Sarah + Silver

[Snowflake]

Sarah lead her pretty grey mare to the mounting block. Since she didn't want to damage the saddle or the horse's back, she always did this. Silver fidgeted beneath her. For the past two days she hadn't been training because Sarah had felt the horse's absymal performance in her last race was a sign the horse was burning out. She decided to give her a longer rest than usual and ease her back to peak condidtion by doing lots of rides on the beach up sand dunes and steep hills at GHS. Sarah adjusted her stirrups so she was sitting deep rather than perched half seated, and gave Bank On Silver a slight squeeze with her lower leg to get her started. Rather than walk like she had been told, Silver broke into a bouncy trot, tossing her head. Sarah tightened the rein and brought the filly back to a walk. She knew she was just playing, and she knew Silver was just fresh. But all the same, now was not the time to mess around like a two year old. Sarah steered her in the direction of the track. They would have a quick gallop once around afterwards, but they were heading toward the steep hill pastures beyond. She sometimes took her pony clubbers trail riding up there, and they loved the beautiful view of the vast size of GHS below. They walked for about 5 minutes, 5 long minutes of Silver flicking her tail irritatedly at the flies. Eager to leave the flies behind, Sarah again squeezed her lower legs against the horses sides and gave the horse a little more freedom with her head, allowing her to trot forward.

To be continued

[Snowflake]

bic|: Silver started to trot enthusiastically, happy to start a faster pace, and Sarah rose up and down in time with the horse's smooth strides. They trotted silently, listening to the sounds of the screeching cocatoos and lorikeets overhead, and the sweet tweeting of other, smaller birds. There were also the gentle, soft hoofbeats issuing from the ground beneath the filly's feet. A few minutes before they reached the hillside, Sarah urged Bank On Silver into a rocking horse canter, and they bounded toward the hill. Silver was eagerly anticipating the climb. Sarah knew this, because the horse was the opposite or barn sour. She didn't want to go back once they were on this trail..

ooc|: argghh no muse..

[meghan07]

Meghan held her reins tightly and walked onto the trail.At the sight of Sarah, she called, "Hey, Can I join you?" She patted her gelding and cantered down to her. Her gelding nickered to Meghan as to say 'Come on, I wanna go!'

OOC: modified.

[Snowflake]

ooc|: sure, you can join =] but they are out on the trails, not the track. Just tweak your post a bit and ill reply =DD

[Snowflake]

Sarah turned in the saddle to see another young rider and horse making their way up the trail. "Sure." she called back warmly. "What's your name? and what's your horse's name?? he's very good looking. This is Bank On Silver, and I'm Sarah."

ooc|: moving the post to the trails.

[meghan07]

"I am Meghan, but call me Topaz, I like that better. This is Bubbles, my thoroughbred gelding." Topaz tapped his shoulder with the whip and spoke. 'Bow' Bubbles bowed and began to paw in the ground when up. Topaz squeezed into Bubbles' side and they began to glide in a lovely trot.