by e v e n t e r » Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:00 pm
Willa
Windy Acres Ranch – Twenty four
"Crazy mother trucker undercover lover...She’s country!”
Willa gave a small smile as the three men came in. Of course, her smile did not really go toward Tullio, for she was just waiting for some smart remark from his mouth. "Great!" She said, smiling warmly at the grandfather. "He is about six years old now, dead quiet. The only spooking he will ever do is just put his shoulder out and jog the opposite way. Great feet, goes barefoot." Willa patted the colts neck. "Ill take him out and ride him around a little for you guys as well. Im asking about 1,500. He has a great head on him, honestly." She felt bad asking for any money from the family. They had been there for her for a long time.
Will grabbed her saddle, cinching the colt up and putting his bridle on. He stood for it all, only chewing on his metal bit. "You can follow me." Will led the 15.2hh colt out to her riding ring. When she mounted him, he began to walk before she was fully on him. "That's another thing about him, he doesn't always stand for the rider when getting on, but with a little extra work he should do fine." Carefully, Willa nudged Gabe into a jog, moving up to a jog and eventually into a lope and canter. "He is speedy as well. Good for chasing after a stray. Used him once when a few heffers got out. Had them in pretty fast." To demonstrate, Willa gave him another squeeze down the long end of the ring and Gabe responded perfectly. His stride was a little limited, but he still moved fluidly. It was a shame she couldn't keep him, but it didn't matter. Her body rode perfectly straight, balanced and poised in the saddle. "Whoa." Willa called and the colt stepped into a slow lope then into a halt. "Good boy." She said softly, rubbing his neck as she brought him over to the men. "So, what do you think?"
⊰ Somewhere behind the rider you've вᴇcoмᴇ,
the hours of ᴘᴙʌcтɪcᴇ you've put in, the coaches that have ᴘυsнᴇᴅ yoυ,
the fences you've нɪт, the bones you've вᴙoκᴇɴ, the hard falls you've тʌκᴇɴ,
the loɴɢ ᴅɪsтʌɴcᴇ , the sнoᴙт ᴅɪsтʌɴcᴇ, the cнɪᴘ, the sтᴙɪᴅᴇs,
the ᴇqυɪтʌтɪoɴ, the sᴡᴇʌт, the тᴇʌᴙs, the вlooᴅ, the вlɪsтᴇᴙs,
the ᴙɪᴘᴘᴇᴅ jᴇʌɴs, the ᴡool jʌcκᴇтs on 100 degree sυммᴇᴙ ᴅʌys,
the lʌмᴇ horse, the cᴙʌzy horse, the "ʌᴙᴇ yoυ sᴇᴙɪoυs?" horse, and ᴇvᴇᴙyтнɪɴɢ in between...
soмᴇᴡнᴇᴙᴇ behind all this is the little girl who fᴇll ɪɴ lovᴇ with the нoᴙsᴇ,
the sᴘoᴙт, and the ɪᴅᴇʌ and ɴᴇvᴇᴙ looκᴇᴅ вʌcκ. ⊱
⊰ ᴇvᴇɴтɪɴɢ ⊱