Username: Pocky<3 // Pocky
Name:Alexandra Jane Bennett.
Nickname?:Alexa.
Age:Seventeen.
Gender:Female.
Discipline:English riding; she especially likes show jumping and galloping around a cross-country course. Her dressage knowledge and skill is very basic.
Personality:Alexa can be described as cheery; she always tries to have a smile on her face. Some people find her optimistic and 'happy-go-lucky' attitude irritating and obnoxious, but she isn't going to change herself for others. Most of the time, she is very motivated, even in the worst of circumstances as she believes in 'you make your own luck'. Her possessions always seem to be tidy and neat, as she has a slight OCD for tidiness - she can sometimes get very annoyed at petty things such as a untidy desk. Alexa can always be depended on by her close friends to help out or remember something, she believes in being generous to people that deserve it. Sometimes, she can hold a grudge against someone that has upset or taken advantage of her. She is also very bad at winning arguments, as she can never think of any good comebacks; she normally just tries to avoid them to avoid embarrassment to herself. She strives for perfection with her riding and gets angry and frustrated at herself if she can't work out something.
History:Alexa has quite an isolated childhood. Her father worked long hours in the day and her mother was seldom seen, as her parents got divorced when she was young. Her father remarried when she was ten and she got along quite well with her stepmother, as she worked from home and had time to take Alexa to hobbies like riding and ballet. On her 12th birthday, her father told her that she was going to boarding school until she was sixteen; he wanted to start a new family with her stepmother. It wasn't a shock to her, as she always knew in her heart that something like this was going to happen. She had always liked horses, but her parents could never afford to keep one at the expensive full liveries around their small town. Alexa eventually moved in with her aunt Suzanne when she was 14, quitting her dull boarding school and getting her aunt to home-school her. There was a small yard nearby, advertising a beautiful gelding for a years part loan. Alexa immediately took the opportunity even though she knew she was going to eat the dust off the menage floor every day. The pony was a large bay called Frankie, old but very sharp as he was very sensitive in the mouth. He bucked her off daily until she earned his trust and friendship. Alexa is hoping to develop her riding skills further and compete in affiliated competitions at Rosewood Stables with Silver.
Strengths/weaknesses:Her two strengths would be her positive attitude and her ability to manage a green horse. Her weaknesses would be her dressage knowledge and her frustration with things she can't get right.
Sexual Orientation?:Straight.
Crush:None.
BF/GF?:None // Open.
Horse:Silver Lining.
Pet:Aurora.
Other:"
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present. "
Alexa knows James from boarding school and they're quite good friends.
Show Name:Silver Lining.
Barn Name:Si or Silver.
Age:7 years.
Breed:Anglo Arabian.
Gender:Female.
Discipline:English all-rounder.
Owner:Alexandra Jane Bennett.
Personality:Silver can be temperamental at times, refusing even the simplest of jumps if she is in one of her moods. She is very sensitive in the mouth and can buck/rear/spin if mishandled by riders. Si is very much a one person horse and likes the no-pressure training approach from Alexa. She likes her food and often snorts and stomps around in her stable if she sees Alexa coming with a bucket of feed. No strong bits or extra equipment is needed on her, because when her saddle is on she knows her job. Sometimes, she will run around in the fields when people try to catch her, as she prefers to be out than in - even if its snowing and raining! She has powerful shoulders and hindquarters, making it difficult for her to collect her gaits. Although Si is still quite young, she is mature for her age and isn't spooky when on hacks or courses.
History:Silver was bred by a professional yard for Eventing, but the yard went bust and all the youngsters had to be sold from the field. She was advertised as a well-handled, broken-in 5 year old for jumping and hunting. Alexa bought her after her part loan agreement had finished. Her father funded Silver's expenses and Alexa worked with her alongside a retired professional trainer at her yard. Si was exposed to the traditional and also natural horsemanship styles of training, which is why she isn't spooky now. The yard didn't have the best facilities, which meant hacking to the local woods to jump logs and ditches.
Likes:Food, jumping and running around in the field.
Dislikes:Hard-handed riders, cocky youngsters and being tied up/stabled up for a long time.
Crush:None.
Mate:None // Open.
Offspring?:None.
Other:"
Every cloud has a silver lining. "
Name:Aurora.
Nick Name?:Ay.
Species:Dog.
Breed:Border Collie.
Personality:Aurora is cheeky and playful. She likes to follow Alexa around loyally, but sometimes can be captured by a butterfly fluttering or a turning sprinkler. She is only young, but knows the basics commands 'heel, sit, stay and down'. She is easy to train and enjoys the company of other dogs and people. Ay has a tendency to jump up at people she likes the look of, hassling them for pats and hugs.
History:Aurora was a surprise puppy from one of Alexa's yard friends. Alexa decided to have her, after much deliberation and begging with her aunt.
Likes:Playing with dogs, food and dog chews.
Dislikes:Raised voices and dark places.
Crush:None.
Mate:None // open.
Offspring?:None.
Other?:"
Woof. "

Name:James Edward Rotherington.
Nickname?:Some people call him Jam, or Jammy but he hates it.
Age:Seventeen.
Gender:Male.
Discipline:English riding; he enjoys any competition - especially three-day eventing and racing.
Personality:James has always been the seclusive one. He has some trust issues, which he developed after his parents painted lies over lies to keep a happy family façade for neighbours and friends. His father has always been a workaholic, working day and night; James rarely saw him, only the shadows underneath the office doors and in awkward dinner appointments. His mother had a mental breakdown and ran away into the sunny countryside of France to relax when James was barely 6 - she hasn't been seen since. He likes animals ever since his mother took him to the races, watching the magnificent Thoroughbreds run and the ground thundering with the pounding hooves of horses. He was enrolled into boarding school aged 12, where he met Alexa through the mutual interest of horses, but it was hard to make friends as he had been labelled 'the cast-off'. James prefers to stay away from people, though he is always in the shadow of his successful father according to snobby relatives. He doesn't say much and prefers reading a book rather than someone's expression. He enjoys playing the piano, riding and cricket; hobbies which his mother got in involved in.
History:James had a difficult start in life, with a busy father and a stressed-out mother. He didn't understand the lies and deception, though his childhood innocence was tainted at a young age. It made him more hardened against the real world, where nothing in perfect. James' decided to take riding lessons in the school holidays at a stable nearby and his instructor said he showed promise. This fueled his eagerness to learn and he started competing the school horses at local shows, which made him interested in having a horse of his own. He proposed the idea to his father, which he accepted but only if he learnt to care for it himself. He got Bolt, a young broken to race Thoroughbred, when he was 13, getting advice and help from the other liveries at the yard until he was able to juggle school, homework and a horse all at the same time.
Strengths/weaknesses:His strengths lie in being adept at knowing equine illnesses, learning from his old instructor when he had Bolt at his old yard. James is also very fearless when it comes to riding, he just mounts straight back on if the horse has chucked him off ad attempts it again. His weakness would be his competitive streak and his unwillingness to open up to new people.
Sexual Orientation?:Straight.
Crush:None.
BF/GF?:None // Open.
Horse:Lightning Bolt.
Pet:None.
Other:"
Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion. "
Show Name:Lightning Bolt.
Barn Name:Bolt.
Age:6 years.
Breed:Thoroughbred.
Gender:Gelding.
Discipline:English racer and jumper.
Owner:James Edward Rotherington.
Personality:Bolt lives up to his name because when he is excited he will bolt off with the rider. He is very flashy and likes strutting about in the menage and fields, though James normally keeps him in check. He cannot keep still and is always a bother to handle, nibbling at lead ropes and pawing the ground with impatience though he is never a danger to be around. Bolt knows his boundaries and has never struck out at any other horses or people. He doesn't spook easily, unless it is an umbrella, which he despises due to a past experience as a yearling. Bolt will hack out with others but prefers to be at the front to dictate the pace. Bolt also loves competing but is a sour loser.
History:James bought Bolt when he was three and spent time handling him regularly, though Bolt had a cause of head shy. Though eventually, a year after training, he was able to be ridden. Bolt is a nuisance to bridle, but he is easy to catch as he expects a good exercise session and a tasty feed. When Bolt was about 2 and a half years old, one of his previous owners was desensitizing him to umbrellas but caught him on the legs with it in the stables.
Likes:A good gallop, jumping and a competition.
Dislikes:Standing still, having a bridle on and umbrellas.
Crush:None.
Mate:None // Open.
Offspring?:None.
Other:"
Individual glory is insignificant when compared to achieving victory as a team. "