by CaveyCave » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:18 am
((can buzz get together with ghost??))
George pushed Bumble into a working canter to the next jump. He felt Bumble fault with his stride and gently half halted the stallion and arrived at the jump abit early, thanks to Bumbles athlecticism though he cleared the jump easily. George patted bumble gently before turning to the next jump, it was on a crooked line but George put his right leg just behind the girth and he felt Bumble turn beneath him and foscused on the oxer.
Bumble felt pressure on the right side of his body so turned and fixed his eyes on the oxer, he felt pressure on the bit so shortened his long stride and leapt over the 5ft jump, his front hoofs tucked up and he cleared it by feet. He focused on the jump next and felt the whip gently press on his shoulder so he shook his bay head and lengthened his stride and took off early, landing exactly 1 stride from the next jump, he then landed and did a lovely smooth bouce jump over the next fence before feeling pressure on the left side of his mouth and George's foot go behind the girth. Bumble obediently listened and changed his lead, going towards the next jump. He felt George gently pull on the reins and flicked his ear back and listened, half halting. He then arrived at the jump on time and leapt over, changing leads in the air. He cantered towards the last fence and stumbled abit before he leapt it, gently tapping the pole, it stayed in place luckily. He felt George's hand pat his soft neck and give him a long rein. He stretched his neck and cooled off. Then George dismounted him and lead him to the cross ties. Bumble shook his head...
George undid the throat lash, flash noseband and noseband then slipped the bride off, replacing it with a head collar. He then put the stallions cool rug on and lead him into his stable. He then went back to jasmine and rose. He looked at her little twin foals and mumbled DD and DJ... before stroking the 2 foals, he was still wondering why they stood up so early...his mind then went to the thought of the letter he got that morning, it said he had gotten into the SJ championships in his home town of Scotland...it included 2 free flight tickets there and back, he could take jasmine but then who would look after his horses...maybe Susie...he would be taking Mac as a reserve. He the remembered the people who placed from 1-4 would get into the Olympic show jumping team, he explained to jasmine and waited for her approval (( if george goes and wins and gets into the olymipics then he is Ben maher and triple x and what ever happens to them happens to George and if he doesn't take triple x *cries* and robin hood instead then robin hood is mac XD))
Susie saw the stallion rear and took a deep breath, she turned and explained how Night was her horse and how she wanted to keep her warm and put her in a nice warm stable where she could have her foal in peace. Then she gently added that he could stay with her. She then took a deep breath again and turned to the stallion, blowing in his nostrils, Susie was a natural horse woman and knew that that was a sign for asking to be friends, she waited for the stallion to blow back or not blow back and just bite her nose off, that was a risks she was going to take. She remembered that she did the same with dawn when trying to rescue her, her uncle ran the slaughter house and Susie remembered seeing the iron grey foals eyes full of sadness and despare. She remembered the day after and her parents getting really angry before helping her when she told them she was sueing her uncle. Then she started to cry, hoping that the stallion wouldn't think she was scared of him, she cried and cried, why did they have to die 2 days after my 20th birthday....why? she then looked into the stallions eyes, her green eyes full of sorrow and despare...She remembered everything, she then remembered the little skinny puppy by dawn, it was Archie....as if on cue Archie gently walked up to Susie and burrowed his soft black head into her warm trackies...she waited for the stallion to decide