[heffalumps]

better keep this one clean...

Username: Starwalker123
Reg. name:
Barn name:
Gender: mare
Height: 16 hh
Phenotype: smoky black nd1 grey sw1
Genotype: Ee/aa/nCr/nd1nd2/nSW1/Gg
Breeding notes:
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tasks may be completed either on her adopt page or may be linked here as you please

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[b]Username:[/b] Starwalker123
[b]Reg. name:[/b] (this is just a show name)
[b]Barn name:[/b] (this is a call name/nickname)
[b]Gender:[/b] colt
[b]Height:[/b] (mature) 16.1hh
[b]Halter colour:[/b]

[Starwalker123]

Username: Starwalker123
Reg. name: ST Simply Divine
Barn name: Diva
Gender: mare
Height: (mature) 16.1hh
Halter colour: Dark purple and bronze like my boy Tee

So pretty

[Starwalker123]

James slide out the truck, his project the newest section of the Starwalker Sanctuary was about to pick up their horse for the drover training event. All he knew was he was picking up a halter broke grown horse. When he wandered over towards the pens. An official looking man waved him down and after a few seconds of talking handed him the folder. He scanned as he walked, it was a mare, a black based gray he had a feeling it would be.

When he reached the pen he peered through the gate.His first view of the mare was mud, red mud and dirt coated the mare.. It was hard enough to tell what color the mare was. She wore a stiff dirty halter. His heart jumped a little at seeing her.

He knew right off step one was to run her into his trailer, after he got her home he would worry about a name and a bath for her as will as getting her halter off, and replaced with something soft. He turned on his heel and hurried back to the trailer. He rolled it back to the chute this would be the fastest way to get her into it. With help form the hand he ran the mare up, she did everything in her power to avoid him. When he jumped in the truck all he could thing was will this is going to be interesting.

[Starwalker123]

After giving the tall gray mare a few days to get used to her new pen and her new home. Being in a pen was new to the gray mare, she was flighty easily spooked, high alert, he had set her up in a quiet corner, far from the hustle and bustle and the stallion. He had spent his free time in a chair just reading and hanging out becoming part of her world. She was however still muddy red and today that had to change and they needed to get the dirty halter off her head. She also really needed a name if she was going to be living here. He left a grooming kit and everything he would need laying on the fence. She would have her first leading lesson and start her training. He swung the gate open a little and wiggled into the pen. The gray mare stayed in her corner and didn’t panic, this was progress.
“hey little lady. You and me are going to be friends aren’t we. You’re a sweet one aren’t you” he crooned as the mare took a step towards him. “That’s my girl.” She stepped foreword more and he took a tentative step,” that’s it miss thing “ the two of them moved close slowly.
Suddenly a loud bang sent them flying the mare backed off and he jumped. The man sighed and stepped forward again. The mare didn’t bolt but rather eyed him worriedly on alert. “Its ok little lady i’m never going to hurt you i promise.”
That was when the mare picked to come forward . She pushed into him, nose first, her head pressing up more with each tap. Red earth clinging to his shirt. “You're going to be my pal now I see” He reached up to rest his hand on the shoulder of the gray mare, This was just the start of an amazing day.

[Starwalker123]

The day had at last come he would swing on the mares back and have his first ride on her back. He had saddled her and done groundwork over the course of over two weeks. She was still a little spooky of the saddle so he figured the best thing he could do was just get on her bareback, in a soft rope halter for this first ride. They could work on getting her in a saddle later. He had also given the mare her name at last ST Simply Divine aka Diva. She had washed clean to a smokey gray, a stunning color.
James led the gray mare out of her pen and across to the round pen. He talked to her softly explaining each step of what he was doing. He unclipped the lead and traded it for soft reins looping them up over her neck and laying them there. He turned her free and stepped to the center of the ring.
“Walk” James called out, as the mare stepped out. He let her move off shaking off the dust of sorts and warming up. “Trot” The mare stepped out more. The round pen had been watered and it was still cool meaning they had time to get a ride in before it got hot, and then she could relax and he could make a feed run. He let her move into a canter and a trot, changing directions a few times before he called out to her to halt.
James walked up and grabbed her reins, leading her to the mounting block. They had been working on this and she sided up to the block. He leaned over her and landed on her back. The mare didn’t react. That was good enough for him to swing a leg over her. The mare didn’t so much as twitch, she held still as if frozen. He didn't pick up the reins, just slide off the same side. Then on again this time he picked up the reins a little.
“walk”He whispered, rubbing the mare's neck. That's when she came alive up under him. Taking two huge leaps and trying to shake him. The man stayed with her through. When she came to a stop he asked again and they repeated it. After about 15 minutes he got her to walk, after a few minutes he swung off. That was good enough for a first ride. He fed her a treat as he lead her back to the pen.

[Starwalker123]

The day had come to show the mare her first cows, maybe just maybe, she would take a shine to them and take to campdraft, she also had an appointment with a young rider to sample some english to see what she preferred to do. James had a feeling she would do whatever she had in front of her to do. She had overcome much of her shyness though sometimes it would come out when new things happened too fast. James found it best to just take it slow with her. James stepped the mare down the float at his friends ring. They had to get some cows of their own, for now through this would have to work.
He tacked the mare up with practiced hands. She had come far underside and he felt safe on her back. He wouldn’t have pushed her to this if he didnt think she would shine. James mounted the mare. He took the mare through her warm ups, she was steady with very little spook or reaction. That was when he opened the gate and rode into the field. He felt this would be low key to just ride her among the cows. Her ears went up and her eyes locked on the cows. He smiled at the mare. He let her walk forward in and out of the cows. She was mellow like ice.

[Starwalker123]

Overall James' experience with the mare had been amazing. She was a sweet mare , even with her shy start she had come into her own as a horse. She had had a great course of basics, then started more formal training in campdraft and jumping, the options for her future were as endless as the hairs of her coat. James was just looking forward to seeing where she went and maybe just maybe one day seeing a foal between her and Tee if things went well.
He had prepared for the ADTE with daily rides and exposing the mare to anything she could maybe face. He was no longer nervous to take the mare to the show, the way he had when the shy mare came home. As she had blossomed into herself his nerves had faded away. He felt like the gray mare was as ready as she could ever be for the show. He saw a chance to let her shine and just a step on her path. She had so much good infront of her. They would do there best and win or loss he would forever have a bond with her.