Warming up Red (Open!)

[courtney]

I led Red my red roan 7 year old arabian gelding into the the dressage ring and after throwing the reins over his head. I swung my self into the saddle I got my self ready and patted Red's shoulder and grimaced as I remembered that this morning i'd come to the stables to find Red drenched in black paint, oil, mud and twigs all planted by a group of jerks who'd dumped cherry juice on me, broken my favorite necklace and beaten me up.

I shook my head to clear it and mutter, "Come on Courtney... you need to focus!" I asked Red for a nice collected working trot and we circled the ring with ease for about ten minutes before I asked him for a canter. I smiled at the warm rush of speed that I always felt when I cantered Red. I looked up as the door opened up and someone lead their horse in and said, "Is there room for one more?"

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[Kate Perselie]

I placed the bridle under Rye's mouth, and wiggled my fingers until he opened his teeth and let the bit into his mouth. I patted the tip of his nose, and he wiggled his nose in response. I giggled, picking up my crop. I kissed at him, leading him forward and into the indoor ring. I got on his back and adjusted my feet in the stirrups.
"Is there room for one more?" I asked when I saw that there was another girl in the arena. She seemed distracted and lost in thought.

[courtney]

I looked up sharply at the girl I didn't think i'd seen her before i nodded and said, "Sure come on in" I turned my head and to adjust my stirrup to reveal that I had a very fresh black eye, bruise and split lip. I fixed my stirrup and said over my shoulder while asking Red for a collected trot "My name's Courtney this is Red how about you?"

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[Kate Perselie]

"I'm Kate, and this is Rye." I told her. "That looks like it hurts." I said, motioning at her black and blue face. "Riding?" I asked, knowing how it was. I had fallen off so many times I couldn't count.

[courtney]

i blinked then I realized my face was showing and I shook my head and said, "Bullying gone violent" I turned away signaling I didn't want to continue this conversation anymore and urged Red in a canter along the wall of the ring until I slowed him to a trot and headed for the centre where I asked him for a flying lead change.

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[Kate Perselie]

The girl turned around, clearly upset and rode back on the wall, continuing to work. I bit my lip. Great. I had made this girl upset, which wasn't what I wanted to do at all. I moved Rye out to the wall and started trotting around without stirrups, one of the warmups that Mr. Conner told me would help me get stronger. I rode around twice in both directions, my legs starting to ache. I collapsed back down in the seat, resting my legs for a moment before I took the stirrups back and started to canter. I kept my seat sturdy, but made sure that my body was loose so I could move with Rye easily.

[courtney]

I looked back at the girl and said, "You been here long? I got here a week ago" I figured the girl had ben here a long time I was just trying to make conversation. I asked Red to do a levade then I asked him for a spanish walk.

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[Kate Perselie]

"Yeah," I responded, starting to work on bending Rye. He was getting better, but he was still a little stiff on the right side. "I got here...at the beginning of the year." I said, thinking back to the beginning of the year. So much had changed. "I still get lost!" I said smiling.

[courtney]

I knew it was strange for me to have shown up in the middle of the year but it had taken that incident at my old school at the beginning of the school year that put my in the hospital for two months to convince my parents that I needed a new school and that Dayside high school for the talent minds was not going to work so after I recovered and tried out i'd won myself a spot in Canterwood I blinked when I realized me and Red were just standing around while I daydreamed.

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