by Thelastsilhouette » Wed Jun 03, 2015 8:40 pm
username; TheAlmightyTriscuit
show name; Polished until I Shine
name; Auburn
gender; Mare
halter colour; Pale blue
history or story; Auburn was a professional show jumping horse. With a shy disposition and a normally gentle demeanor she let herself be saddled daily with a saddle that pinched in the wrong places, she would show mild signs of discomfort but that soon stopped when her rider refused to take notice. She stopped showing signs and suffered with the too small saddle that was almost always used on her when she was ridden, although she lived in constant discomfort under saddle, Auburn showed her potential with jumping.
Auburn learned very quickly that she loved to jump, her rider praised her the most when she would work hard at the jumps and so Auburn took joy in those small moments, she would even forget the pain of the saddle as well. Auburn was born with an almost unnatural ability and grace when jumping, she could clear some poles that even some of her hooved friends couldn't. With a skill like that what was to keep her from entering the puissance competition? In truth, Auburn didn't really want to jump in the puissance competition, she loved to jump but she was happier jumping medium fences, running at a wall that seemed impossible was daunting in Auburn's mind. But as a shy and gentle horse, Auburn eventually did what her rider wanted.
The day of the Puissance was like any other day of jumping for Auburn, the saddle dug in like it normally did and she ignored it, as usual, she did turn after turn of jumping. Auburn had finally made it to the last round for the Puissance. Auburn's love for jumping vanished at the sight of the jump she was being ridden towards, she was now utterly terrified and didn't want to jump it. Her rider led her on and made her come up to the jump, Auburn saw she was at an odd angle to take the jump and tried to turn her body as she leaped. It was a failed attempt though, when she came to land on the other side of the jump one of her legs came down steady, the other didn't have time to come up and keep the mare from hitting the dirt, the leg that came down first strained a tendon from holding all the weight before having her whole body thrown to the ground awkwardly.
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Thelastsilhouette on Sun Jun 07, 2015 8:18 pm, edited 1 time in total.