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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 10, 2011 4:27:35 GMT -5
Mack walked down to the arena, spazzy, jumpy and hyper saddlebred on her heels. He snorted and jumped away from a pile of gravel. "Patch, calm down." He cooed and he pricked his ears toward her. When they got to the arena Mackenzie turned to him and asked. "Now are you gonna be good? I don't want to end up on my butt because your scared of a falling leaf." He blew softly in her face and swished his tail, she smiled and looked at his white blue eyes. He was so unique to her, he was her best friend. She slowly mounted him making sure he wouldn't bolt or jump away from something. He didn't used to be this bad, but she had to stop riding him for awhile and he got really spooky. Once she was on him, he calmed down. "That's my pretty." She cooed again. She clicked her tongue and he started to walk, he jumped at something only he could see and she said. "Easy boy your okay." He sighed and calmed down, after he was warmed up she lightly nudged him and he went into a tense slightly uptight trot. But soon he was loose and limber again, she clicked him up to a canter and whispered, "that's my boy." He lengthened out his stride to a nice slow gallop and went around the arena. His coat gleamed like raven feathers on snow. Mackie loved riding at this speed not to fast and not to slow for either of them, this also seemed to be the speed Patch worked best at, cause it was the only one he didn't spook at. No one not even Mackie understood why this was the only speed that he didn't spook.
(you can look at her profile in my tracker it also has pics, and I hope that post is okay. I was never great at starting posts.)
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Post by samini on Dec 10, 2011 5:01:53 GMT -5
Cody lead Riley down to the school. The young thoroughbred was weirdly calm. "mind if i join you?" Cody asked Mackie. Riley's ears pricked up when he noticed Patch. He calmly watched Patch trotting around the school "wait," he said to Riley. (I'll take a look )
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 10, 2011 5:16:00 GMT -5
Mackenzie smiled and pulled Patch to a walk but didn't stop him. "Na I don't mind. It might even calm spazz her down a bit. He likes other horses." She said with a smile. She decided she would be nice for now, or at least not quiet as much of a flirt. Because Patch was to much of spazz not to pay a lot of attention to. But she did have enough time to study him and his horse. "Nice horse. Thoroughbred?" She asked. She asked because he looked a lot like her dads race horses. Patch snorted and kept trying to get a look at the other horse and rider.
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Post by samini on Dec 10, 2011 5:24:03 GMT -5
"Great," Cody said flashing a cheeky smile at her. He patted Riley before pulling both the stirrups down. Cody took the reins and put his foot in the stirrup and swug over. He landed gently on his back. "thanks, yep he's a thoroughbred, ex-racehorse," he said smiling. Cody clicked at Riley "walk on," he said to make Riley to walk on into the school. The tracked right on the track.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 10, 2011 5:37:01 GMT -5
Mackie felt just slightly proud of herself for spoting the horses breed. "No problem, and cool race horses make great horses once you get them calmed down." She said urging Patch into a slow trot. Patch was still trying to look at the new horse and rider, she sighed and said. "By the way this busy body is Patch, and I'm Mackenzie or Mackie." She slowed Patch and started working on his dressage moves. Patch was a little rusty on the moves but did well enough for her.
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Post by samini on Dec 10, 2011 5:54:51 GMT -5
"I've re-schooled racehorses since i was tiny," Cody said "nice to meet you, i'm cody and this is Riley." Cody walked Riley round the arena doing twenty meter circles, 3 loop serentines, changes of reins and transitions. Riley had improved a lot since Cody had bought him. After about 10 minutes of walk he asked Riley to trot "so, how long have you been her, at starryskys?" Cody asked Mackie.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 10, 2011 6:15:55 GMT -5
"Cool, I grew up on a thoroughbred ranch in Kenntucky. Well we went back and forth between there and Tennessee." She said getting Patch to side pass. "Nice to meet you too, and Riley is a very nice mover." Patch snorted and Mackie let him pick up an extended trot. She thought for a moment and said. "I think about a half a year or a little longer, you?" Patch tensed and broke his stride to look around wide eyes. "Sush... its okay boy, nothing gonna hurt you." She whispered to him, trying to calm him down a little. Patch's breathing slowed and he wasn't as tense. Mackie had him stop and let him look at whatever had caught his attention.
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Post by samini on Dec 10, 2011 7:41:36 GMT -5
"I'm from England, as you can probally tell," Cody said bringing Riley into walk "I moved here 6 months ago but we could only bring two horses so we brought Riley and my mum's horse, Jace. We bought a farm up the road, Laurel River Farm, we only have the space for one horse at the moment so i keep Riley here, We're hoping to expand soon as well as taking boarders." Cody asked Riley to trot again. "good boy," cody said.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 10, 2011 15:42:18 GMT -5
Mackie smiled. "Cool. I've to England once, with my dad." She and then added, "at least your here by choice." She stroked the gelding neck and said. "Cool I didn't there were any farms around here but the schools." She nudged Patch into a collected trot and then let him pick of the canter. "Patch was the only horse we brought with us." And then she added in a quieter tone. "We had to sell all my moms horses," it had been over a year since the accadeint.
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Post by samini on Dec 10, 2011 16:31:02 GMT -5
"oh, you should come see our farm soon," Cody said "once we've expanded we hope to get a few other horses and a lot of boarders." It was horrible for cody to remeber his dad. He started the families bussiness in england and his death foursed the family to move to america. Cody brought Riley into hault to practise some basic dressage moves. Rein back, turn on the fore hand and so on.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 10, 2011 18:31:37 GMT -5
Mackenzie let Patch set his own pace and just went along with him. Tomorrow she was problably gonna work him on his jumping. She smiled her coy smile and said, "I might when I have time." She said, she smiled as she looked between Patch's ears. She had gotten him by being a whinny spoiled brat, but she didn't care he was the best thing her life. Besides her brother. She barely pulled back on the rein and he slowed to a fast walk. She got him to start doing small figure eights and had him go back into a trot. Once he had done a little work at the trot she had him canter. And then she worked him on his lead changes, he could still do flying lead changes. She slowed him down and asked, "so what disaplines do you do? I'm mostly an eventer, but I like barrel racing sometimes."
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Post by samini on Dec 11, 2011 5:02:38 GMT -5
Cody asked Riley for a walk again "It'll be cool," Cody said smiling. He asked Riley for a trot. He turned him into a 20 meter circle and when he got to the M corner he sat in for canter. He cantered him in a 20 meter circle back to M where he brought him back into trot, then walk. "I do eventing, haven't shown in a while though, been focused on getting this little guy trained," Cody patted Riley on the shoulder.
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Post by KM loves MUSIC and PEANUT!!!! on Dec 11, 2011 16:26:34 GMT -5
Mackie let Patch slow down a nice even walk and said, "Cool," she clicked her tongue and he went into a brisk trot. She kept him at a smooth extaned trot for a moment and then said, "yeah I haven't eveted in awhile but that was because we moved out here and I have been busy." She patted him neck and added, "yeah Patch is mostly trained for it, he's just a little jumpy is all." She said pulling him back down to a walk. Patch looked at the other horse and snorted, whipping his head. She laughed and said, "your such a goof, you spazz."
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