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Post by tonkatoy on Jul 15, 2011 6:05:10 GMT -5
Griffon Stone
Griffon walked up to the ring, his dappled gelding trailing behind him. He pulled the gate closed behind him, and walked towards the center of the ring and made sure the girth was tight before putting his foot in the stirrup and swinging on. He warmed up walking joging and loping on the rail, it was nice to be able to just ride. No cattle to work, none of his brothers there to harass him if he let a cow slip by, just him and Cisco. After his warmup was over he jogged down to the end of the ring faceing a set of barrels he had set up earlier. He squeezed with his legs urging his horse into the canter, and holding him there as they went around the barrels. He didn't bump into anything and cantered off back to where they had started. After bringing him back to a walk, Griffon praised his horse, and then turned around to try it again.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Jul 15, 2011 10:11:57 GMT -5
Taylor led her new arabian gelding, Sozin, out of the stable, with his dressage tack on. She walked out to the ring with him and mounted, noticing the boy and his grey horse in the ring already. As she settled into the deep saddle, she waved to him. "Can I join you?" she asked as Sozin watched the other gelding warily.
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Post by tonkatoy on Jul 15, 2011 16:46:20 GMT -5
Griffon looked up when he heard the gate open, brushing his blonde hair out of his eyes to get a better veiw. It was a pretty brunette girl, that he was certain he recognized from around the barn but he knew he had seen her somewhere else too. He was still racking his brains when she spoke. "Yeah of course." he smiled at her, his western accent blatant especially here in this part of the country. He took a good look at her face and it clicked "You were in the barrel racing class at the show here, right? I think I competed against you." he asked and then quickly added "I'm Griffon."
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Jul 15, 2011 16:50:44 GMT -5
Taylor smiled at the boy and squeezed Sozin's sides, making him walk forward, toward the boy and his grey gelding. "Yeah, that was me and my old horse, Skylar," she said, still smiling, even though thinking about Skylar still hurt. "I'm Taylor." Sozin pinned his ears back at the other horse, but he didn't look too upset. She noticed his accent, but didn't mind. Her best friend, Cassie, and her boyfriend had British accents, and Taylor had a slightly southern accent herself.
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Post by tonkatoy on Jul 15, 2011 17:09:26 GMT -5
Griffon returned the girls smile, "It's nice to meet you." he then sighed at his horse who was stretching his neck out, ears perked towards Taylor's horse, inching his way closer. Griffon pulled back on the reins making his gelding stop, "Cisco, don't be dumb, you should know by now that not everyone likes you." he said fondly to his horse, remembering all the times the gelding would trot right up to a horse that more than obviously didn't want to be bothered. Usually resulting in a kick or a bite, Cisco really was too freindly for his own good.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Jul 15, 2011 17:11:54 GMT -5
"You too," Taylor said, watching Sozin step closer to Cisco, his ears suddenly pricked. He sniffed the gelding, and didn't seem wary anymore. She had never seen how Sozin reacts to strange horses, so now was a good time to see it for her. Taylor liked the results.
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Post by tonkatoy on Jul 15, 2011 17:34:26 GMT -5
Griffon grinned when Taylor's horse seemed to like Cisco, who after sniffing the other horse's muzzle for a little bit, when he was done he snorted looking rather pleased with him self for finding a freind. "So what's your horse's name?" he asked as his hand absentmindedly twirled with a lock of his horse's black mane.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Jul 15, 2011 17:36:34 GMT -5
"Sozin," Taylor said, a little embarrassed about his silly name. Sozin snorted and tossed his head, smacking her in the face with his silky black mane. He sniffed the gelding again, and seemed content. "What's his name?"
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Post by tonkatoy on Jul 15, 2011 17:43:52 GMT -5
"He's a good looking horse, what do you do with him?" he asked and then looked down at his Quarter horse, "and this is Cisco, I've had him since I was ten I did ranch work with him back home, cattle sorting, cutting, penning, roping, now I'm doing trying to work on barrels and stuff like that." he said with a smile patting Cisco's neck.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Jul 15, 2011 17:51:17 GMT -5
"All Sozin was trained to do is dressage, and I learned that with Skylar when I was twelve, so I'd like to teach him how to jump," Taylor said, patting the Arab's neck. "Wow, Cisco looks great, he's so muscular, I wasn't sure if he was a stallion or gelding at first!"
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Post by tonkatoy on Jul 15, 2011 17:59:22 GMT -5
"I would like to learn English some time I think it would be fun especially jumping, though I think I should learn to do it myself before I try to train him." he nodded down at his gelding. "Thanks, I just hope he dosen't get chubby now that he's not doing ranch work every day for three or four hours." he stroked Cisco, "I'm thinking about buying a second horse if I learn to jump though, someone a bit bigger." he grinned a bit, at six feet and still growing a bit Griffon looked a little bit awkward on his 15.1 hand gelding.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Jul 15, 2011 18:02:36 GMT -5
"I'm going to train my foal to be an eventing horse. Skylar was her mother," Taylor said, thinking about the filly, who was out in her paddock, probably getting into who knows what kind of trouble. "I love western, but English has so many more opportunities, you know?"
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Post by tonkatoy on Jul 15, 2011 18:13:05 GMT -5
yeah, I would like to learn to ride western too I think it would be fun, but there is only one western lesson barn near me and its almost an hour long drive there XD but I love english and jumping inparticular
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Jul 15, 2011 18:14:23 GMT -5
(urm, wrong thread tonka! lol  ) Taylor patted Sozin's neck gently. |
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Post by tonkatoy on Jul 15, 2011 18:16:18 GMT -5
XD oh woops I thought this was the message I'm not quite all here today I've been workign a lot XD
"Yeah it does," he grinned, "So your training a foal? that must be fun, I think I would like to do that sometime."
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Jul 15, 2011 18:17:43 GMT -5
(lol i've done that before too!)
"Yep, it's hard though, even if she's a good listener," Taylor said, chuckling.
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Post by tonkatoy on Jul 15, 2011 18:33:18 GMT -5
"Erm, my barrel racing is a little sloppy, and your pretty good at it, do you think you could watch me and give me some tips?" he asked, hoping she would agree, he hoped that he could have something he and Cisco were strong at to keep the gelding in shape.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Jul 15, 2011 18:37:00 GMT -5
"Um, sure," Taylor said, shrugging and smiling at him. She hadn't been able to ride western since Skylar had been put down, so this seemed awesome to her. "Or I could give you an example?" Sozin snorted at Cisco, his head bobbing up and down.
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Post by tonkatoy on Jul 15, 2011 18:45:05 GMT -5
"That would be great," Griffon grinned, from what he had seen at the show Taylor was really good, and he thought watching her ride would be good for his skills at well, he asked Csico to trot forwars a few strides so he woudn't be in Taylor's way and then turned to watch her.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Jul 15, 2011 18:46:31 GMT -5
Taylor bit her lip slightly. "Well, I was wondering if I could ride Cisco, Sozin's shies at things and he's never barrel raced before," she said, shrugging, a little embarrassed.
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Post by tonkatoy on Jul 16, 2011 6:20:41 GMT -5
"Oh yeah of course." Griffon said quickly, swinging out of the saddle and landing lightly on his feet. He took his reins over Cisco's head and lead the gelding over to Taylor, holding the reins out towards her
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Jul 16, 2011 10:32:42 GMT -5
"Okay, boy . . ." Taylor murmured, mounting the dappled gelding. She nudged his sides, and he trotted away towards the barrels.
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Post by tonkatoy on Jul 16, 2011 17:37:00 GMT -5
Griffon rocked back on his heels, Sozin's reins held a loosely in one callused(sp?) hand. He watched Taylor swing up onto his horse, who just stood there quietly, one ear cocked back towards Taylor. He watched her trot off towards the barrels, waiting to see how they would do together.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Jul 17, 2011 12:37:27 GMT -5
Taylor sat deep in the saddle and kicked Cisco into a canter. They flew smoothly around the first barrel, then she kicked him on faster towards the next. Taylor slowed him up some at the second barrel, they went around it, and kicked him faster towards the last. They spun around it like a lightning bolt, then headed back to Griffon.
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Post by tonkatoy on Jul 17, 2011 12:50:25 GMT -5
Griffon, let Sozin's reins slip down his arm to rest on the inside of his elbow and raised his hands clapping slowly. And then walked towards his horse and Taylor, Sozin trailing behind him. "That was great." He said smiling, "better than he's done with me in a very long time." he brought a hand up to scratch Cisco's neck.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Jul 18, 2011 0:03:10 GMT -5
Taylor blushed slightly. "Well, Cisco did all the work, really. I just helped him along," she said dismounting the grey gelding. Sozin nibbled at her brown hair in a affectionate way, and Tay laughed a little, patting the black Arabian's neck.
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Post by tonkatoy on Jul 18, 2011 8:17:49 GMT -5
Griffon grinned at her as he took his horse's reins back, and swung up into the saddle. Applying pressure with his left leg he pointed Cisco back towards the barrels, "I'm kind of hoping some of your skills rubbed off on my saddle." he laughed, and then trotted off towards the barrels, then asked Cisco for a canter. He slowed down just a tad as they loped around the first barrel, and then sped up a bit, towards the second one, which he bumped with his knee, it rocked back and forth a little bit thumping in the sand. They shot off towards the last barrel Griffon slowing him down a little bit earlier than he had on the last one. They eased around it and then Griffon urged Cisco into a steady Canter back towards Taylor.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Jul 18, 2011 11:37:47 GMT -5
Taylor laughed when he said that and watched him and Cisco go around the barrels. "That looked pretty good," she commented while mounting Sozin again.
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Post by tonkatoy on Jul 19, 2011 11:37:43 GMT -5
"Thanks." Griffon said with a smile, "We still need to brush up a bit though." he patted Cisco's neck "More like I do, he still remember's eveything." he watched her mount back up on Sozin "What level of dressage do you do?" he asked using his vauge knowledge of English disciplines to ask the question.
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Post by Trophyhorse misses kmsnead on Jul 19, 2011 18:37:38 GMT -5
"Not really sure, since I've never shown in dressage before," Taylor said, shrugging. She sat deep in the saddle and moved her leg a certain way: Sozin bucked a little, then went into a slow half-pass.
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