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Post by blazieboy08 on May 16, 2011 7:42:22 GMT -5
Serena rode her bay Thouroughbred gelding into the dressage ring confidently. She began warming up, letting Prince stretch out on a long rein. She began trotting, doing laps of the arena, first in regualr trot, then in collected and extended. Her position was impeccable, it had to be if she wanted to become a prefessional Dressage rider.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on May 16, 2011 7:52:17 GMT -5
Tom bounced down on his peppy roan pony to the dressage ring, then saw a girl riding her stunning thoroughbred, looking amazing. "Great," he muttered to Cola, who was tossing his head earnestly. "We're too short, kiddo," he said, watching the girl from the edge of the ring. He flashed a grin at her as she rode past, hoping she wouldnt look at him and his pony in disgust.
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Post by blazieboy08 on May 16, 2011 8:36:28 GMT -5
Serena asked for canter just as she saw a boy on a small pony appear. She finished her canter, including perfect lead changes, and walked over to the gate. "Hello?" she smiled.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on May 17, 2011 1:41:23 GMT -5
Tom smiled up at her from his tiny pony. "Hi!" he said. "You looked awesome out there!" He gazed admiringly at her horse. "I'm Tom, by the way," he said. "I just moved here. And this is my pony Cola," he said, as the roan raised his head and nickered loudly at the girl's horse. "I've always wished Cola could do flying changes," Tom said wistfully.
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Post by ••NARLA•• on May 17, 2011 1:50:10 GMT -5
Abbey led ivy up to the ring"Hi"she called out.she walked up to the two of them and smiled"hi,my names abbey moore"
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Post by blazieboy08 on May 17, 2011 14:18:29 GMT -5
Serena smiled. "Thanks! I'm Serena..." she smiled at the compliment. "Thanks again, flying changes take ages to get, anyway..."she looked up as someone else entered the ring. Duke tensed when he saw them, and Serena patted him. "Hello.."
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on May 18, 2011 6:41:17 GMT -5
Tom smiled. "Yeah, I keep getting told that but I still can't seem to get them." He laughed as Cola shook all over like a dog, causing Tom to sway violently. "Nice to meet you," he said to Serena. He smiled at the girl who introduced herself as Abbey. "Hi, I'm Tom," he said. He felt small next to Serena and her horse and Abbey with hers. Poor Cola, he was just a midget. Tom stroked his roan neck and looked up at the girls. "So how long have you guys been here for?" he asked them.
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Post by blazieboy08 on May 18, 2011 9:23:55 GMT -5
Serena patted Duke on the neck. "I've only been here two days, this is my first serious ride here. You?"
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Post by ••NARLA•• on May 18, 2011 11:51:45 GMT -5
"i arrived this mkorning"I asked ivy to walk on and entered the ring.I did a couple of laps then asked for a jog.
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on May 19, 2011 1:41:38 GMT -5
Tom nodded. "Cool. He looks good for his first ride here!" he said, gesturing to Serena's horse. "I've been here since yesterday afternoon," he said. Cola tossed his head up and down, as if he was agreeing. Tom watched Abbey walk her horse around the ring. "Cola's never done dressage before," he said. "I doubt he'd be any good at it." He patted his pony faithfully on the neck after saying that, feeling guilty.
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Post by blazieboy08 on May 19, 2011 10:12:59 GMT -5
"Thanks! And, why don't you try and have soem lessons with Gena? I heard she's a great instructor!" she smiled.
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Post by ••NARLA•• on May 19, 2011 12:38:10 GMT -5
"basically all I've heard since arriving here is that gena's a very good instructor"
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on May 19, 2011 21:40:02 GMT -5
Taylor had spotted her friend Abbey in the dressage ring, so she was strolling over, when she noticed a girl she'd never seen before? "Hey, Abbey," she said, then turned to the girl. "Are you new here? I've never seen you before . . ."
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Post by blazieboy08 on May 20, 2011 12:12:40 GMT -5
Serena nodded. "Yeah, I'm new. I just arrived yesterday. I'm Serena."
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on May 20, 2011 16:43:27 GMT -5
"I'm Taylor," she said, smiling at Serena. "What kind of horse is that?" Taylor was admiring Serena's pretty horse.
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Post by blazieboy08 on May 21, 2011 10:21:42 GMT -5
"Duke's a Thoroughbred. Do you have a horse?" she smiled.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on May 21, 2011 10:23:19 GMT -5
"Yeah. Skylar's a paint horse and she has a foal right now, too," Taylor said.
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Post by blazieboy08 on May 21, 2011 10:32:22 GMT -5
"Great!" Serena smiled, then turned Duke away and began working on shoulder in and half pass.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on May 21, 2011 10:48:17 GMT -5
"He looks really good, you know," Taylor said, watching them perform a half pass.
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Post by blazieboy08 on May 21, 2011 10:52:44 GMT -5
"Thanks!" Serena called, pushing him on into canter, and working on some flying changes.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on May 21, 2011 10:57:44 GMT -5
"So what kind of disciplines do you ride? Other than dressage?"
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Post by blazieboy08 on May 21, 2011 11:05:42 GMT -5
Serena brought him back over. "I've done jumping, showjumping and cross country, and show jump competivly. But dressage is mine and Duke's fave!"
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on May 21, 2011 11:12:58 GMT -5
"Dressage is really pretty," Taylor said. "I always love watching it on TV during the summer Olympics."
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Post by blazieboy08 on May 21, 2011 11:23:40 GMT -5
"Yeah! I love it. Sp graceful."
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on May 21, 2011 11:36:33 GMT -5
"It is."
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Post by ••NARLA•• on May 21, 2011 12:18:25 GMT -5
Abbey smiled at tay and called"why dont ya get a lesson horse and ride with us tay?"Abbey asked her marwari for a levade and she went across the ring in the levade,a controlled half-rear..
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on May 21, 2011 13:45:54 GMT -5
"Kay, I'll go get Blue," Taylor said. "I've ridden him in English before."
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Post by Peanut Loves EVERYONE!! on May 21, 2011 17:53:13 GMT -5
Tom watched the others perform their dressage moves, and he looked down at Cola's shivering neck. The young pony was nervous, and he kept sidestepping and nickering to the other horses. "Come on, kiddo," Tom said, asking his pony to walk forward. He trotted Cola around the ring, using his legs and the help of a crop to keep the pony from stopping. "Canter!" he urged Cola, knowing from experience to grab a piece of the welsh's mane before asking. Cola pigrooted and then went into a canter, on the wrong lead. Tom sighed and brought him back down to a trot, then asked again. This time, Cola struck out on the right lead and cantered around the ring. "Maybe I should book in some lesson's with Gena," he said.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on May 21, 2011 21:58:18 GMT -5
Taylor rode the lesson horse, Blue, back into the ring. She asked the sweet little mustang to go at a slow trot. She positioned him toward a very low jump, then let him pop over it. "I'm just now starting to ride English, but I still ride Western," she told Serena.
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Post by ••NARLA•• on May 22, 2011 2:13:40 GMT -5
"i could give a bit of teaching in dressage"abbey asked for counter canter and watched tom struggling with just going onto the right leg in canter.
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