by ImmyWimmy1 » Thu Jul 18, 2013 9:04 pm
Owner: ImmyWimmy1
Gender: Female
Name: April
Show name: The Joys of Spring
Story:
One fine, summer morning, April and I were practising on the jumps as we normally do. We were preparing for the local competitions, which we had come second and third in many years before. This year, I wanted to aim for first and I could tell, by the way she lunged at each jump, April wanted to do so too. This was our year!
But, as we were going around the course for the fourth time, my pet cat, Brutus, ran in front of April and I. This caused me to pull sharply on the reigns to stop us from colliding with the cat. April was not ready for this command, so we ended up doing a half-jump over one of the fences. Brutus ran away unscathed whist April and I scrambled to our feet. I had a small lump on my forehead where my head smacked down onto the woodchip surface. Luckily I was wearing my helmet, so I didn't have anything more serious wrong with me! However, as I looked at April, I noticed her leg was bleeding. She had scraped he leg against one of the poles as we had come down.
Worried for my mare, I led her back to her stall slowly and rushed into the tack room to get my emergency first aid kit. I applied antiseptic to the wound, much to April's annoyance, and bandaged it up tightly to prevent anymore blood flow. Hopefully her leg will heal soon, though I don't think we'll make it to the competition. I care more about April's welfare anyway!!!
Hi, I'm ImmyWimmy1!
