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<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">It was 2:00 in the morning and John was driving to the stables because he got a call saying it was on fire. He could see the smoke up in the sky he pulled into the stables to see the barn nearly destroyed he parked the car and got out he saw a stable hand 'blackies still in there' the stable hand called. John heard blackie whinny he had to do something but as he went to run in to the barn to save him the whole thing collapsed John screamed 'no' he dropped to his knees tears in his eyes<div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">
<div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">John gasped for air as he woke up he looked around his room 'it was only a dream' he said to himself he got up and went down stairs to make a coffee. It had been 2 months since the accident and he couldn't stop having the nightmares about it
<div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">(Part two will be up soon)
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After he made his coffee he sat down and begain to read the paper. He went wide eyes reading an article about the riding center. Fireball stables to reopen in the next few days, John sighed he would have to go back there sooner or later. He finished his coffee and hoped into his track and drove off to his clients house.
Once he got there he saw his friend Sammie already warming up. He got out of his truck and walked towards the arena "hey" called Sammie looked "oh hey I was just warming up do you wanna watch me jump then give me pointers" she asked "sure" he said. He sat on the fence and watched her,once she finished she halted in front of him "how was that" she asked "that was good" he said "um I wanted to ask I have a mare that needs working with but I don't have time for her so I was wondering if you could work with her" she asked. John sighed "I guess I can" he said "great if you wanna go see her she's down there" Sammie said while pointing down to the back field.
John got up and begain to walk down there,once there he climbed the fence and sat there. He looked at the mare she was a dark bay and around 16hh. He sighed "I'll have to get back into it sooner or later" he said to himself. He looked at the mares halter "wiz" he said. The mare looked up and walked over to the fence she sniffed John's hand "we'll see how you go for the next couple of weeks girl I might end up keeping you" he said while chuckling. But as he said that he had a flash back of the day he first got blackie. |
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He was knocked out of his thought when he heard sammie coming. She put her horse in the paddock next to wiz "if you wanna see what she's like you can" Sammie said to john. John sighed and grabbed the lead rope and clipped it on to the mares halter and led her out of the yard and led her to the cross ties. John tied her up and grabbed a brush a begain to brush her "so what's she like" John asked "she's good we just have a couple of issues under saddle" Sammie said.
John looked at her "I can fix that" John said he began to saddle her up. He grabbed a piece of bailing twine and tied it to the girth. He put her bridle on and put the twine so it was over the reins and he secured it on the other side. He grabbed a helmet and led her to the arena. "Have you got a lunge ripe" he asked her "yeah here" sammie said handing him one. John clipped it to the mares halter and begain to make her trot he watched her movements carefully. |
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After making the mare work for a little bit he halted her and walked up to her "good girl" John said as he rubbed the mares head. He rolled the lunge ripe back up and unclipped it he then fixed his stirrups and tightened the girl. Once that was all done he gathered up his reins in one hand and put his foot in the stirrup he gently swung into wiz's back. "Good girl" he said as he patted her he put his other foot in the stirrup and sighed "walk on" he said while gentle nudging her with his heels. Wiz moved into a lengthy walk stretching her head out while she walked.
"She feels good so far" John called to Sammie "yeah she is nice to ride" Sammie called back as she watched. After a few laps of walking he asked her for a steady trot. Wiz picked up the trot instantly and collected her head "good girl" he said. He trotted one way for a bit then changed rein. Wiz moved her body inwards towards the center of the ring. "Has she always done this" John asked as he guided her back out to the rail "yeah she has never really liked going that way" Sammie said. John nodded and trotted around a bit more before halting the mare "she's a good mare" he said while rubbing her neck. |
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Like it! At times thereÂ’s a lack of description but itÂ’s good!!! |
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Sammie smiled "of course she is she's the grand daughter of Maverick" Sammie explained "what wait really" Shane asked as he took his feet out of the stirrups. Sammie nodded "yep the one and only and her dam is shimmer" Sammie said as she lent on the fence Shane smiled before swinging his leg over and getting off "well with horses like that in her family no wonder she's so good" Shane replied as he rubbed the mares neck before slipping the reins over her neck and walked towards the gate "so do you wanna keep her here or take her back to your old barn" Sammie asked softly "uh I'm not sure I might keep her here for a while then move her" he said Sammie smiled "well I gotta go through hay will you be ok with her" she asked "yeah I'll be fine" Shane said as he walked towards the barn. He smiled and led wiz into a stall and took her bridle off replacing it with her black nylon halter. He put the lead over the stall door before running up his stirrups and loosening the girth he gentle took the saddle off placing it on the stall door "your not to sweaty so I'll give you a good brush before I turn you back out how does that sound" Shane said wiz bobbed her head up and down. Shane laughed before grabbing the tack and tacking it to the tack room. As he placed it down he grabbed a few brushes that were under the saddle rack before walking back to the stall. Shane started humming to himself as he walked back into the stall and began to groom the mare. Shane was not paying attention when Sammie walked in "you can leave her in the stall once your finish" she called Shane slightly jumped "ok" he called back as he sat the brush down and began to pick out wiz's feet. Once she was completely groomed he took her halter off and walked out of the stall making sure it was latches behind him before hanging up her halter |
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it can lack in description, but its really good so far! |
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Partly Cloudy with Afternoon Drizzle
