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Post by heather on Aug 3, 2009 12:18:50 GMT -5
Heather adjusted her cowboy hat as she tied Pleasure to the cross-ties in the stable isle. Her ride with Mayhem had been...well, interesting. The mare didn’t seem willing to work, and she hoped that Pleasure would be good on the trail ride with Ryan. She patted the 2 year old mare’s shoulder before pulling a curry comb out of her tack box.
The little horse was still very young, but in Heather’s point of view, horses will benefit from being ridden at a young age. And it wasnt like she was pushing Pleasure. She had just been riding her lightly, with a few canters every once and a while. The mare was taking well to people on her back, and she was fun to ride, with little bunny hops in between transitions.
Heather curried both sides of Pleasure before body brushing, fly spraying and combing her mane out. She finished grooming by picking her feet, which Pleasure was still learning. Instead of picking up her hooves like horses were trained to do, she would paw at the ground before standing still to let Heather scrape out the dirt and tiny pebbles in her feet.
Heather stared at the mare, and smiled when she bobbed her head and kicked out to hit an annoying fly. Heather didn’t want to do to much with Pleasure today, she would rather take it slow and talk to Ryan. Get to know him a bit. She pulled out the horse’s bridle and put it on, tugging the yearling’s ears under the band. She tightened the cheekstrap and noseband before patting the horse again.
Now all she had to do was find Ryan. She remembered him saying that he would be in the barn. But he had also headed into the arena.
And so she waited. He wouldn’t be too long. She patted the horse and got her bag, pulling out a sub and sitting on the stool, eating, watching the mare and waiting.
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Post by <Ryan Wesley> on Aug 3, 2009 15:27:38 GMT -5
Ryan had gotten his horse Nickie ready. Nickie was a bay paint mare. She had a black tail, and a white mane with black tangs. She was a cool looking horse. She was fun to ride. Except she always had to buck once during each ride. Sometimes it was when you started, sometimes it was toward the end of the ride. But she always did. Ryan didnt' really care though because he was a bull rider, he could ride it. But he hardly ever put other people on her, especially inexperienced riders because of that reason. The mare sometimes bucked harder then you woudl think.
He bridled her up adn walked her to the round pen and let her run around a bit just in case. HE hadn't ridden the mare ina couple days and wanted to get the worst out now. Nickie bucked a few full rounds around the pen and then stopped in the middle and snorted. She waited for him to come get her. He smiled and walked in and grabbed her and walked her out. He walked her down the alley way and found Heather sitting down, eating a sandwich.
"Hungry?" He asked as he stopped in front of her. Nickie stopped and looked at the young horse she would be riding with. She pinned her ears a bit then Ryan tapped her neck. "Be nice." He told her and she let otu a big sigh and closed her eyes. He smiled and rubbed her neck. 'Good girl." He told the mare and looked to Heather again. 'You about ready?" He asked and stood waiting patiently. Nickie was pretty much asleep so he didn't mind how long it took.
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Post by heather on Aug 4, 2009 10:11:51 GMT -5
As Heather ate her sandwich, she hoped that Ryan would come. Would he stand her up?
She chewed, wiping a piece of lettuce from the corner of her mouth.
Suddenly, the sound of horses hooves came from the barn entrance, and in walked a pretty bay paint mare, lead by Ryan.
She smiled.
“You hungry?” he asked, Heather nodded vigorously. “Almost ready?” She nodded again. She took the last piece of the sandwich and held it out to Pleasure. “Here ya go.” The mare lipped it up and bobbed her head to say thanks.
“Well, this is Pleasure.” Heather said, pointing at her ride. “And this is?” she asked, gesturing towards his half-asleep paint.
She actually looked a lot like Mayhem, though May had a black mane. Pleasure stomped her front hoof impatiently. Heather giggled. “Ready to head out?” she asked, taking Pleasure’s reins, stepping forwards.
It was sunny out, and it was a perfect day for a trail with someone and a horse. She wasn’t sure where they would end up, or how long they planned to go out for. She was willing to travel as far as the racetrack.
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Post by Charlie Parker on Aug 4, 2009 11:22:32 GMT -5
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Heather Wilson, please lengthen up your posts. There is a minimum word count of 300, and while occasional muselessness is understandable, we cannot make exceptions to the rules. There is a word count on the side bar for your convenience. If you have any questions, feel free to pm me or any of the other staff, and we will be sure to answer them promptly.
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Post by <Ryan Wesley> on Aug 4, 2009 19:08:08 GMT -5
He had found Heather eating on a stool. He asked if she was hungry and she nodded. Then he asked if she was ready adn she nodded again practically stuffing her food down her throat. “Well, this is Pleasure.” She told him and he looked at her horse and smiled. "It's a good looking horse you got there." He told her and smiled studying her horse for a few seconds. Watchign her eat made him a bit hungry. He woudl have to make himself some dinner when he got back home tonight.
“And this is?” She asked and he looked at Nickie. He smiled and patted Nickie's neck gently. "This is Nickie." He told her and smiled. Nickie lifted her ears to hear her name then she went back to sleeping. He smiled and looked to Heather. He tightened Nickie's cinch a little bit seeing she had let quite a bit of air out since she was in the round pen. . “Ready to head out?” She asked him. 'Oh Ya." He told her and walked Nickie out of the barn, tightened the cinch one more time then got on. The mare looked around and yawned, waiting for the other horse.
Once they were both on and walking down teh wide trail he looked to Heather. 'So, what kind of riding do you do? Like as in what kind of events? Disciplines?" he ask curiously. He was a rodeo guy. He roped and bull rided. Sometimes he would get on broncs for extra cash. He was pretty much an all around cowboy when it came down to rodeo. He was lucky they took a little time off. Btu this weekend he was going to an open rodeo a few hours from here. He planned on roping, bull riding, and bareback riding. His friend and him were also thinking about team roping as well together. Just depended.
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Post by heather on Aug 5, 2009 11:03:22 GMT -5
Heather stuffed the baggy from her sandwich into her shorts pocket, adjusted her hat a bit and tapped the dirt off her cowboy boots before smiling when Ryan said Pleasure was a good looking horse. And she was. The 2 year old bobbed her head and nickered an agreement to Ryan's responce.
"Thanks, Nickie is really nice as well." she didnt stop smiling.
She had asked if he was ready to head out, and he replied "Yep" before walking outside, tightening Nickie's cinch a tad bit tighter.
Heather didnt have a saddle, she just wanted to take it easy with Pleasure today.
She mounted Pleasure without problem or a mounting block. Her legs hung loosly over the yearling's sides and she grabbed the reins.
Ryan was already mounted Nickie by the time Heather was. "So, what kind of riding do you do? Like as in what kind of events? Disciplines?" he asked, seeming curious.
"Well, I do a bit of everything. I have Casino, and he is my jumping horse. I'm going to be training Pleasure in roping and some dressage. And Mayhem is my western horse. I use her for just pleasure riding." I really seemed like she was just rambling on. Oh well. She shrugged to herself.
She looked over at Ryan. "And you?" she could tell from the western saddle, that it was something along those lines. "Roping? Pleasure?" she asked.
As she waited for his responce, she walked Pleasure forwards, not looking back to make sure that Ryan was following.
Pleasure seemed happy to be outside on a nice ride, the warmth from the sun shining on her light bay coat. She had a bounce in her step, and had her ears perked at the swishes of leaves and bushes. Things caught the yearling's eyes quickly, and she could be quite spooky sometimes.
She could hear Nickie’s hooves behind her, and stopped Pleasure so that Ryan could catch up.
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Post by <Ryan Wesley> on Aug 5, 2009 15:17:07 GMT -5
"Thanks, Nickie is really nice as well." ['s] She said and he smiled and thanked her. He looked at Nickie then to Heather and her colt. "This horse must be.. young. Like two maybe?" He asked guessing her horses age. She got onto her horse bareback. He liked bareback, he just didnt' do it that often. He liked saddle better. But he wouldn't ever ride a two year old bareback. He only rode broke horses bareback. But if he didn't have a saddle with him he would ride bareback, because he was a bulll rider and could stay on if he put his mind to it.
"Well, I do a bit of everything. I have Casino, and he is my jumping horse. I'm going to be training Pleasure in roping and some dressage. And Mayhem is my western horse. I use her for just pleasure riding." She said anwsering hsi question about what she did with her horses. He listened quietly. He wasn't a big fan of jumping.. or dressage. "Jumping and roping? That is a weird combination I will have to say. Never seen a horse do both." he said and smiled a little. So it sounded like she was a show girl. She was more into showing horses. Well, Ryan had shown quite a few years in his life. He was good at it, just didn't really like to do it all the time, unless he had a really talented horse.
"And you? Roping? Pleasure?" She asked him and he smiled a little. She got the first one right. He walked next to her horse with Nickie, hoping Nickie wouldn't buck. "I rope more than anything. I have shown in pleasure, reining, and cutting. But bull riding is my profession is along with roping and training horses." he told her and smiled. He usually roped and bull rode in summer and trained colts in teh winter when rodeo season was over. And maybe he woudl show horses in the winter too, just for fun. Now he was just waiting to see what her reaction was. Some girls would climb all over him hearing he was a bull rider, some left him. As Nickie fell behind a little bit and Pleasure was ahead, Nickie decided to buck. Ryan sat deep in the saddle and let her go for shit. The mare only bucked twice and stumbled a little then caught herself and let out a big breathe then plodded along like nothing happened.
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Post by heather on Aug 5, 2009 20:25:21 GMT -5
“This horse must be young. Like, two maybe?” he asked.
Heather nodded. “Right on the dot, actually. I know, it seems young to start training, but I think its pretty helpful to start young.” She sided with her desicions.
She hoped he would understand.
“Jumping and roping?”he asked. Heather laughed. She probably seemed like a total weirdo.
“Yeah.” Heather replied. “I know, weird combos, but I enjoy all styles of riding, and I wouldn’t want to just stick to one, you know?”
When he had replied by saying that he rode in pleasure, cutting and roping as well as bull riding AND training, Heather was surprised.
But it was a good surprise. He was interesting, and seemed to know his stuff. She liked him. A lot.
“I like to train too, but its not my profession.” Heather said. “I trained Mayhem, and now training Pleasure, here.” She said, patting the yearling.
She felt confident on Pleasure’s back, her legs dangling, feeling a little bit free. She didn’t fear falling off. In her opinion, a rider wasnt really a rider until they fell off. It was all part of the experience.
Heather looked down quickly, making sure her boobs wernt compleatly out of her shirt. She pulled the sleeve of the tank top up a bit, and looked over at Ryan, to see that his mare was acting up. Nickie put in a buck, but Ryan sat deep and the mare only gave another, before letting out a breath and stopping, looking content with her actions.
Heather smiled. “She seems feisty.” Heather commented.
She liked feisty. It added to the fun.
Pleasure chomped on the bit and pawed the ground, tossing up dirt. She was ready to get moving. She didn’t like standing around for no longer then 5 minutes. Heather patted her again. “Be patient, please. I actually like him.” The mare seemed to understand, and let out a huff and relaxed her back a bit. “Thank you.”
She looked over at Ryan, and it seemed like Nickie was under control. “Ready to go?” she asked, smiling. She didn’t wanna seem pushy and annoying.
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Post by <Ryan Wesley> on Aug 6, 2009 16:15:14 GMT -5
“Right on the dot, actually. I know, it seems young to start training, but I think its pretty helpful to start young.” She told him. He smiled a little. He didn't think that was too young. He started horses at two years old. Of course he never pushed them hard though. He never really got them sweaty. He tried not to anyway. Hard riding was harmfull to youngsters. He never pushed a horse until he was atleast three. I know, weird combos, but I enjoy all styles of riding, and I wouldn’t want to just stick to one, you know?”
She said. He smiled. It wasn't that she was weird, it was just different that a horse could be a jumping horse and a rope horse. He had never seen that before. "I understand that. I just have never seen a jumping and roping horse in one." He said smiling.
“I like to train too, but its not my profession.” She said and he smiled. Ryan relied on horses and rodeo to keep his house and what not. You had to be a damn good rider, roper, and trainer to make money like he did. And not to brag, he was pretty darn good. “I trained Mayhem, and now training Pleasure, here.” She told him and he smiled. "Looks like you did a great job with Mayhem. And looks like Pleasure is going to be just as good." He said complimenting her training skills.
Just then his horse decided she wanted to buck. She gave two good bucks then let out a breathe and walked along. Ryan laughed and shook his head at the mare. “She seems feisty.” She told him. He laughed and nodded. "She always has to buck atleast once everytime you ride her." He said and patted the mares neck. “Ready to go?” She asked him and he smiled and nodded. "Ya, I was born ready." He said and kicked Nickie up to walk next to Heather and her horse. Nickie collected herself and walked with a bounce of excitement.
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