☼ Ｐａｌｍ Ｌｅａｆ Ｅｑｕｅｓｔｒｉａｎ Ｃｅｎｔｅｒ [o&a]

[astrophile.]

Ａｃｅ xＡｎｄｅｒｓｏｎxxxxxx ➸
cis male // 22 // bi // finn & chevy // location ;; stallion barn // tags ;; open
Anyone who was somewhat familiar with Ace knew that the male was rarely up and at 'em anytime before 9;30, but here he was, all decked out in his riding clothes, which he probably spent a little too much on, but who cares? He had only been here a handful of days, and after working to get everything settled in, he was eager to hop on his new gelding Finn, and he was itching to do some jumping with him. The gray was still new to him, he had picked him up just a few weeks ago, and he had only been on him a few times, but he seemed to be really good. When Finn did want to work, he could be quite the good jumper, and was showing potential in cross country. When he didn't, well, we can leave that to the imagination. The sky was clear and there was a slight breeze, and he hoped the weather would reflect on Finn's mood. He stepped into the stable, and was greeted by the scent of fresh hay and the nickers of curious horses. He walked over to the fourth stall, where his trusty mount was currently sticking his head out over the dutch doors. "Hey buddy. How's about doing some work today?" he asked, as he placed a carrot he had grabbed from the feed room earlier in the palm of his hand. Finn immediately took it and munched away, and Ace chuckled. So that was something they both had in common, they could both be motivated by food. He slipped the brown leather halter over his head and led him out of the stall and over to the nearest cross-ties. His grooming box was already there, he had grabbed it earlier, and he got to work, brushing out Finn's gray coat.

ＤｅｎｖｅｒxＷｉｍｂｅｒｌｙxxxxxx ➸
cis female // 19 // heterosexual // pistol & smokey // location ;; arriving // tags ;; open
The sun was still young in the sky by the time a dark blue ford f-150 hooked to a three horse gooseneck turned off the main road and onto the road that led to the stables. Inside, the young Denver could barely contain her excitement. It had been quite the drive from Oklahoma to California, and saying she was tired would be an understatement. However, her eyes still shone as she drove through the beautiful gates and by the pastures. It seemed she wasn't the only one ready to get there, she heard a bang in the trailer, most likely from her young and feisty stud, Smokey. He was her project horse, and she was looking forward to training him. "I know bud, we're almost there," she said, before pulling into the parking lot. She shut off the engine and stepped out of the truck, her Araits crunching on the gravel below. She went around back to the trailer and unlatched the stall doors, and she had to let out a laugh at what she saw inside. Because Pistol had been used on her family's ranch for quite some time, he was what some horse people would call "bomb-proof", and was never really affected by anything. Smokey, on the other hand, was young, and full of energy. His ears went all around, taking in the new sounds. "Alright, let's go boys," she said, as she led them out. She threw Pistol's lead rope around his neck, he would just follow her, the faithful gelding he was, so she could focus all her attention of Smokey. "Please, please don't kill anyone," she mumbled as she led them into the stallion barn.

[Binx_It]

Desiree
//Female//19//Hetero//Horse:Flicka//
//Location:DriveWay-Mare Barn//
//Tags:Open//

Desiree drove slowly down the dirt rode with the trailer connected, a beautiful black horse in the trailer who was more than uncomfortable. "Don't worry girl we are almost there k?" She called out attempting to sooth the horse. Not long after they pulled up and Desiree parked the truck, and stepped out shutting the door. "Alright girl we're going now so relax!" she said before opening the trailer door and grabbing her lead, she heard the nickering of her horse. "C'mon we'll get you settled in girl!" She said leading Flicka to the Mares Barn. She stepped into the Barn with Flicka by her side she walked over to stall one, she put Flicka in the stall and walked over to grab a brush and then began brushing Flicka the horse nickered happily.

[yelenabelova]

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⠀⠀b⠀r ⠀i ⠀t ⠀t ⠀a ⠀n ⠀y ⠀⠀.
⠀⠀cis female / twenty four / bisexual
⠀⠀arrow / location: stallion barn / open
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brittany was exhausted from her trip from illinois to palm leaf. she hadn't gotten much sleep on the trip, but she was here and that's what mattered. with lead rope in hand, britt guided arrow through the entrance of the stallion barn and to his stall. yawning, brittany stopped at stall nine and double checked on her sheet that she had the right stall. "okay, arrow, looks like this is it." she lead arrow into the stall, turning in a circle before unhooking the led from his halter once she was in the door way. speaking softly, britt's fingers scratched against arrows forehead, "i'll be back. i'm just going to settle in."

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⠀⠀d⠀e⠀a⠀t⠀o⠀n ⠀⠀.
⠀⠀cis male / twenty two / questioning
⠀⠀thunder + athena / location: arriving / open
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with music blasting out of his brand new, jet black chevy truck, deaton tapped his thumb against the steering wheel to rhythm of the music. his favorite band rival sons was playing. looking slightly to the left, deaton could see the familiar property that was palm leaf equestrian center. a small amount of excitement ran through him and he grinned. "gonna be a good year." he told himself. as he pulled into the driveway to the barn, deaton turned the music down a little, humming to the lyrics.

[can u not]

Sarah Mae Francis
female -- twenty one -- bisexual -- location: arriving
Sarah gazed lazily out the window of the van her mother had rented to move her into Palm Leaf. When she had waken fully she noticed the van was stopped in the parking lot of the equestrian center. She practically flung herself from the van and landed not so gracefully on the dusty ground. "I'm finally here." Sarah kicked her feet slightly as she walked toward the stallion barn. "I wonder if Nigel is in his stall yet." She said as she entered the barn. She mumbled to herself as she walked toward Nigel's stall. She counted the stalls as she made her way to stall ten. Once she was within ten feet of Nigel's stall, Nigel swung his head toward her and let out a whinny. "There's my boy." She said picking up her pace till she was in front of Nigel's stall. She ran her hand down his face and scratched his chin. "Here's our new home, buddy." She said looking around at the other horses in their stalls. She felt a wave of uneasiness wash over her. What if she hated it here? What if no one liked her? Her mind raced as she looked around her, everything was so different. Sarah panted, her heart racing. She looked at Nigel and smiled. "I'll be fine as long as I have you by my side boy." She said as she rested her now slightly sweaty forehead against his.

Maximo Parker
male -- twenty three -- heterosexual -- location: arriving
Maximo watched the long road leading to the equestrian center as they came up to the barns. "Finally." He mumbled as they came to a stop outside of the mares barn. Max opened the door of the truck and walked toward the trailer. "Sorry for the wait, Rocko." He said as he released the door latch. Rocko turned to look at max as the trailer door opened. Max attached his lead rope to his halter and began to lead him toward the barn. "What stall was it again? Three?" He asked Rocko as the came to the third stall. "Here's home, dude. He said opening the stall and leading Rocko inside. Max closed the stall door behind him and started making his way toward the cabins. "Might as well look around before everyone gets here." He said walking into the first male cabin. He smiled to himself as he sat down on one of the beds. "Here's home."

[pingu!]

H A I L E Y W H I T M O R E
female/21/Willow and Bentley/tags: Ace, open
Hailey began her long drive from her home back in Portland, Oregon to socal along side her twin brother Ashton. They had been talking about the Palm Leaf Equestrian Center for what felt like ages and were so excited and thankful that they got the fortunate opportunity of actually staying there. The twins decided to go down the California coast line on there way down and weren’t disappointed. Hailey found the beach so peaceful and often got distracted thinking about it. The 30 hour car ride on highway 101 began to take its toll on the twins, who were bickering for most of the entire second half of the trip. With her brother snoozing in the passenger seat, Hailey slowly pulled into the equine center. She stopped the truck and she smacked the dashboard of the truck as hard as she possibly could in order to wake her brother up. “What the heck?!??!?” Ashton exclaimed, as he darted awake. Hailey just looked at him and laughed her sweet, honey like laugh with a huge smile on her face. Hailey jumped out of the truck and briskly walked over to the back if the trailer. She opened up the doors and lead her well-behaved mare and her rowdy dappple grey out of the trailer and into the barns. Every time she looked at her horses she was filled with a sense of pride. “Alright you guys this is your new home!” she quietly whispered. She led her mare Willow, into her stall first in the mare barn and then headed over to the stallion/gelding barn where she walked past a handsome blinde guy brushing off his horse who looked almost exactly like her gelding Bentley. She smiled politely at the guy and then led Bentley to his new stall.

A S H T O N W H I T M O R E
male/21/Beau and Dakota/tags:open
Ashton was exhausted after his 30 hour car ride with his sister. The last thing he remembered was hearing the crashing sound of the waves outside the car window and the sunrise over the ocean. The contrast of the sky filled with yellows, oranges, and pinks and the ominous greenish blue ocean was easily one of the most beautiful things he had ever seen. He fell asleep dreaming about the the jagged high cliffs and the sunrise and the sound of the endless flocks of seagulls calling out in the distance. “POW!” Ashton darted awake, only to find out that it was just his twin sister Hailey messing with him. She started to laugh when Ashton finally realized where he was. He jumped out of the big old ford truck and walked over to the back if the trailer where Hailey was unloading her horses. He followed behind his sister as he took his shy mare Dakota and his fiesty gelding Beau out of the trailer and lead them into their new stalls.

[Jones.]

Leonardo Montouri
20|Bisexual|The Stables|Open

Leo took a bite of the apple he was holding, his grey gelding nickering in the stall behind him. "I literally gave you one ten minutes ago," Eddy simply grunted in return and with a roll of his eyes he held out the remainder of the fruit for the horse to eat "I hope you're happy now." He gave the horse a quick scratch behind the ear before crossing the aisle to the other, Sol was snorting angrily and striking the ground with his hoof. "Maybe this will be the place that tames you huh?" the gelding was unresponsive to his voice, shaking his head with a whinny. The young man pushed hair from his face and entered the stall of the fiery horse, having to push him firmly out of the way when he immediately pinned him against the wall. He gave him a quick once over, checking his legs for any sign of damage that might have occurred when he was transported from the airport. Everything appeared to be fine and Sol was just being his usual temperamental self, Leo ran a hand over the horses withers, admired the sheen of his coat and the way the horses muscles danced beneath it. "This is going to be our year boy, I'm finally going to figure out how to make you work," the chestnut gelding stamped angrily and the boy smirked, patting his shoulder once before leaving the stable "then again maybe not."

[Moomin Valley]

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Sebastian Ashton | 21 | Mare barn | Tags. Open |
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Seb was sitting in the front seat of his dads 'horse transport truck' with his feet up on the dash board as his cousin drove the truck up the Driveway. He was chatting casually with Adam while he parked.

He got out of the car right after it stopped, he knocked on the back seat window "Get up sis we are here" He shouted waking his sister.

The three Ashtons opened the door to the horse transpost wich contained their five horses. Seb walked up to his White shire mira and gently stroked her muzzle.

He put on her white halter. He then put on the red halter with gold embroidery on his other horse Em, a creme gypsy vanner.

He looked over the information paper and memorized which stall each of his mares were in. He then grabbed all the stuff for them, he put their saddles on so he could walk with everything in one go.

When he had everything he lead his horses into the stable for the mares. He lead the horses into their boxes and put all their things into the right place including the sadels.

After all the struggling he walked back to Mira and stood there pampering her until her pelt was bright white again.

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Jennifer Ashton | 17 | station barn | Tags. Sarah Francis |
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Jen had been sleeping the entire car ride, only waking up once when they crossed the border. They had taken a ferry from Ireland were they lived despite the fact that Jen was the only Ashton with an Irish accent.

She was woken up by a shout from her older brother. She helped Seb to get everything before she and Adam drove closer to the stallions stable.

Once they got there she and Adam helped each other to get all the stuff into their places. Before the both got their horses individually.

She put the light blue halter on her brown and white tobiano Gypsy vanner with a black and blue eyes called Zephyr and then moved on to put the black halter on her silver daple Irish Sport Horse Sugar.

"Twelve and thirteen" she said quietly to herself as she entered the stable looking around. She couldn't find them so she asked the closest person.

"I'm excuse me do you know where stall 12 and 13 are?" She asked the brown haired girl

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Adam Ashton | 25 | Boys cabin | Tags. Open |
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Adam had been driving for ages when he finally arrived at Palm Leaf equestrian centre. Driving from a remote island outside of Ireland to California was no easy task.

Luckily his cousin Seb had been awake for most of it so he wasn't bored his other cousin on the other hand had slept the entire way.

He helped both his cousins settle in with all their things, himself he got settled in quite quickly with his one and only horse Payton, a creme gypsy vanner stallion with black mane, a white blaze, black socks and white hoof tufts.

Once Payton was standing safely in his stall he drove to the girls cabin and dropped of Jen's bag in the entrance room before driving to the boys cabin with his and Seb's things.

[astrophile.]

Ａｃｅ xＡｎｄｅｒｓｏｎxxxxxx ➸
cis male // 22 // bi // finn & chevy // location ;; stallion barn // tags ;; hailey, open
Ace had just finished setting his saddle, ahem his very expensive saddle he had spent four years saving up for, thank you, on Finn's back when a young woman leading in a gray horse passed by, he guessed they were another one of the newcomers like himself. At the sight of the other gelding, Finn pinned his ears back, the little anti-social bugger he was. "Oh come on, don't be ridiculous," he said as he tightened the girth, letting Finn exhale before he did so. "Don't mind him, he wouldn't hurt a fly," he assured her. He unbuckled the leather halter and let it dangle around Finn's neck to assure he wouldn't try to escape, not that he would Ace hoped, before he slid his bridle over the gray's head. He did the throat latch, checking to make sure he could fit four fingers in between it, something he had been taught, and took the halter off his neck. He led Finn out of the cross-ties and over to the first outdoor arena, which had a few jumps set up, nothing major. The arena next to it was a more gymnastics-oriented ring, however, Ace didn't fancy dying today so he chose the other one. He led Finn into the arena and checked the girth one last time, before walking over to the mounting block. He placed his foot in the stirrup and swung his other leg over, settling down softly in the saddle. "Okay, please don't kill me," he chuckled as they began with a lazy walk along the fence. He glanced over as a few trailers began rolling in, he would have to go introduce himself to his fellow riders, and competition, as soon as he was done riding.

[heffalumps]

Eloise Grace Patel | Ellie | 21 | Zoey & Titan | unloading horses | open

The drive to Palm Leaf Equestrian Centre had been a relatively short one compared to the road trips she had made in the past year, it had been a different world living in America which was for lack of better words, half a world away from where she had spent the first twenty years of her life. As she turned down the driveway, Ellie couldnt help but take in the view out of her window, the way the light hit the landscape made the view all so much more beautiful and increased her need to be liked in such a breathtakingly aesthetic place. Once she had slowed to a stop to the left of the two stables, Ellie turned off the engine and took a deep breath before climbing out of the old white single cab ute. As she made her way around to the float, the sound of frustrated pawing seemed to fill the air "Zoey, stand up." she spoke in a brisk tone as she reached the back of the equally old float. Although it, in appearance, was rather displeasing to look at, the float its self still had strong bones and was in rather good shape. In other words, it was still road worthy and was a reliable old piece of junk. Muttering to herself as she lowered the ramp, everything she did, she had done a million times before and it was almost as if she could be put on autopilot. First she unloaded the gelding, a decent sized grey gelding who appeared much younger than he was, then she turned her attention to the large bay mare. Oh how her personality amused her. "Easy hun." she spoke calmly as she allowed the mare to back down the ramp of the straight load, slowly giving her more head as the mares back hooves were on solid ground.

[Consulting_Angel]

Logan Sage
21|Male|Bisexual
Jetstar & Theron
Location: Stallion Barn.
Tagged: Open.

Logan had already arrived a couple of hours ago, and he'd pretty much just finished getting his vehicle unloaded and all his things unpacked. And, of course, he'd taken his horses to their stables. That had been difficult - with Jetstar not at all being happy about getting separated from her baby, Theron - and though Logan understood why they were separated, it still irritated him slightly. But he'd managed to calm Jetstar down, and settle her into her stall, deciding that he was just going to have to figure out the quickest way to get to each barn, so that he'd be able to take them both out for rides at the same time.

Now, Logan was in the Stallion Barn, taking the extra time to stay with Theron. No doubt the young stallion was the youngesy horse there, and wasn't even broken in to ride, so the Friesian would probably be very unnerved - especially as he was separated from the only horse he knew.
Logan leaned on the door to Theron's stall, rubbing the Friesian's cheek and face, and murmuring comforting words to him.