Post by Kirsten Jade on Aug 22, 2011 21:53:13 GMT -5
Winged Romeo
Kirsten threw her hands up and grabbed Emma and Ben. "Romeo won!" Emma squealed and Benjamin jumped up and down. "Mommy won mommy won!" They quickly made their way to the winner's circle. With owning two of the three horses in the race Kirsten hadn't placed herself too far away anyway. She had actually expected Spitfire to do better and Romeo coming in third like he has all season so far but this was a nice surprise.
They walked up the stairs together and Kirsten waved and gave a thumbs up to Aaron who just passed with Spitfire. Melanie was just riding up now. Naturally the chestnut colt started to pass the winner's circle and Melanie had to lead him in their direction.
The officials had a blanket of flowers ready to place over the horse's withers and Romeo stopped to gaze at them suspiciously. This was the first big race the stallion had EVER won in his whole career so the flowers were a new fun thing. Melanie grinned and patted Romeo with a laugh. She had worked hard for this win, they both had.
When Romeo was placed in his pose Kirsten grabbed Ben and hoisted him up in front of Melanie on the small saddle. He squealed with delight just as the photographer snapped the picture. Melanie lowered herself from the saddle and pulled Benjamin down with her. She gave her son a kiss and smiled a knowing smile to her sister. This was a great accomplishment indeed.