яινєя ναℓℓєу єqυєѕтяιαη αcαdєму | Accepting 3

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It's not like you got here by choice. Not even by fate. No, the only reason you are here is because of your hard work. The nights you spent prepping for shows, the four-thirty a.m wake up calls from your trainer telling you to get to the farm because a mare was going into foal, the times you've fallen, eaten dirt, and then gotten right back up from the dirt and right back on that stupid horse that threw you off. That's why you fell in love with the sport.

You are one of the best young riders in the sport. You have been invited to ride at River Valley Equestrian Academy. You may bring one horse of your own, but when you arrive at the academy there is a twist. In addition to riding your own horse, you also have a green horse to ride and train in any discipline you please. This will truly test your riding ability. You will go through challenges, falls, fights, and drama with your horse, as well as drama, fights, and romance with your fellow academy participants. This challenge is not for the faint of heart. After everyone's training is complete, you will be judged on how well you and your new horse work together. The winner will receive a monetary reward and everyone will have the opportunity to stay at the ranch. Will you accept the challenge or drop out of the academy?

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Name:
5 O' Clock in the Morning
Barn Name:
Lily
Gender:
Mare
Personality:
Lily is a fiery mare that was caught from the wild a few months ago. She has a hot-shot attitude and she thinks that she is the best horse in the whole pasture. She gets angry easily but will push through it with the right rider.
Taken By:



Name:
The Dark Knight
Barn Name:
Knight
Gender:
Stallion
Personality
Knight is a very regal mount. In the pasture, he has a long stride but he often bucks and likes to take off when someone is handling him. He could be a good jumper but he just needs a good rider to put him in his place.
Taken By:


Name:
Uptown Girl
Barn Name:
Missy
Gender:
Mare
Personality
Missy is a sassy chestnut. She doesn't like human contact that much and she is very head shy. In the pasture she will run away from you and hates being in stalls. She has the potential for English or Western but she needs a good rider.
Taken By:


Name:
Mike & Ike's
Barn Name:
Ike
Gender:
Gelding
Personality
Ike needs a rider who isn't afraid to tell this horse who is the boss. He thinks he is always in control and he is very headstrong, often pulling away from his handler and not wanting to comply with anything the rider asks.
Taken By:



Name:
Need You Know
Barn Name:
Colin
Gender:
Stallion
Personality
Colin is a very herd-oriented horse. When he leaves the pasture he will try and run away, often pulling the rider to the ground just to run back to the field. He wants to please but he wants to be free more than anything.
Taken By:

Click!
Name:
Independence Day
Barn Name:
Indy
Gender:
Mare
Personality:
Indy is our biter. She hates when people are in the stalls with her and she will try and bite them when they are in the stall or walking too close passed her stall. She also bites when she gets her girth tightened. All she needs is a little bit of trust and she should be a good mount.
Taken By:

Click!
Name:
Yellow Diamonds
Barn Name:
Hope
Gender:
Mare
Personality
Hope loves to be nervous around everything. She needs a confident rider who will show her that everything is going to be okay and that she can trust them. She also has a habit of spooking and leaping to the side when you handle her.
Taken By:


Name:
Oh Well Oh Well
Barn Name:
Infinity
Gender:
Gelding
Personality
Infinity is a stubborn gelding. He hates to do what you ask of him and will often do the opposite. He likes human contact, until he has to work, that is. A hard handed rider who is just as stubborn would be the best fit for Infinity.
Taken By:
Bishop Cade Thorn

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1|.This is a semi literate to literate roleplay. That means at least one paragraph with 7-10 sentences each. Your form that you submit is a representation of how well you roleplay and I have the right to not accept you. I will not look through your old posts, but if you are on the line between not being accepted and being accepted, I will look through your old posts to see how you roleplay. One Character per person because there are limited slots.

2|. Please keep everything neat! Pretty posts without pictures, different colors, and everything would be appreciated! It's not the most important thing, but I enjoy pretty posts.

3|. There are only four spots of each gender, and once they are gone they're gone. Also, each character must have two horses. One that you create, and one will be selected off of the 'horses' page. You have a preference, but don't get really upset if you don't get the horse you want. PM me for reservations, do not post here.

4|.Please keep OOC down to a minimum. If you want to chat, take it to PM. If you have any other questions, PM me. I would rather talk to you than have you doing something wrong.

Form Rules|.I want you to use your own form, so I can judge how literate you are. You must have your horse preference, and style of riding on your own form.

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The Barn
The Stalls
The Pastures
Jumping ring
Outdoor Ring #2
Indoor Riding Arena
Trails
Cross Country Course
Tack Room
Farm House
Room (This is mirrored on the other side. Students can decorate as they wish.)

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Bishop Cade Thorn| Ocala | Oh Well Oh Well | ƒσυятяιѕ-

Andria Nadine Herriot| Othello | Mike & Ikes | Dia.

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---{{. name
Bishop Cade Thorn
Bishop's family is very religious, and they wanted to name him something that had to do with their Christian religion. They also wanted their son to have a unique name, so everyone in their small town would know his name, and would know he was a Thorn. He likes his name, since it makes him different. Most of his friends have normal names, but not Bishop.
His middle name was decided in the delivery room when he was born. His older sister actually helped pick it out, since for his parents it was a tie between Cade and Michael. His older sister, Jenna, piped up and said that she liked Cade better than Michael, because there was a "stinky boy" in her class named Michael. who else could say that is six year old sister picked out their middle name? Not many.
Thorn is his father's last name, and it is of Native American origin. He is in a long line of Native Americans so he isn't even close to pure anymore, but his great grandfathers grandfather was a full-blooded Cherokee Indian. Bishop also doesn't mind his last name, because when people ask for it he never has to spell it out.

---{{. age
18
Bishop was born in his own home, since the hospital nearest them was an hour away. His mother went into labor in the early morning and since he was the second child her labor was much quicker than the nine hour labor she endured for his older sister Holland six year prior. Bishop was brought into the world at 11:53 a.m on June 16th, in the year of 1993. The weather that day was nice and sunny, so his mother was able to take him outside when he was just hours old. She thinks that her doing that is the reason he likes nature so much.

---{{. gender
Male
Come on now, this shouldn't be too hard! Bishop looks like a guy, so he has no idea why you would mistake him for a woman. He actually finds that quite offensive.

---{{. description
"I just try to look good for the ladies."
Bishop is a pretty handsome young man, if you are going by the opinions of most girls he knows. This boy stands at an even six foot in height and weighs about 169 pounds, most of it being muscle. He is pretty fit from working outside all day and his body shows off every curve of muscle the boy has. His height crushed any dream he had of being a jockey.
Bishop had dark brown hair, but it usually fades to a lighter brown by the end of the summer since the sun bleaches it. He keeps it short and out of his eyes, but a little bit hangs down and touches his forehead. He keeps it short to stay cool in the summer, but it is also an unruly mess when it is too long, so the shorter style was always better for him.
Bishops eyes are a dull green, especially when he is indoors. When he is outside or in certain moods, however, his eyes turn bright green. The boy has a very oval-shaped face and a rather large nose, and his ears are on the bigger side as well. He doesn't look disproportionate, however. He had very tan skin from working out in the sun all day and he has many freckles all over his body from sun damage. He would pay the price later on in life.
Bishop's style is very simple, usually wearing jeans when he is at the barn with either a long sleeve flannel or a wife-beater. Most of his clothes are work clothes, stained with sweat and dirt and anything else imaginable because he works from sun-up to sun-down with breaks only for eating and using the restroom. When he is not on a horse, Bishop usually wears old t-shirts and jeans, or, if it's hot out he will wear mesh shorts to run around in.

---{{. personality
"What am I, a book? Do you really need to know this?"
If Bishop was to describe himself, he would say he is just misunderstood.
If you asked someone else to describe Bishop, they would say he is arrogant, stubborn, and rude. But that's just the bad qualities.
Bishop comes from a background where if you don't do your share of work, you don't get your share of the reward. If his father didn't think he preformed a good amount of work for the day, he wouldn't be served dinner. It was as simple as that and it made for a very disciplined boy. If he was asked to do something, he made damn sure it was done to the best of his ability. Truthfully he cares about his work.
This harsh discipline also had a negative effect on the boy, making him stubborn and arrogant. His father gave him a list of things to do every morning, and he would only do those things that his father asked. If anyone else, like a farmhand, asked him to do something, he would refuse. His motto was that he only had to listen to his father, because his dad could kick him out or beat him up for not doing what he asked. The farmhands, however, were no matched for the ripped Bishop. He had taken his attitude elsewhere in life, such as school and relationships. The only person he would go out of his way for other than his father would be a girlfriend that was wrapped around his finger.
With all of the pressures of his father, Bishop has a mean side to him. On top of that, he is very easily frustrated. When the boy gets angry or frustrated, he will lash out in violent outbursts. He will never hurt a horse or human, but he tends to break things or smash things. His range is only worsened by alcohol, which he delves into from time to time. It's just a bad habit, but its been a tougher one to break than he has thought.
Rude is also one of Bishop's not-so-good qualities. He isn't good at meeting people or being around people that are too cheery. Especially in the morning, this boy does not put up with people with high-pitched voices, or 'good morning, sunshine the earth says hello!' attitudes. His hardworking nature doesn't mix well with them and he will snap at anyone who tries to speak to him in the morning or while working. This boy thrives on conflict, if you haven't noticed.
Bishop has some good qualities about him as well. He is one of the most hardworking people you were ever meet, as long as an authority figure, like a trainer or a barn manager, asks him to do something. He will put one-hundred and ten percent into the task at hand, often giving up breaks and free time just to get the job done. He prefers to work alone, but will work in groups when the task isn't physical labor. He loves to share is ideas with people and if he does school work, he always deserves the credit when he puts work into it.
Another good trait that Bishop possesses is his loyalty. Once he makes a friend he will usually stick beside their side through thick and thin. The only things that will break his loyalty would be if they betrayed him or gotten on his nerves to the point of him lashing out. This is a good quality because he will always stay loyal to those who stay loyal to him, keeping friends around for a long time.
Bishop is one of the most humble people you will ever meet. He never thinks he deserves the credit that he gets, and will often do things and say that other people helped him just to get some of the credit away from him. Once he does something for you, he always insists that it's "no problem" or "my pleasure". He often isn't rewarded enough, but Bishop isn't in it for that.
One last quality that Bishop embodies is maturity. If he is faced with a mature situation he handles it like an experienced adult. His is never one to goof around, especially when there is work to do. Most of the time he is calm, cool and collected, making him seem much older than he actually is. He has been mistaken for as old as 25.
As you can see, Bishop has both good and bad qualities about him, but he is a loyal, mature young man.

---{{. little facts
"Some of these are kinda personal, don't cha think?"
Bishop hates broccoli more than anything else in the world. He would try any kind of drug if he was able to get his hands on it. He is straight but often thinks about other males, and he would be willing to experiment. He used to play the trumpet in the school band but he quit that and picked up the drums instead. His favorite color is green but you can usually see him wearing black, navy or white. He was the ring-bearer in his uncles wedding when he was 9. His biggest pet peeve is when people bite their nails. He went for a manicure with his best buddy Harvey after a dare and he secretly enjoyed it but would never tell anyone that.

---{{. relationships
"I'm a pretty chill dude."
Bishop would be considered cool in a high-school setting. He would have many friends from different social groups but he would never center in on one social group to stick with. He liked it much more when he was able to get to know different people, because most of the individuals from the same clique tended to be almost the same person personality-wise. With many different clique friends, he was never bored with any of them. If you had to place Bishop in a clique, he would probably fit in with the jocks the best.
Bishop's family is pretty normal. He has a mother and father, Hanna Jane and Lenny Joshua, respectively. He also has an older sister who was born six year prior to him. She still lives on his fathers 130 acre property, but she lives in a different house with her soon-to-be fiance Derek. Bishop's uncle, his father's brother, also lives on the property with his wife Renna and two-year old daughter Larque. His uncles name is John, but everyone around him just calls him 'Bud'. This is probably due to the massive amounts of Bud Lite he drinks when he isn't working. His uncle is the chief cattle cutter on the ranch, and he gives training to two men each season in the art of cow cutting. He is a professional at it but he refuses to go compete. His father also helps him with the cattle but he is more into the business of his family farm.

---{{. horse
"She's a beaut."
Bishop has been riding since he was very young. His family lived on a ranch from when he was very young and his older sister is a very competitive barrel racer. He learned to ride when he was young, mostly to help out his father herd cattle on the ranch. He wasn't really a fan of cutting so at one of his sister's barrel racing competitions he watched horses rein. He found that so cool so he asked his parents if he could start training under a reining professional. They agreed and when he was 12 he started reining.
For his 15th birthday, his parent's bought Bishop a blue roan quarter horse mare. He was ecstatic that he finally had his own horse to train with instead of riding his trainer's. He got to name the mare and her barn name is Ocala, and her show name is Tell Me Girly, How's Your Edge? after his favorite song. They continued to work with the trainer and now they are a great team.

---{{. other
Horse Wanted-
Infinity & Beyond

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Dia.



[[name]]
Andria Nadine Herriot
At times, she may be called Andy. The middle name Nadine has been passed down to each female child in the family for many generations. They have traced it back to the 1800s.

[[gender]]
Female
Is there much of a question?

[[age]]
17
Andria was born on a very snowy and cold December 5, 1994 in Denver, Colorado. It was around one o-clock in the morning when her mother was taken to the hospital.

[[appearance]]
Andy has a very lean, slender body from her lifetime of equine activities. She stands at five feet six inches tall and fluctuates between 112 and 116 pounds.
She has a slightly rounded face with soft, innocent-looking features and big, light brown eyes. Her hair is naturally blonde, wavy, and goes down to about the middle of her back. Often times, she will be seen with it pulled into a long braid down her left side. Her skin is very fair. Andy usually skips the tanning stage and jumps straight to a sunburn. During the summer, her hair is bleached a slightly lighter color. In bright lighting, her eyes may taken on the illusion of golden flecks or simply a much lighter brown. When in a darker setting, her eye color usually seems duller.
Around the barn, Andria will always be seen in her riding breeches, paddock boots and half chaps, and a shirt appropriate for the weather. Her hair will always be pulled away from her face in either a pony tail or braid. If she is riding, she will always wear a helmet and dressage spurs. If she is working with water, her breeches and boots will be swapped out for a pair of old jeans and crummy rubber boots.
When not hanging out with the horses, Andy has a fairly girly style. She will often be seen keeping up with the latest styles for the season. In cold weather, she'll be wearing skinny jeans and a pair of boots from a pretty big selection. In warmer weather, you can see her in anything from jeans, to short-shorts, to a skirt with any pair of her wide array of shoes. Her shirts have a very wide range.
Very rarely will you see Andria in darker colors unless they are in her pants, skirt, sandals, heels, or accessories. Her hair is usually pulled away from her face.

[[personality]]
Andria very often finds herself a victim of stereotyping. She is blonde, so she must be dumb. She wears bright colors and enjoys the stylistic side of life, so she must be a prep. However, Andria is quite intelligent and in a normal high school setting, she would never be seen hanging out with the mean girls. Instead, she would be chilling with some fairly normal people and other honors students.
She is a very cheery, happy person and loves to meet new people. Andy is always looking for some new friends and will go out of her way to make someone's day better.
Despite her friendly nature, Andria finds herself becoming seriously shy and withdrawn if she doesn't stop it before it starts. If she is not careful, she will become extremely antisocial and quiet in a group setting. Andy is constantly pushing herself to step outside of her box and talk to people. Someone would never know this about her if they didn't really know her.
In addition, she is a very hard worker and a perfectionist. Andria will not rest until her project is up to a standard that she deems acceptable. She will always get a job done as well as get it done well. As a result of this, however, Andy judges herself more harshly than anyone else would. She is never good enough for herself and she beats herself up over the little things. She is rarely happy with her work even if it is beyond what anyone was expecting.
Andria loves nothing more than horses, riding, and the sport of dressage.

[[family]]
Her father is Alexander Scott Herriot. Her mother is Elizabeth Nadine Herriot. She has a 15 year old sister, Emily Nadine Herriot, and a 12 year old brother, Trevor Jordan Herriot.
The family owns a large equestrian facility in Colorado where they board, train, and breed horses. Her father has the biggest love for their equine family members and was the one to get Andria into the sport. He got her on a horse before she could even walk and has also worked with Trevor. However, Elizabeth and Emily do not share the love for the dirt and hard work that is involved in horse-keeping.

[[misc. information]]
Andy is a dressage rider, trainer, and competitor through and through. Her father has been giving her lessons since she could ride on her own. She enjoys trail rides and will play around with jumping if she wants something new.

[[horse]]

Andy's Shakespearean Finale "Othello" is a ten year old hanoverian measuring in at around 16.3 hands tall. Othello, born in the family's stable, was actually an accident, if you can call him that. His older brother was planned to be the last foal that his mother, a lovely old mare named Grace, would have. However, a gate was left open in the stud barn and Alexander's Grand Prix level stallion, Ricshaard, had a great party running around the property. Othello and his half-sister Melody were the result some eleven months later.
Andria fell in love with Othello as soon as she set her eyes on the wobbly-legged colt staggering around Grace in the stall. She was eight at the time, and it was decided that Othello would be her own horse. She would work with him on her own and with the help of her father to develop the head-strong colt to a big-moving, compliant gelding.
The pair definately had their fights in the beginning and Andria had never eaten so much dirt before she started riding Othello. However, after two years of frustration for both horse and rider, an incredible bond magically started to form. The team soon became inseperable and Othello's purpose in life was to make Andria happy and proud of him. They worked hard, long days together, but also spent hours playing in the pasture and relaxing in free time.
Othello suffered a severe bout of colic when he was seven years old and Andria refused to leave his stall. He has had a few minor cases whenever bad storms roll around, but has recovered easily.

[[other]]
Horse Wanted: Mike & Ike's

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[Dia.]

{{I believe that I have finished my form. :3}}

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-Accepted ^^-