Post by Kirsten Jade on May 15, 2012 13:58:54 GMT -5
Limitless Time
Knight Rousseau
Ashes to Ashes
Kirsten glanced to her right and passed a look towards her sister. Melanie gave a weak smile from the saddle of Ashes to Ashes. Kirsten looked back to glance at her seasoned jockey, Aaron behind her. Aaron avoided her glance. They were all nervous. Were the people around the GHF track still aware of the gossip that plagued the ARS crew? How were they going to react when they saw their racing silks back at the track?
Limitless pawed at the track impatiently. It has been over a year and a half since he has set hoof here, to make matters worse the racing season was almost over and all of ARS' horses has missed an entire season. This doesn't mean they haven't been racing at home though. Akita Rose Stables made sure that their horses were always well conditioned and ready to race.
They tiptoed their mounts on the track. It was early. Too early. No one stirred and the ARS crew was able to relax a little bit. They planned on getting their mounts a quick workout and then high tail it back home before they are even noticed. Call them cowards but this was the plan.
Kirsten settled into the smooth experienced gait of her seasoned veteran horse. Limitless had been at the peak of his career before things started to happen. Kirsten shook her head, she wasn't going to think of her farm's problems at the moment. Limitless was their hope for the future, even though his racing career was almost over the financial situation relied on a good horse. That good horse was named Limitless Time.
Melanie watched her older sister riding upon her favorite mount. If anyone can get ARS back in the high standings that would be Kirsten and Limitless. Melanie clenched her teeth together. She wasn't going to disappoint her sister ever again. She was going to work harder than ever to help ARS get on top. They had some great horses, even though the season was almost over and most of their three year olds were still untried and all their two year olds were still green. This was going to be extremely difficult.
She urged Ash into a gallop. The young horse bounded forward excitingly. He was one of their untried two year olds. Melanie had a lot of hope in the lanky boy. He was an odd one but was ready to race.
Aaron urged his monster of a horse ahead of the other two colts. He was so ashamed of the issues that ARS had to go through and his part in it in the past year and a half. He stroked the neck of the big beast beneath him. Rousseau had been pulled out of the run for the Triple Crown because of it. Rousseau had been one of the biggest contenders too. It was really too bad...
Now the horse was four and had barely started his racing career. This was not good. Not good at all. Rousseau did not deserve this.