

Louis Wright | 19 | M | Conquer Nought (Statis) | M: Mist

With some time, the laughter eventually subsided into a broad smile. Crossing his arms, he now leant against the wall adjacent to him. “Well. I was particularly quiet when I stepped through these doors,” He paused, “It was two in the morning after all.” The girl had now settled on her bed, and the conversation returned to the form of an introduction. He slowly followed her suit, moving from where he leant to his bed in the corner. Catching a glance in the mirror, he slowly started to twist the curls in his hair. Dressage was going to be a particularly difficult task. Perhaps not on his end; he learnt things very quickly.

“I suppose that it is my pleasure to re-meet you once more. I think you’ll find we’re going to have a proper challenge.” He introduced his discipline as show jumping, before moving on to explain his initial statement. “Statis – my ride – has never done a step of dressage in his life. And his temperament is very unsuitable for that discipline as well.” Statis had a fiery temperament and dressage was, as far as Louis knew, too slow and controlled.

Wisteria Lee || 17 || Female || Take a Little Chance(Chance) || M: Ruth

Wisteria watched as the graceful pair seemed to float across the arena. It looked so much more complex than reining. How did the horse know how to do all those movements? She was shaken out of her thoughts when Ruth and her horse came to a halt before her and Chance. "I am fine starting out with him, but can you give me a rundown of what cues to use? I have never ridden English before." She went to walk over but then realized she was still holding Chance. "Would you mind holding my boy for me?" She didn't know if she had ever ridden a horse as big as Haze before. Reining horses tended to be on the smaller side. The tallest horse she had ever ridden had been 15.1 hhs and Polka had only been 14.1 hhs. She had technically been a pony. Wisteria knew that a lot of Mustangs were on the smaller side and that Chance was actually on the larger side of mustangs. One of her trainer's other students had a mustang that was only 14 hhs, but that was the smallest mustang she knew.

Isabella Adelle Jackson - Female - 17 - Taken Satan's Kiss (Tucker) - Mentions: Luvaine

Adelle sneaked out of work to go see her spoiled cutting stallion. He was such a pretty appaloosa boy.

And who would let their 2nd provincial cutting champion cut out of training? That was Adelle's excuse.

Adelle leaned over the stall door grabbing the halter after petting her horse for a few minutes. A red rosette was hanging on the mesh proudly.

The rosette said, Reserve Provincial Cutting Champion. Tucker had many other smaller blue ribbons hanging down below, proving his show record.

Once the deep blue halter was on the appaloosa cutter, he was led out of his stall and tied onto some cross ties. Tucker was brushed down pretty fast, considering his owner is a very talented, when she wants to be, stable hand.

All the large brown spots of dirt were swept off his coat with ease. The knots in his mane pulled out easily. Tucker seemed to glow when Adelle was done with him.

She then grabbed his dark blue patterned Navajo and saddle pad, placing them on the horse in the correct order. After, she grabbed the saddle off the rack and put the light brown leather saddle on her handsome boy.

The saddle was a pretty simple saddle, not much on it to stand out, except writing on the stirrup leather. It said on it in dark writing, Champion Rose Hill Cutting. She got this saddle in one of their first competitions together.

Then she saw something that made her eyes narrow and turn away putting his blue patterned bridle on.

It was Luvaine. Of course, now he would come...

Drake Vaughan | 18 | Male | Weezy Outta Here (Wayne)

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Drake followed Cade as he walked over to a ditch he'd seen earlier. Drake didn't find it to be a particularly scary ditch but he knew Wayne would think differently. He watched Cade and Jazz take on the ditch. Jazz had clearly done a couple before but Drake could tell they were not his favorite. Cade gave a his horse a pat in the neck before giving Drake a bit of advice. He appreciated the advice as he'd never tried anything similar before. The turned away from Cade, starting to trot his horse. He trotted Wayne up to the ditch, stopping him before the edge. He let Wayne look at it for a little while and sniff it. Once he seemed more comfortable, he turned a away and trotted a circle, trotting next to the edge before actually turning him at the bank. Once Wayne realized he was expected to jump this foreign obstacle, he started to back off, trotting with less enthusiasm. He was no longer trying to canter, but steadily trotting instead. Wayne continued to look at it all the way, and Drake gave a tap of his spurs just before the base, urging his horse over. Wayne leapt awkwardly, clearing it by quite a bit. Drake could feel his horse taking a peek all the way over. He gave Wayne a couple pats on the neck before trotting back to it. This time Wayne was more relaxed and jumped it properly, though Drake could still feel him looking at the ditch. On landing he gave his horse more praise before walking over Cade. He smiled at Cade before speaking.

"I'm so happy with him, I think we should quit while we're ahead. Is that alright with you?"

Mist Chandler || 16 || Female || Angle's Dance(Angle) || M: Louis

"I wonder if Angle will take to jumping, I don't think she ever has." Angle was a young horse, and though she was normally very willing, she was truly just a baby. "Hey, at least we don't need to learn Western. No re-learning the basics here." Mist took out her phone and checked the time. It was getting on in the day and she had not yet seen her horse.

"Do you want to head down to the stables? I just need to get changed." Apparently already decided Mist got up and grabbed her riding clothes from her closet and went to the bathroom to change. When she came out she was wearing a light blue tight-fitted t-shirt and a pair of tan riding pants. While she wore white pants for shows they were a pain to keep clean so mostly they lived covered in plastic along with her show shirt and show coat. She switched out her shoes to a pair of dusty riding boots that had clearly seen better days. She put her other clothes away and grabbed her helmet. "So, should we go snuggle horses?"

Ruth Carling | 20 | F | Dancing Haze (Haze) | Mentions; Haze, Wisteria, Open

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"I sure can" She smiled, She watched as the muscular stallion seemed confused with a new rider. Taking hold of Chance's reins for her Ruth began firstly telling Wisteria about the posture she needed for dressage, Western had a more relaxed posture but with dressage that seating was important. "Okay now with cues, You're gonna be using your legs a lot" She chuckled before informing her about some of Haze's leg cues, For now she just wanted the posture and for them to get comfortable with each other maybe even try a trot.

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She watched her mount Haze and the stallions ears flicked back listening to Wisteria, He stood and waited for any cues. It would definitely feel different for him with any weight difference, He was only a little unsettled at the change but it would go away eventually. Ruth waited on Wisteria to get comfortable and adjust herself before she instructed her on the cue that would move him forward, Ruth took another glance at the horse beside her and smiled before gazing back at Haze & Wisteria.

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Darren Lee Greyson | 28 | M | Ignited Sage (Sage) & Dun Been Cursed (Ciel/Lease) | Mentions; Ciel, Open

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His western saddle/girth and pad pulled out with the stallions bridle hanging over his shoulder Darren was ready to tack up Ciel, The Dun gelding was watching over his shoulder as he hauled the tack over. "Phew that isn't light" He exhaled, Starting out with the saddle/girth and pad he tightened up the girth. Making sure it was sitting correctly on his back Darren undid his halter and slipped the bridle on, He could see the gelding checking it was his usual bridle.
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"Think i'd trick you" He chuckled before tightening up the girth again just to make sure it was right, He left the halter nearby the cross-ties for when they came back. He was glad Ciel had been worked not long ago so he didn't have to worry about a rusty horse but he still gave him a warm up walk, Seeing the trail he noticed Ciel getting a bit riled up. Seemed he had some energy to burn after that long trail ride the other day, Stopping the gelding Darren mounted up.

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He directed the Dun towards one of the seemingly empty Trails, Side stepping a few feet as Darren was holding him back. On the trail Darren caved and let the Quarter horse trot along but that eventually quickened to a lope, Smiling at the feeling he looked between the geldings pricked forward ears as they loped down the partially grassy trail. Thick tree's surrounding them as it was forest based, Darren gave him enough rein to keep the lope.

Louis Wright | 19 | M | Conquer Nought (Statis) | M: Mist

Louis made a half-hearted nod to her statement, but as they say, this would a task easier said then done. Well, if they started now, at the very least, he could see how much work the pair would have to do. He double-checked the time on his own phone. It was around eleven, which meant that Statis would have already been turned out after breakfast.

“Sure, let’s go.” Already dressed, he continued his daily hair routine while Mist went to change. By the time she was out, he was pretty happy with his own appearance. “Snuggling Angle might be proposition. Snuggling Statis won’t be likely to happen.” Holding the door open, he waited for Mist to pass through before following after her. He continued explaining, “Statis hasn’t had a morning run, so he will probably be very, very mad.”

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Shiloh Clearking || 19 || F || WW Deluxe Glowin Cowboy Crush(Deluxe Crush) || Mentions: Earl

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Everything around her was a blur as she galloped down the trail. She began urging deluxe faster as they continued. A heavy thudding accompanied by deluxe snorting filled her ears as the wind whipped her hair around behind her. She peeked over her arm looking at the pair that was beginning to catch up to her. She began thinking if she wanted to slow down and let him win or continue racing at breakneck speeds. She then though to herself wait we never told each other where to stop. She then turned slightly about to yell as Earl had yelled saying "stop at the bending trees".

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"Okay!" She shouted hoping he could hear her. She looked at the trees and slowed deluxe down slightly but enough for Valiant and Earl to hit the space between the trees at the exact same time. She looked down slightly out of breath at Deluxe who was snorting and panting at the sudden race. She took a deep breath and looked up at Earl "Good race!" She smiled brightly and laughed. She began walking Deluxe in a circle to cool him out." You wanna trot back to the stables? I think we all could use some water and a snack" she smiled while trying to untangle her hair a bit.