Having a Little Fun (Secret~Aussie)

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Jordan tacked up Kara after grooming her for about an hour and walked to the indoor arena, he wasn't much for arenas but he had gotten into barrel racing lately and wanted to learn more about it so he was gonna meet Barbie there for some test runs. He smiled to himself whistling a little as he walked to the arena and went into wait for Barbie and had remembered that maybe he would also hang out with Aussie today as well, he liked hanging out with her, she was a good friend. He mounted Kara and started to pace around letting her warm up before doing anything else.

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Aussie finished grooming and tacking Aqustin up and she went towards the indoor Arena. She saw Jordan and smiled as she opened the gate and closed it, leading Aqustin into the arena. She went on the bars and used it to mount him. She looked at Jordan and began to slowly trot Aqustin around the arena. "Hi Jordan. What are you doing here?" She asked, and continued her slow jog on the stallion.

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He looked up and smiled as Aussie walked into the arena. "Hey Aussie, I was meeting Barbie here, she was gonna help me start on barrel racing she should be here before to long." He said with a smile and then asked. "What was you doing today?" He smiled asking Kara to trot then lope around the arena.

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She smiled at him "Thats cool." She picked up to the trot, speeding it up and sending him into a smooth lope. She looked at him "I thought I would do a little of the same." She looked at him "I could come back later and give you guys the arena." She said, continuing the lope but ready to head to the gate if he needed.

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He smiled and nodded keeping his attention on the brindle mare, he slowed her down to a jog and looked over at her. "Cool and you can stay I'd prefer it actually." He said with a smile, he liked having a friend around not that he didn't like the owner but he just thought that it was more fun riding with a friend.

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She continued the lope, speeding it up a little and then looked to him. "Ok, your wish."'She said with a smile, and wondered when Barbie was coming. She looked at him "So, hows it been going?" She asked keeping her attention on Aqustin.

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He watched her go around and smiled leaning down and patting the mares shiny neck. He watched her go around the arena a little bit and said, "Good sept for a few new love bruises from Kara." He chuckled giving her a loving slap on the shoulder.

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She slowed Aqustin and looked at Jordan before laughing. "Sounds like you two have been having fun then." She smiled at him and continued to slow Aqustin to a slow jog. She wondered if Barbie was coming soon or if he came early for some warm up.

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Jordan smiled and stopped Kara in the middle of the ring and asked her to back up a few steps and then moved her to a walk. "Yep." He said with a smile, and asked Kara to slow gallop around the ring once before bringing her into a trot again.

Barbie finished pulling the cinch up tight for third time on Casanova she mounted and went to the ring where she found Jordan and Aussie. She leaned down and opened the gate and turned to and closed it again and then smiled. "Sorry it took me so long, Lightning was having some stiffness today so I got Cas ready and he is not the easiest horse in the world to deal with." She smiled and waited for their replies.

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She watched as Barbie came up and just shook her head. She decided Aqustin was warmed up enough, she looked at Barbie. "Nice to see you again Barbie, how are you?" She smiled and rubbed Aqustins shoulder and smiled at Barbie.

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Jordan smiled and nodded halting Kara and said. "No problem, how you doing today?" He asked with a smile patting his mares neck.

Barbie smiled and patted the golden horses neck and answered Aussie. "Nice to see you again as well, I'm doing great Wonder's foal should be able to go to its new home soon." She said with a smile and looked up to both of them, "So Aussie will you be joining us today?" She asked with a smile before dismounting the big stud and dropped his reins Cas was hyper but he would stay, she walked over and set the three barrels together to make one big one for now.

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She nodded, listening to Barbie. "Oh that's cool, how old is the foal?" She patted Aqustin and looked at Barbie. "I guess, only if I'm not intruding, I thought I would do just a bit of training." She watched as Barbie went and grouped the three barrels together as a big barrel and wondered if it was like a method or something.

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Jordan smiled and looked to Barbie and asked. "Why the big barrel?" He looked over to Aussie and hoped she would be staying.

Barbie smiled to Aussie and said, "The foal is almost six months old, in the weaning process now." She smiled and patted Casanova's neck and mounted again, "Yes of course stay the more the better." She said with a smile. She looked to Jordan and said, "Kara knows how to do barrels and she will just do them so you can just practice on that, and it keeps them out of the way when warming up as well." She said with a smile.

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She looked at Jordan and his questions and didn't know about it either. She looked back to Barbie "Oh well that's cool." She smiled a bit and then listened to what she was saying about the barrel and nodded thinking that was a cool way of arranging to barrels for warm up and training.

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He smiled and nodded to Barbie. "Kay' sounds cool." He said with a smile, he was really looking forward to this.

She smiled and nodded to Aussie and Jordan and then said. "Okay well first lets get something straight shall we, I expect the best care of my horses and I expect you two to deal with their vices cause its just more fun training the horses yourself. Okay anyway I'll get on with this, I want you two to lope your horses around this arena till their soft and willing to stay even. That's why people don't have good lopes they don't lope their horses enough." She said with a smile and added, "And keep them going till I say," She looked at Aussie, "You don't have to if you don't want to, but" She looked to Jordan. "You do have to since this is your lesson." She smiled and waited for them to answer.

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She listened to Barbie, and agreed to everything as she already adored Aqustin and everything that there was to him. She listened to what Barbie said and decided to do what she said, since it was most likely the best thing to do. She nodded silently and began to lope Aqustin, feeling him gradually soften his trot but continued to lope.

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Jordan smiled and clucked Kara into a lope around the arena without another word and just waited for whatever Barbie told him to do next.

Barbie watched Aussie and the black stallion awhile before turning and watching the brindle mare go around the arena and then she said, "You know the secret to getting a horse to lope slowly? Lope'em." She said simply and nudged Casanova into a lope around with the other horses.

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Aussie nodded and slowed to a pace where she could adjust from the lope. She listened to what Barbie said and just nodded slightly. Her hand fell to his withers as she became comfortable and basically leaned back for the ride.

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Jordan sat back and kept Kara at a good pace with the others and just went around for awhile.

Barbie clucked and got Casanova move his feet a little better and go around the arena and then finally he lowered his head acting a little out of breath and she stopped him when he finally wanted to go slow. "Feel free to stop them anytime you want just make sure they are acting like they want to go slow." She said with a smile leaning down and patting the big stallions neck.

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Aussie continued the lope and slowly, she pulled back, easing on the reins as Aqustin started to huff out his breath a little tiredly. She eased him back into a slow pace and slowed to a trot then let him walk it out. He kept his head bowed and huffed lightly, breathing returning to normal as she rubbed his withers and smiled.

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Jordan sat back and drew Kara to a stop, the brindle mare snorted and tucked her head in and stopped like a good girl. He smiled and patted her neck and then rubbed her butt, she sighed and swished her tail a little bored it seemed. "So whats next?" He asked with smile.

Barbie smiled and said, "Well since all three horses are okay with traffic you can start by chasing Casanova's tail around the barrels." She said with a grin and kicked Cas into a lope around the barrels, "When you follow him don't watch me watch the barrels." She said keeping the big stallion out in a big circle around the barrels, "Stay out a little ways at first." She said and kept her eyes on the barrels and then watched as Jordan pushed Kara in after the golden stallion. "This will get you used to the turns more easily."

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Aussie, really didn't know if she wanted to follow Barbie and Casanova. But not wanting to get on the owner's bad side, she did as she was told. Going after Kara and Jordan in a lope, she turned the barrel quickly and well, she was good at barrel racing, and trained at her grandmas. As they continued with going around the barrels, she turned each one easily, sharply and well. She knew not to focus on outside things, like the time or audience, but to just focus on the barrels and concentrate her effort on it. Finishing with the others, she sighed, loving to start the barrels here again.

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Barbie stopped Casanova in the center of the ring and watched Jordan and Aussie and then said. "I think I should explain what this teaches the horses, since its easier to do something if you know its actually teaching them. Making them chase each others tails makes them realize its not fun to get up and after another horse, this keeps them from freaking out if they can't be in the front of the group on rides and makes them not care if another horse acts up." She explained watching them more and then continued. "And the reason I want you to lope them in wide circles around the barrels is to teach them to always pay attention to you, you see most barrel horses just do the pattern and once they start to do that they stop listening to you and you can end up in a bind, this makes them stay out till you ask them to get in closer." She explained more, she looked to Jordan. "Now that your doing okay with the barrels take her back and act like your going to start around the first in a run and then turn the other way half way around it. Now most barrel racers will say this wrong, will tell you your teaching him not to go around the barrels but that's not true this teaches them not stop paying attention to you and makes them keep on listening, you say go around they cut around you say get out they get out." She said and then looked to Aussie, "You did very well but as I said you don't have to do anything I say this is lesson but I guarantee this makes barrel horses a lot safer animals."

Jordan listened to Barbie and said. "Okay I'll try." He kicked Kara like he was gonna start a run but pulled her out half way around and she jigged sideways trying to get back around the barrel, "See she wasn't listening now do it again and this time pull her head and use inside pressure to drive her shoulder out." Barbie called and he did it again and this time better.

(That is a real thing with barrel horses, its Clinton Anderson way hehe)

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Aussie sat back in the saddle, and watched and listened to Barbie. She nodded, and had heard about what she was saying. True, some people thought that it was reversing a barrel horses' training, teaching them to not continue the pattern. But as Barbie said, it wasn't true, it was right that it taught them to listen to you and know that you were the one to take direction from. If the horse only knew to just do the pattern, they could not stop if you had a difficulty with something and you could end up in some serious trouble and danger also. Then the talk was directed completely on Aussie as Barbie said that she was doing well and she didn't have to do that but it would help. Aussie nodded, knowing that that was the truth and then turned her attention on Jordan. She watched him and then took up the pointer at what he did to do it with Aqustin. Aussie looked at Barbie I'll try it too. She got Aqustin into thinking they were starting the pattern, but used what Barbie said and pulled his head, as she had always heard and been taught. You have to keep their head in and focused, so they know what direction they should be going. Doing the same thing Barbie said, she accomplished it after he was done protesting some and then came back to Barbie and Jordan.

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Jordan continued to do what Barbie had told him to do, and the more he did it using leg pressure to push Kara in and out of the barrels the lower her head got and the smoother her gaits got. "Okay Jordan I think this would be a good time to quite her." He nodded and finished what he was doing and drew her to a stop back with Barbie and patted the mares neck, "Good girl." He said rubbing her sweaty neck. "You two work well with each other," Barbie said to him and returned her attention to Aussie and smiled.

"You certainly understand that horse very well, I think you two will make a great team." She said smiling at Aussie and then suggested. "If your up to it I would like to see how well you and him barrel race since you have barrel raced before this will give Jordan a closer look at how to it." She said with a smile moving her big stallion to the side and Jordan following after her.

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Aussie sat back in her saddle, and watched Jordan and Kara, then smiled watching them progress. Watching Jordan, she kept herself poised and alert, but at the same time relaxed. She nodded watching the two, and then noticed that Barbie was directing her attentions towards her. She smiled, nodding "Thank you." Listening, Aussie wore a serious face and nodded, listening to what Barbie said. "Sure, I'm up to it, I'll just go right now." She smiled at Jordan "I'll be your example." She laughed softly and jokingly, then squeezed her legs on Aqustins sides. She moved him in a circle, for the start and got herself into position to start. She squeezed her legs hard tightly into Aqustin's sides and was responded with a fast gallop forth. Moving him forth,she approached the first barrel, and widened out her turn slightly. Then moving, she turned him sharply and easily, and was responded with a nice turn. It was sharp and made it close to the barrel, slightly grazing it but it stayed balanced. Moving towards the second barrel, she turned it sharply as well, still going at a fast pace but slowed slightly. Then approached the third, she slowed the pace, and turned him with a sharpness that kept him close to the barrel and turned well. Then after going around the third barrel, she sped the pace up and came home at a fast pace. She felt good about her performance, and sighed, not going to ask How was that? She just waited for any criticism she thought was coming.