by Insignia.Peril » Sun May 17, 2015 9:45 am
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Show Name (optional): Summer's Breeze
Name: Summer
Gender: Mare
Colour: Bay Roan Sabino (Ee/AA/Rr/nSb1)
Age: 5 years
Height: 14.3 hands tall
Halter Colour: surprise me
Personality: Summer is a laid back mare, loving to go with the flow. She is a bit lazy and likes to relax in the warm sun, letting the boys do all of the hard work. She also has a sweet tooth, and will steal anything with sugar in it right out of your hand. She gets along fairly well with children- mostly because they spend more time grooming, petting and feeding her than actually riding her- and is the ideal lesson horse.
Short Story:
It was the middle of June in southern Florida on one of the hottest days of the year. All of the horses were complaining that it was far too hot- easily a hundred degrees inside the stuffy old barn and even hotter outside. Summer was the loudest with these complaints, saying how it was far too hot to be outside and what a crime it was to be in the middle of a jumping lesson. She tossed her head against the bridle, feeling the bit in her mouth start to pinch as she did so. "ow," she muttered and pinned her ears back a little. One of the other horses trotted over to her and told her to stop throwing a fit and that it wouldn't kill her to get the exercise.
It was true that it wouldn't kill her. She had put on a few extra pounds since last year, having had munched on a few too many sweets during the year- so many in fact, that she had gone up a whole girth size since December. It was embarrassing how she was slowly gaining that much weight, so she decided to stop making a fuss. Once she did, the rider had her pick up an easy paced trot and eventually a canter before they set her up with her first jump. This rider was fairly inexperienced, so it was only a low crossrail but it was still enough to make the mare nervous as it had been a few months since she'd last jumped over anything. Would she make it, or would she just end up falling on her face and make a fool out of herself?
The mare was full of nerves as she neared the jump and decided at the last minute it wasn't right, turning on her heels away from the obstacle. "I-I can't do this!" she whined as she slowed her pace to a trot, her rider somehow managing to stay in place on her back. The human atop her back wasn't nervous as she would've expected. They weren't even angry or upset- they simply gave the back of her neck a little pat and told her to try it again, offering her a little encouragement.
"Okay. I can do this. If you think I can, I'll be willing to give it a try..." she said to herself as the rider smiled and nodded a little, seeming to understand her words. Summer turned her head back around and took a deep breath before she picked up her canter again, waiting for the rider to set her up for the crossrail. The rider set her up for the jump and she soared over it as if it were nothing. She felt as if she were flying for a split second. It was an amazing feeling.
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(=^.^=)[male | 18+ | intp | chaotic good | slytherin]