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[symphonygirl]

Maci led Alec into the outdoor arena. He already had a small coat of sweat on him from working in the roundpen. Alec’s paint coat glistened in the sun and Maci just laughed as he tried to sniff the air as if trying to match the sun to a scent. Maci just slipped her black ariat boot into her Pessoa saddle’s stirrup and mounted the gelding. He raised his head slightly as if wondering why she was getting on and not taking him back to the barn. Maci just shook her head at him- He was such a character some times.

Maci look beautiful as she rose trot around the outskirts of the arena. Her black velvet GPA helmet covered her shiny brown locks, only making it visible to see the end of her ponytail of curly locks. She wore simple tan breeches and two tank tops. One blue, and one white. She had a royal blue Abercrombie zip up hoodie overtop the was done up to a few centimeters under her B cup breasts.

Maci sat and asked Alec for a canter and eh responded with a small buck. She asked again and this time he gave a larger buck. This time she took her crop and hit him on the hip and he gave a buck in protest and went into it. Maci didn’t even bother to worry about it- that was just Alec. She headed him towards a two foot vertical and he tossed his head in excitement. Maci circled him to slow his rushed gait, and the whole time he tried to blow through his shoulder. Maci just kept her legs strong until she got him to lower his head and stay calm. When they headed towards the fence she got into two point but he came to and abrupt stop. Maci was thrown to his shoulder- but she stayed on. She pushed him into a forward canter and approached the jump again- completely unfazed. This time he came to a stop- and Maci was ready. She tapped him with the crop and he gave a large leap over it. Maci felt like rolling her eyes at the gelding- he could be such a dufus. She sat deep and pushed him towards a three foot oxer. She half halted and kept him collected and they soared over it effortlessly. Maci saw some one out of the corner of her eye and slowed Alec to a walk.

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[cassie hills.]

[x] Cassie led Salute to the outdoor arena. He was slightly jumpy still, number one it only being their second day there at Darlington and not knowing their surroundings very well, and second she hadn't warmed him up yet. As they approached the entrence to the arena Cassie, as well as Salute could clearly see that there was another rider in the area. Salute immediatly pricked his ears up in suprise, obviously not knowing the horse. "Chill out Salute, its just another horse, silly." She whispered quietly to her gelding as they entered the fairly large, outdoor arena.

[xx] Luckily, it was a nice, sunny hot day outside. So hopefully, Cassie would enjoy riding. As they entered the arena, Cassie led Salute to the wall and tightened up the reigns, so she could have a chance at warming her horse up.

[xxx] Salute was still jumpy, and as Cassie took him to the track he spooked a little and ran back to almost the middle of the arena. "Salute! God, get to the track already!" she said, not yelling, but using a more serious voice to try to get the message through to Salute that she was getting kind of frusturated with his crap. Cassie kept her legs on firm while she led him back to the wall, where she planned on warming him up successfully.

[xxxx] As soon as Salute calmed down to the point where Cassie was comfortable asking him for more, she asked him for a trot. Luckily, Salute went into a nice forward trot, and not freaking out and taking off again. "Good boy.." Cassie praised her horse as she lengthened the reigns an inch or two, yet still keeping contact and held her left leg on to ask Salute to stretch out.

[xxxxx] Salute stretched down his neck, also extending his trot just slightly to stretch himself out. Cassie trotted Salute around the arena a few times, doing circles and serpentines and whatever else, a few times before taking it up a knotch.

[xxxxxx] Cassie tightened the reigns back to just a little tighter then where she had them at the walk, sat back, and asked Salute for his canter. "Good boy!" she praised her horse once again for going into a nice, lovely, controlled canter.

[xxxxxxx] She cantered him around the arena once or twice, doing circles every other round at each end, and other stuff similar to what she was doing with him at the trot. Finally, after a couple rounds of canter she gradually slowed him down to a trot.. then a walk. She would give Salute a little walk break before going over some jumps.

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