And Bingo Was His Name-O (Stall #14)

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[glow=red,2,300]Grace Farley[/glow]

I walked into the barn, leading Bingo. He held his head high, his ears pricked so far forward they were almost touching at the tips. "Steady there big boy," I said quietly. Bingo shivered with nervous energy. He wasn't used to being moved around a lot. "Nothing to worry about bud," I told him. I kept a firm hand on his lead rope, and walked calmly down the aisle. Bingo nickered to almost every horse he saw. Most of the stalls were already occupied, but I spied one that would mean Bingo had an empty stall on either side of him. "Home sweet home," I said to Bingo, undoing the latch on the stall door and leading him in. I closed the door behind us and unclipped the lead off Bingo's red rope halter. "Here we are. Stall number fourteen," I said to him. He ignored me completely, bending his neck to sniff the ground, and pacing restlessly. "It's okay, boy," I reassured him. Bingo didn't seem convinced, so I decided to leave him be. I made sure he had some fresh water, and then I slipped out of the stall. I hung his lead rope over a hook in the door, and went outside to gather my grooming kit and Bingo's tack and feed buckets from the trailer. I came back into the barn and put all of Bingo's stuff in the corner of his stall. I didn't know where the tack room was yet, and I wanted to put my stuff away in my apartment. "I'll come back and see you later on, okay bud?" I said to Bingo. I hugged him around the neck, and ran my fingers through his thick mane. "See ya," I said as I left his stall.

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I walked back into the barn. My room was now, well...Roomy. I got to Bingo's stall, and looked in at him. He'd stopped pacing, and he slung his head over the door to nudge me. "Okay, okay," I laughed, slipping into his stall. I grabbed a curry comb out of my grooming kit and started to groom him. Bingo sighed with pleasure, dropping his head and half closing his eyes. I smiled at him, and continued to groom him, rubbing out all the dirt and old hairs from his coat. I grabbed a soft brush from the kit and brushed down Bingo's whole body, dusting away all the loose hair I'd just pulled up. I stopped at his face, undoing his halter and hanging it over the hook. I gently brushed down his face, and hugged him. "There you go, pretty boy," I said, kissing him on the forehead. I didn't need to pick out his hooves, I'd given him a full groom before I'd brought him here. "Might as well take you to explore too, huh?" I said to him. I grabbed his halter and put it back on, snapping the lead to it as well. "You better behave yourself," I muttered, opening the door. I figured I'd take him to a ring first, and if there was no one in there I'd let him have a sniff around. "Come on then," I said, giving a small tug on the lead and walking out of the barn.

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I walked into the barn with Apollo on my heels as I walk to the barn I see a girl walking a beautiful horse, "hey I'm Lucy! and this is Apollo" I said pointing to my big paint gelding, "he is beautiful, is he a Gyspy Vanner?" I asked her, Apollo nickered to me and nudged me "OK, OK boy" I said smiling and taking him to his stall and let him go into it, "it was a long drive and I think he wanted to get some rest" I said smiling my inward smile, "he is really pretty" I said looking at the horse, he was really pretty.

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I smiled. "Hey! I'm Grace, and this is Bingo." I nodded. "Yeah he's a Gypsy," I said with a smile. "Apollo's gorgeous," I said to her. I laughed when he nickered. Bingo flicked his ears forward and looked itnerested, but he didn't do much else. "Good boy," I murmured to him. I nodded to Lucy and laughed. "Yeah, I know what you mean," I said to her. I smiled when she complimented Bingo. Some people thought he was pretty, but they got nervous when they found out he was a stallion. I didn't know why; most of the stallions I'd met were actually really sweet. "Thanks," I said with a smile. "I was just about to go and do some exploring around here, do you wanna come with me?" I asked. I didn't know if Lucy had been here long, but I thought looking around would be more fun if there was someone else with me.

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I smiled at the name "cute name" I said smiling, "and he is so beautiful I love Gyspys" I said smiling and reaching out a closed hand for him to sniff, "he a gelding or stallion?" I asked stroking the horses neck, "sure I already put my other horse out in the pasture she prefers to stay out in the fields instead of the stalls, I don't like Apollo being out to much" I said, he had a bad case of coming up lame and it was easier to just keep him in side when it was cold, "I just got here today well these guys anyway I have been living here for about three years and then I went home when I found out my old stable was closing, so I bought my two horses and brought them back here," I said smiling me and my sister had been leaving here for a while now, "I work down at the tack shop, its not much but it keeps me going and gives me enough money to broard my horses," I said smiling it was nice talking to some one, I hardly ever seen Kesha anymore, she had her own group of friends at her riding school, "at least my sister Kesha got a scorlorship to her riding school" I said smiling, I couldn't have afforded to send her to a riding school with the money I make.

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I smiled in agreement; Gypsys were amazing. "He's a stallion," I told her. "He used to be a stud at my old riding school, but since I've owned him he hasn't been having much fun in that department." I laughed, I was happy for Bingo to be a stud, but my parents didn't agree. "So you have two horses?" I asked her. I didn't really like leaving Bingo out in pastures either, just in case someone didn't realise and put a mare in with him. I smiled at Lucy. "Cool, it's both Bingo and my first day here," I said. "I have a part time job at the pet store, which is how I'm affording to keep Bingo here too," I laughed. "And since it's his first day here, I want to get him used to the place. He's not really good with new places." I was actually surprised that Bingo had settled down in his stall quickly.

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I smiled at Grace it sure was nice talking to some one again, me and my sister had spent a lot of our lives running from the past, and trying to barey it, so we didn't spend a lot of time talking to each other, "that's cool," I said and then looking at Bingo "aww... so you been tooken off the stud list?" I asked the stallion, he was a real beauty, "my gelding the one you saw, he is an American Paint, and my filly Checotah she is a Pintoabian" I said smiling, "that's cool, I haven't riddin in years I was keeping these two at my place but it wasn't big enough for them, so I brought them here today, Apollo seems to like it here, but Checotah well she is just like an arab so she has to stay in the pasture for a while," I said laughing a little, "so how long you been riding?" I asked her smiled and stroking Bingo's neck.

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(Sorry if there's bad spelling in this...the lightbulb in the study just exploded and im in pitch black now lol)

I laughed as Lucy cooed to Bingo. "Apollo's the most beautiful Paint I've ever seen," I said. I'd never even heard of a Pintoabian before. I laughed at her description though. "Yeah, Arabs are very...Exciteable," I laughed. "I used to ride a pure Arab gelding, he was a nutso. Sometimes he was fine, but he got spooked at the weirdest things. I'd like to meet your filly sometime," I said. I figured she'd be a pinto Arabian, but I wasn't sure. "I've been riding since I was four," I told her. "I got my first pony when I was ten, but she had to be put to sleep." I didn't say why; I hated myself for what had happend to Luna, and I hated talking about it too. "How about we go for a walk, let Bingo see the sights?" I suggested. I was aching to go and explore.

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(I didn't see any, but I wasn't looking for them *shurggs*)

I laughed and nodded "yeah he is my pretty boy" I said smiling and looking around again, I had looked this place over a few times but never really look looked around, and then adding "A Pintoabian is a breed made from crossing paints and arabs, most are %75 Arab and %25 Pinto" I explained to her they were a farley common breed but most people didn't know that they were a breed, "Yeah she is not as much a spazz as arabs but she has her momments" I said with a laugh, "she is really pretty she looks like pure arab, but is a sorrel/chestnut paint" I said smiling and patting Bingo on the neck, "I have been riding since I was fifteen," I said smiling I hadn't been riding as long as she had that was for sure, "yeah why not" I said and started walking I kinda knew my way around here.

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I smiled and nodded. Her filly sounded like fun. "She sounds gorgeous," I said. I loved pintos and paints. Solid horses were still pretty, but there was nothing better than patterns in my opinion. I laughed as Bingo's eyes began to droop closed, he was loving this attention way too much. "Lead the way," I laughed. I smiled to myself. Bingo and I had a new friend and a tour guide wrapped into one! Score. I followed Lucy, giving a small tug on Bingo's lead to wake him up from his contented state.

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I laughed lightly "yeah she really is" I said smiling at her, I enjoyed talking to people I was the kinda person who could just take off and start talking none stop if you let me, "OK" I said walking around "well as you know that was the broader barn, that is the rescue barn they have a few rescues here, then there is the lesion horse barn I have to use those horses some times cause Apollo comes up lame a lot and Checotah is only a year old so I can't ride her yet" I said smiling and walking around a little bit more "down that way there are the different arenas for different things, they have really nice trails too" I said walking around a little bit I knew what the arenas were for but couldn't really recall them, "I think they have cross country course some where around here" I said smiling I didn't like much English riding so I wasn't sure if they had one or not, "and there are different pastures around here too," I said smiling and looking around and then I spotted the small pasture I had let Checotah into and quickly walked over to it, and whistled I heard her whinny and then she came running up to the fence "this is Checotah" I said as she whipped her head and ran in a few circles and neighed again "yeah I know your my silly girl" I said laughing at her blowing and snorting as she pranced around the field "this is why I didn't put her into a stall yet" I said smiling at the filly really trying to show off.

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I smiled. I liked the way that Lucy always came up with a conversation - awkward silences weren't fun. I nodded at each place we went past. I wondered if there was a stud barn; maybe once Bingo had settled in I could offer him up for stud again. "Bingo would love the corss country course," I said, lighting up. Bingo tossed his head, and I took that to be him agreeing, until I saw Lucy's filly in a pasture up ahead. "Of course," I laughed. I follwed Lucy to the fence, but stayed a few paces back so Bingo didn't get too excited. "She's beautiful," I whispered. She really was. I laughed as she danced around the field. "A stall's no place for a pretty girl like you to blow off your energy, huh?" I cooed to her. Bingo shoved me from behind, and I pushed him back a few more steps. "No way, Bingo," I said firmly. "You are NOT a stud horse." Yet.
I laughed again at Checotah. "She has a really interesting name," I said to Lucy. "Does it mean anything?" Bingo snorted and bowed his neck, and I tried my best to ignore him. Usually he was fine around mares, but all the excitement of moving and seeing a new place was getting to him a little. "Maybe I should go put Bingo back in his stall, and then we can finish this little tour alone," I laughed. I trusted Bingo with my life, but it wasn't fair to keep dragging him along with me.

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I smiled at Grace she was nice and very good to talk to, "that's neat I have never to much English riding just some Show Jumping witch I fell off every time I went over a jump" I said laughing and shacking my head, "I would love to see you two do cross country some time" I said still smiling, and then I laughed at Bingo "oh sorry Bingo she's too young for you" I said laughing and storking Checotah, I laughed at waht she said, "her full name is Oklahoma Fire, so I shortened it to a town in oklahoma, at least I think its a town," I said laughing and smiling at her, and then looking at Bingo I nodded "OK" I said smiling I understood why she would like to put Bingo into a stall he seemed to be getting a little excited.

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I laughed. "It can't have been that bad," I teased. "I might take Bingo down to the course tomorrow, you could come if you want, maybe ride him a bit too," I smiled. Bingo might get excited every now and then, but when he had a rider he was an angel. I laughed at Lucy's comment, and smiled when she explained her filly's name. "Well, either way, it's a cool name," I said with a laugh. "I'll be right back," I said to Lucy, pulling Bingo away from the fence. He whinnied back at Checotah, and I rolled my eyes. "Lucy's right, Bingo. She's too young for you. Geez!" I smiled at him and jogged back to the boarder barn, Bingo trotting next to me. "Here, settle down you big old crazy," I said, letting him into his stall and unclipping his lead. "Behave," I warned, blowing him a kiss. I ran back down to Lucy. "There," I said, bending over to catch my breath a little. "God, I'm so unfit," I laughed.

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( hey Peanut check this vid www.youtube.com/watch?v=chBUJWtTHtM the first Gyspy it shows in the vid reminds me of how u made Bingo )

I laughed and shook my head smiling my inward smile "well it was fun when I stayed on, but when I hit the ground that really hurt" I said lauhing, and stroking Checotah again, "that would be nice to you ride him some time, I enjoy watching people ride horses," I said smiling and letting Checotah drop her head over my shoulder and stiff my pockets "sorry girl I forgot to bring any sweet hearts" I said smiling at my filly, and then turning back to Grace, "and I think it would be cool trying to ride him some time I love riding new horses as much as I like meeting new people" I said smiling wide, "thanks" I said to her as she commeted on Checotah's name, I laughed at what she said to Bingo as she walked away, "yeah you haerd right girl, your too young for that" I said smiling at her, "your still my baby girl" I said hugging her neck, I laughed at Grace "I don't think my sister Kesha will ever be out of shape she trained to be a dancer and dancing is still her life so she is in good shape" I said smiling thinking about my sister she was an amazing singer and dancer, "I used to be a cheerleader and a dancer" I said smiling those years were long gone by now, that's when I heard a bark come from some where close, my four month husky pup barked at me before barreling over to me, "oh hey Demon" I said laughing and smiling at the black husky jumping on my legs, he was good size by this age and boy did he eat a lot, "hey what ya doin' trouble maker?" I asked him and he barked again jumping up on Grace and yapping some more, "I swear that dog is the worst trouble maker there is, yesterday I caought him getting into a bag of horse grain at the feed store" I said shacking my head, he had been hanging out there for a few months but never learned his manners.

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(Haha yeahh that's cool! Gahhh they're all so prettyyyy! The foal reminds me of the welsh foal we have at our stable haha)

I laughed. "I wish I could dance," I said, shaking my head. "I was on the cheerleading team at school...But that didn't end well," I laughed. I turned my head when I heard a bark, and a puppy came running straight for Lucy. I laughed when he jumped up on me, and I scratched his ears. "Hey little buddy," I cooed at him. I laughed at what Lucy said. "That's puppies for ya," I laughed. The puppy looked familiar for some reason. "He looks like a pup that I sold a while back..." I was almost sure of it; I'd sold Demon and two of his littermates to a girl who said that one of them would be a birthday present for her sister. "Was he a present to you by any chance?" I laughed.

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(haha I know and I love that song that goes with it too!! I ahve that song, you shoud look at the vid called Horses thats on youtube its really cool and I have the song that goes with it too!)

I smiled "it takes a lot of practice to dance profesonlly, I tried the trainig before and it was really hard," I said smiling, "but man Kesha can do it like its walking like she isn't doing anything hard" I said smiling and shacking my head, I smiled at Demon jumping up on Grace "yeah he is such a trouble maker that poor shop cat is always being tourmented by him" I said laughing and shacking my head at the large pup, and then smiling a half smile "yeah my sister bought him for me for my birthday, about two months ago, cause he is four months now so that makes it about two months ago" I said smiling and scracting behind his ears, "he pretty big and a handful some times but its not like my sister she has two of them a boy and a girl, Duchess and Ninook, he is a really pretty dog he has tri-colored eyes one blue and one dark brown" I said smiling.

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"Well, your sister must be really talented," I said, laughing. I smiled triumphantly. "I knew it! I sold Demon, Duchess and Ninook to your sister," I laughed. "I knew he looked familiar." I smiled down at the pup. "He was a trouble maker right from the start," I laughed, stroking him. "I wish I could get a dog, but I have my hands full with Bingo." I loved puppies, but running around after one wasn't really fair to my horse.

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I laughed at what she said "yeah we each found peace in something I found it with Apollo and riding him, and Kesha took peace in dancing and singing" I said looking to the ground there were just times when I said things I didn't want to say like bringing up my past, and then looking back up I smiled wide "yeah Duchess is jsut the sweetest dog there ever was, she is a little shy but other then that she is really nice, Ninook is a total goof but a sweety, both behave better then Demon does and he is by himself most of the time" I said petting him he gave a light yap at me "what you little monster" I said kneeling down to pet him better and I was meant by a big wet slobbery toung "ugh... Demon I know... I know... I love ya too" I said pushing him off and standing back up, "yeah it can be hard to handle a dog and a horse." I said smiling and laughing as Demon hopped around me like a wild horse.

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I smiled. "That's cool," I said. I laughed at her explanations of the dogs. "Sounds like they haven't changed much," I giggled. I burst into laughter as Demon licked Lucy. "Especially Demon," I grinned. I nodded at what she said. "Hey, do you wanna go for a trail ride later on?" I asked her. If Bingo was still full of energy, a trail would calm him down nicely.

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I smiled watching Demon buck and hop around me like a wild horse, "yeah" I said in a low voice there shouldn't have been any reason we needed a place where the pain resided and we could forget about our life, it still made me mad that we had been forced into the life we were living now, I shook the feeling off and smiled brightly "yeah a trail ride sounds like fun" I said titling my head slightly "I haven't been trail riding in a few years, and I'm sure Apollo would love it too, give him a chance to work his musicles" I said still smiling and walking around a bit more.

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I grinned. "Awesome!" I said. I couldn't wait to take Bingo on his first ride here. Once he'd blown off all his nervous energy, I'd probably take him to the cross country course so he wasn't too excited there. I almost jumped with excitement.

(sorry for the crappy post...im rushing coz there's a big thunderstorm and i dont want the power to go out)

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(its fine I get it, my power blinks all the time witch is really annoying)

I smiling wide "yupp" I said smiling and walking back into the barn I spotted Bingo in a stall, then heard the familer nicker of Apollo "hey boy" I said stopping to hand him a small peace of apple that I had for him, "here ya go" I said smiling as he chompped the apple down, before walking back threw the stable.

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(ha yeah it sucks. Today we haven't had a storm for over 2 hours which is a miracle right now...Lately we've been having like 5 or 6 storms a day...)

I smiled and followed Lucy back into the barn. I stayed outside Bingo's stall as she went over to Apollo. "Whatcha doin big guy?" I said to him. He pushed his muzzle into me, obviously hoping for a treat. "Sorry Bingo, I'm empty handed right now," I laughed. I kissed his velvety nose and ruffled his mane. He snorted and leaned into my hand. "We'll go for a ride later boy, I promise," I said to him, scratching his neck.

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(yeah when I was younger like 8 I got the crap scard out of me haha, we had a thunder lightning strom that lasted for like three days, the thunder shook the ground, and lightning was striking the ground around my uncles place I mean actully hitting the ground! and my uncle seen this lightning bolt that struck into the mountians it was straight and round and it was there for three days without leaving freaky huh? I have had a problem with loud noises ever since, cause the thunder sounded like a bomb dropping over our heads)

I smiled as Apollo nickered softly to me as I walked over the Grace and Bingo "he is so pretty" I said looking him over again he was such a beautiful horse, I heard Apollo whinny as if he was saying no one was as pretty as him, and I laughed a little bit, and then called over my shoulder "yeah yeah I know your beautiful" I called to Apollo and heard him nicker contently.

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(Eep that would suck!! I had to bring my rabbit inside coz I was afraid the wind would push her cage over. I haven't really been out around town much but mum said that there's heaps of trees down and stuff. It would freak me out seeing that there for three days!! :S I actually really like thunderstorms though, I listen to the thunder and watch the lightning light everything up lol)

I smiled. "Thanks," I said, looking at Bingo too. "He might be pretty, but his thick hair gets really annoying sometimes." I laughed when Apollo whinnied to Lucy. "Sounds like Apollo's getting jealous," I laughed. I looked over at Lucy's horse and smiled. "He's gorgeous too," I said to her. "So how about that trail ride?" I asked. I was dying to get out onto the trails and explore even more.

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(yeah it wasn't in that storm but in another one when my uncle was driving a lightning bolt hit the road right in front of him, and another time we had a ton of land slids and out power went out for four days)

I luaghed looking back over to Apollo "yeah a I can see how a thick mane could be annoying" I said laughing, "nah he's just vain" I said smiling and looking back to Grace, "thanks a lot of people think he's blind cause his eyes are such a light blue" I said looking back at Apollo, his eyes are almost white, "yeah that'd be great" I said smiling and moving toward Apollo I had his saddle sitting on a rack right outside his stall, "hey boy ready for a ride?" I asked him and he whipped his head while giving me a silent nicker, "that's my pretty boy" I said smiling and slipping into the stall with him, and tacked him up and led him out of the stall.


(Apollo's Saddle)

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(yeesh that would suck!! my grandparents and my uncle have no power now because there's massive floods, my grandma's shed is underwater and the whole city's power has been turned off so no one gets electrocuted)

I smiled and slipped into Bingo's stall as Lucy went to tack up Apollo. "Here we go bud," I said to him, giving his neck a quick pat. I grabbed his bridle and put the reins over his head, then tugged his head down so I could reach. "Be nice," I scolded, as he jerked his head higher. I finally managed to slip the bit into his mouth, and I quickly finished tacking him up. "Ready to go champ?" I asked, laughing when Bingo pushed me in his hurry to get out of the stall. "Steady on you psycho," I laughed at him, leading him out to meet Lucy and Apollo.

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(yeah I hate power outs, a few years ago our river almost touched the back of our house)

I smiled watching Bingo and then grinned when Grace finally got him out of his stable "so we ready to go?" I asked leading Apollo out of his stall and into the stable yard where I pulled myself into the saddle, and waited for Grace and Bingo.

(runnin' low on muse and heres the link to the saddle she was using and this is the saddle I might be getting the one I really want is sold out right now and this is my second choice www.saddleonline.com/Western-Saddles-Show-Saddles/c2_21/p5534/Texas-Star-Black-Western-Show-Leather-Saddle-16-17/product_info.html)

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I laughed at Lucy. "Yeah yeah, I'm ready," I grinned, following them outside. I quickly swung up into the saddle and gave Bingo a quick pat for standing quietly. "Good boy," I said to him. "You got any idea which trails are the best?" I laughed. I'd probably end up choosing one that was completely hopeless. Bingo pricked his ears forward and I felt his body vibrate as he let out a huge whinny. "Geez mate, wanna be a bit louder? I think someone in China missed what you just said." I rubbed my ear and laughed.

(so we gonna take this to the trails now?? And when I click on the link it doesn't show a saddle, it just shows the shipping form lol =P But i had a look and they have some niiiice saddles!!)