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Crestwood Estate was established in 2002 by Mr. Phillip Campbell, a warmblood breeder and hunter trainer with every intention of creating the finest fleet of hunter/jumper athletes the eastern U.S. had to offer. Only a select few riders and horses were selected to join the Crestwood Crew, who enjoyed forty acres of manicured pastureland, impeccable barns, and groomed arenas. Mr. Campell, however, didn't buy into the encouraging nature of most of the other hunter trainers in the area; rather, he cultivated a culture of competition and contention among his riders. Trainers began denouncing Phillip's harsh teaching to one another, while the riders themselves became intensely divided and started to break down under the pressure. The resulting drama culminated eleven years later in 2013, when the majority of the riders had enough of Crestwood's toxic nature and left to join Mr. Campbell's rival stable. As a result, Crestwood suddenly could not afford to stay afloat, and Mr. Campbell sold the farm as his remaining riders anxiously awaited the arrival of whoever would purchase the farm.
Wynne Kaur and Annabelle Dunham dreamed since they were little girls of purchasing their own riding school; when Crestwood Estate came onto the market, they knew it was just the opportunity to get Annabelle out of her desk job and Wynne out of her underpaid riding coach position at another barn. Annabelle invested in an imported German Riding Pony stud and a handful of Welsh broodmares to start the pony breeding program of her dreams. Wynne, meanwhile, had coached eventing for eleven years, and many of her students chose to migrate with her to the new barn. Having taught young children for most of her career, the young trainer had worked tirelessly to promote an encouraging team atmosphere among her riders; while her eventers weren't always in the ribbons, they were determined to have fun and uplift one another at every show. Being a loud, rowdy bunch, they couldn't be any more different than Crestwood's remaining students.
The sale, unfortunately, happened just weeks before Crestwood's infamous summer boarding school program; Wynne, however, refuses to back down in the face of the challenge. With the help of a hunter/jumper trainer Annabelle hired for the farm, she aims to jump back and forth between horse trials and hunter shows and bring together a single, cohesive team among the vastly different riders. The riders, however, might have different ideas. The hunter riders see the eventers as unruly and undisciplined, while the eventers see the hunters as stuck-up and unfriendly. Can the new trainers put together a true team, or will the unsportsmanlike teachings of one bad trainer continue to divide the Estate's riders?
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