Emily Took Rose around the Ring twice to warm her up. Once the Georgian Grande was all warmed up, she proceeded to the first jump. It was a fairly easy vertical, beings that Emily wasn't very experienced, and neither was Rose. She prepared for the mare to jump and readied herself. The duo jumped the first jump with ease and move to the next, which was a little bit harder. It was an oxer. Emily wasn't too fond of oxers, but she decided to try it any way. She took Rose around again, and prepared herself. She took a deep breath and as soon as Rose neared the oxer she closed her eyes. She kept her eyes tightly shut until she felt her mare hit the ground. She open them and let out a soft sigh of relief. At that point, she had had enough, but she felt her Aunt watching her... so she contiued, taking Rose around again and proceeding.
After Emily had finnished with the jumps, she began walking Rose around the ring, Cooling the large mare off. Rose chewed at the bit, nostrils flaring. The mare flicked her tail and snorted, styarting to regain her breath. Emily pulled her to a stop and Rose felt emily dismount and bring her reins back over her head. She nickered and gently nudged the girls face with her velvet nose. Emily smiled and rubbed the mares nose and kissed her nose "That's my girl." she said, leading her out of the ring and back towards the barn untack her and take her back out to the mare's pasture.
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Jessica smiled and turned to go back into the barn. She went over to her horse, Hugo, Who had his head over his stall door. "Hey buddy." She cooed, to the stallion. The Appaloosa stallion nickered and prodded the woman's pockets for a treat. Jessica chuckled and reached into her pocket and pulled out a mint. She unwrapped it and laid it in her palm, holding it out. Hugo took the mint gently and chewed it. He swallowed it, and looked for another one. Jessica rubbed his nose "That's enough for now." she said, and grabbed his halter and lead from the hook. She slipped it over his nose and fastened it on. She clipped on the lead and opened his stall and began leading him towards the pasture.
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Dixie snorted and followed Jessica. Jessica wanted to keep an eye on Dixie, just because of the new dogs around. Not, that Dixie would hurt them, she just wanted to make sure there was no problem. The rottweiler obeyed and followed closely behind Jessica and Hugo. Her tags jingling as she went. Dixie's job was to keep the coyotes that inhabbited the surronding area away from the Horses and the other anumals that stayed at the ranch. It was a pretty big job. Dixie sneezed and continued on, nose to the ground, investigating as she normally did.