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[lisa]

there I switched betweeen the lead ropeand sent Foxy to the rail.
after she walked around afew times i hit the sand undred my feet and watched the galt horse change into a bueatyfull trot and then into a canter.
after that i decided it was time to try making her think about the scary idea that i will soon be siting on her poor back.
She looked at me her footings becoming a bite clamsy I stoped the work and got her to come in so Iicould soth her and then sent foxy back to the outside ring troting still cclamsy but her ears were slightly pricked foward.
I went through that senariou a few times before i was able to tell that she was very much at ease loooking at me while she trots.
sencing that this sucsses was a good time to finsh her excresise on a good note.
pulling the mare that minuts ago even refused to look at me whiile a sadell was on her back now nuzzeled my face in efection.

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Laghing I started leading her back to her stall she was a bite spooked by the mouse that hade just manged to escape out of her stall.
She was puting her ears back and roling her eyes nonstop.
Sizing the sitouition i rushed her in not caring that my braid ha becom undone.
I tucked her off Imidaitly living a much lighter wait on her body.
My brown eyes searched her musecles that reviled were the source of the most stress is.
After a quiq scan I dedcided that her feet and neck were the source of unstabilty.
Foor the hundreth time today i started aplaying the laveneder oil o her body treating the source and by that lousning the other parts of her body.
likly she calmed dwon seconds later I wishpered a sttory about three blind mice in her ear whille i rubed her dwongrooming her asuringly.
Living her to play with her water I headed to Samys stall were he was anxously waiting to be let out to gaze and check out the buteaful chicks.

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like alwways he was sicking his head ou trying yo be as clouse as posible t0o the grass on the other said of the asil.
calminng his stomach i heanded him asuger cube before ticking the halter shut.
At that activity the samy pirked his ears forward in dlight trying to kik his half door open.
NO i warned and to my outermost surprise he stopped and paintly waited for me to open the door.
I grabed his lead rope and headed to the main back pasture .
Untill we passed the pastuar were Samy had so far been playing in every thing went as somthly as a shinig peny.
But once we passed that point he realised that he wasnt going to the pature wich he was yaning for .
Starting to take a tighter hold of the lead rope I senced he was geting ready to pull me back to were we came form but it was already to late for him I already opened the gate and started undoing his blue halter.
He pirked his ears in dlight at the new paster he was in

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I leaned agianst the fance thinking the only thing missing to make this agoodmovie is a couple of freind and some popcorne.
I watched as the buteafull horse droped his neck to graze still not noticin the three staliond=s bhinde hime.
But Samy didnt even have a chance to swalow the deliouces grass prepered by Chef mother earth before Heart stealr was on the job he was galoping firously toard samy who realised the other horses were with him>
galping cooly he took one intmdating look at the leader of the group before mist ran too hime declaring a war.
Summer perked his ears forward and glopeed at his apointent.
chasing each other around a few laps before sstarting the raging battel for leadership.
Kiking andjumping at the end midty was the one to back away led by Summer they returned to the heard.
Then Dream who was astonished at the fact that summer won galoped at the new expected horse throwing hime intimdating looks .
Samy got the meseg and started gakoping as well intimadting the other horse but with more concenrated angels that showed he was much miore concentrated the dream.
Yet dream was one smart horse and decided too giive up the battel knowing there wil be many more.
Then proud headed Samy headed to hearts tiller galoping and showing of his abiltys by rearing and bucking.
But minuts later it didnt mater because the oldest horse of the trio charged vilontly fighting a good fight and reasuring his place on the throne.
A bite embersed sumer went to graze along side the other starting to bonde.
Smiling to myself at the place Samy astbilished I started heading home after this long and rewarding day.

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I jumped ou of the Truck smiling to myself at the fact that in a day from now I will be riding to Roling hills stabel to get the buteafule filly I have ordered.
passing foxys stall i noticed hat she needed her hay net to be refield but Foxy didnt seeem to care she walked sleeply towards the me nickring me softly peting her and bistrowing secrets in her ear .
Living her to doze off i harried to mix the feed sliping some lavender into foxies feed I was hoping to get her into a very relaxed state since today i was going to canter her and gradualy reaquint her with jumping the start actauly riding her.
dumping the feed into its place I was free to tie up the hay net and muck Summers stall.
I Dumped the last one of his jenrouse presents before
going to his pastuare were he was cooly grazing with his new budy Heart stealer.
Samy I caled lightly watching the stalion galop a few times around the fence before stoping at my side to get somthing to fil his hungry stomach I smiled hauling on his halter I led hime into his stall.
Watching hime charge at hi s feed bucket I bolted the door shut and raced dwon the yard into Foxys stal.
SHe has just finshed her meal and was stiill nibling the ground for crumbs .

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They never changed I said to myself swing my head back and forth sarcsticly before grooming Foxy.
She was geting used to my relaxing vists and as the tingling first strocke arived Foxy stoped looking for food and let her self disapear in the sothing groom.
After that i measged her body with lavender oil knowing that today she wold be much more relaxed because i put some lavender powder into her feed.
quitly extited her stall geting the sadel and pad.
Hosting them on the door I sliped unnoticed back in carfully placing the blancket and saddel on her back.
Suprisingly this notion didnt startel Foxy she just stood there paitntlyleting me tighten the girth without a word of unwilingness.
Smiling at her goood temper I sliped on her halter and lead her into the training ringwere i put on the lounge line andtook the wipe in my control.
Sending her to the outside were I let her walk but this time insted of warming her up first even at the walk I made her look at me and she obliged walking around a few times i ordered her into atrot.
She gracefully lifted her and looked straight at me with npo sing of fear in her movment.
After idecided that she was well warmed up I sumnned foxy into a canter making her place her gaze no me I noticed that she was very much at ease and didnet mind looking at me from the side.
Smilingto myself I decided that tomarow I will set up a few jumps so she can get used to that as well.
Calling her into the center i ran my fingers acroos her neck planting words of asurance into her soul.
I undid the lounge line and led her by the newly placed lead rope into her stall were I rubed her dwon T touching her body again with lavender oil just in case.
Giving her another light groom before leading her out intother pasture were her mates were already waiting.
I watched her zoom into the freedom reaquinting herself with every single thing that she missed so much.

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I freed myself to Samy who was bickring with his haynet that to my surprise was also empty already.
I shot hime a scornefull look before sliping on his halter and leading the big stalion to the schooling ring were no body was exrcising at the moment.
Tieing up Summer too the fence i quiqly changed his haynet that was almost at rages after all the chewing he tourtred her with.
Entering the store room i grabed Summers tack and grabed his grooming kite.
He didnt realy need grooming with the careful upkeep of his sacred coat but i felt it was a good way to bonde with the horse.
throwing the tack on the fence i sarted mitculasly groming talkihng to him lightly about life and things more important then life.
Admiring my work as his coat sparkled in the sun I threw on his blanket keeping a close eye on hime so he wont throw off his blanket like the last time.
gently placing the saddel on his back I savcured the girth prasing the young stlaion for his paitence.
Fourcing the bite in I sanged his bridel shut I headed out into the big areana were I put up a few barels so we cold practice .
returningto find the buteefull horse staring at one of the boarders horses in dlight.
Men i sighed leading Samy into the ring knowing he wold charge at the barels I decided to warm him up in a difrent areana.
I tightened the girth shortning up the stirpes I jumped on and nuged his side asking him to walk.
walking cooly i hade to bring hime dwon back into a walk since he was anxtose to sart the eexiting part of the meet.
I smiled at his eagerness and signaled him to change his footings into a trot.
nowing he was eager to start canterig i instinctevly shorted up te raines.
To my dlight my call was tright and secodes later was able to slow hime dwon quiqly in a mater of secondes.
changing sides I decided that he was welll warmed up and shricked a kisss in the air squeezing my grasp on his bely I disapeared into the journy.
I felt the blood rush into my vanes as we stormed around the ring .
I saw that hee was going a bite to fast for a warm up and sowled hime back into a trot causualy gong back into a walk and leading hime out of the rinng were one of the stabel hands was waiting.
I figered that the stabel hand finshed her chores for the day and canme to watch.
Hey how are you I asked searching my memoery trying to conect name with face.
noticingmy facil expresion she quiqly blurted out " i'm not from here I came for my lesson with caroel I'm ab.
Oh i said smiling at the girl nice to meet you aby.
She smiled back shyly op3ening the door for me.
seeing her jenourasty ithought it wouldent hurt to ask "Aby aree you rushing any were? because if you are not then do you want to help me?"
I looked at her anxously hoping my qustion didnt corner her, But to my xdlight her eyes gleamed and she nodded her head hapily.
Ok i said go into the office and get the stoper its siting on my desk you can clock me and Summer I explaind peting the stalions neck.
She dindt even wait for me to ansawer.
Thanks i screamned back at her walking Samy towards the big areana staying out side the gate knowing that if we entered he would charge at the barels that were already set up.

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Aby apearecd from the yard leaniing against the fencee she glanced at the two barels setup.
"Why are you using only two barels" She asked yrning for information.
Oh thats because this is my first time I beral race Samy so I dont realy know what he can do so I just whant to check his abiltys.I replide opening the gate and sitniing into my saddel.
I squeesed my feet tightly into Summers belly encourging him up to a galope.
With out any further notice He charged at the first barrel colecting my raines i Made a left turn at the first barrel It wabeled but didnt fall I scrambled to the next barrel not leting him move hid feet a bite faster we stormed around the barell and in a furry back out of the gate.
I ordered him into a halt my heart working like crazy I peted samy giving him words of camfort I saw Aby scrambl to my side That was amizing she said he did a 1:45
I smiled but said in a low voice thats good for his first time but his going to have to get beter.
Thank you aby the words didnt even dry off my lips when a honk of a care distracted abyand she waved good bey.
Mouting off my buteafull samy i lead him back into his stall but he was very exited and i hade to hold his reins very tightly.
i uunbolted the door quiqly pulling off his Bridell puting on his halter.
Sadsfided at the newly done haynet he started clamly chewing his haynet leting me hoister off his saddel and blanket.
Placing the tuck on the half open door I started rubing hime dwon drying thee dropds of swet that climbed on his neck.
after ifinshed grooming his coat I handded summers his well disereved appel.
finshing the appel in the speed of light gridy saamy started shearching for any other godies I was hiding under my slive.
Thiinking he desrved it i gave hime a suger cube and sliped out of his stall grabing the tuck and puting them in place.
siting dwon oon the bench i started waxing the saddel and hamming to myself feeling my ehole body tingle with happyness I hunged the saddel back in place and walked calmly out of the yard and planting myself into the truck hapily returing for a day of rest untill the next dawn.

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I jumped out of the truck slaming the dooor shut bhinde me I ran across the yard to Summers stall.
I found the picky stalion gulping dwon water from his bucket stoping from time to time so he can gulp dwon the water in a airy matter.
Samy i called watching the proud horse swing his body towared me using the chance to spite the water inhis mouth on the floor.
Lughing at the new show Summer Dream predouced fantasticly every time.
I peted hime heartly and left hime back to work on his foutaine, I entered the sore room mixing the feed for each spesipic horse once agine I add lavender powder into foxys stall as today I was going to have her jump during the lounge line.
I dumped the feed at his place mucking out foxies stall I sang to myself today is the day today is the day.
Dumping the waste in the speacial dampster that was set up I tightned up my pony tail and rushed towereds Foxys patuare.
leaning agianst the fence i wisled happyly sending the signale the made the shy mare lift her long neck up and canter lazly to the fence were i was waiting.
Handing her a caroot I quiqly sliped on Foxys halter and grabing the lead rope I led the way into her stall were she stormed at her feed undoing the halter I left her to make her feed history.

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entering the store room I got hoold of Summers tuck , limping across the yard I reached his stall.
placing the equipment over the door I sliped in placing the bucket on tthe beding I started carfully grooming his spotless coat filling hime in on what we were going to do today.
Sammy adored when I fussed over his gleaming coat and stood stil as i threw on his blanket and saddel.
kluching the girth shut I got hime totake the bit and hoistereed the birdall over his eears.
Grubing a hold off his rains I showed him the way into the schooling ring tightning the girth I climbed on sting in my saddel Igot comfertable and nuged his side angling hime to walk at the fence.
We walkeda few times aroud the ring unfourtantly heart stealer noticed Samy and made his way to the near fence were he made an uninvisable divertion.
I shortened up the raines and wisshpered into Summers ear your going to prtendeed heart stealer isnt here Ok .
Then with no further note I ordered him innto a trot circling around a few times I le my self flow with his dreamy moves,
Then I shricked a kiss in the ir storming away with hime, Samy no longer gave a light pulle toward heart stealer he passed over him as if he didnt existe.
Deasapearing into the emptiness just me Ans Summer dream we united as one moving toghther at a scarnazied wave.
Wow I called stoping the strong stalion in a heart beat landing back on earth.
Peting hime lovingly I rode hime up to the nearst ring were two barrels were already set up.
I looked up at the clock that me and Caroel set up ytearday.
A stable hand came runing toward me.
Hey do you need help Red asked.
Sure thanks red i saiid sinig in my saddel i waited for the gate to burst open.
I heared Red call in the back round go.
Bolting in we charged at the firs barrel this time I tightened the turn a bite trighter thenlast time I squeesed my leg over his belly asking hime to lope faster an d faster.
Turning at the next barrel drew my feet into Sammys belly and galoped to the gate.
I peted Summer heartedly before looking up at the clock I saw the read 1:40.
Good boy samy I wavred every time we rode the turns got tighter and we were able to do shorter times.
I mounted off lossning up the girth i thanked red that came from bhind the huge stoper and lead Samy into his stall.
qiqlly untucking and rubing hime dwon icleared the swet away from his buteafull coat.
Giving hime a last groome i pilled his thing in the store room returning to award hime with a carrot .
I gave him one last ped sliping on his halter I clatche the hard lleadrope and leafd him into the pastuare reminding hime how good a boy he had been.

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I staid back a few more minutes back to watch summer gidly play in the patsure before manovring my way back into the barn.
Mucking ou Sammys stall I laid out new bedings and changed his water leaving the newly cleaned stall i entered the sore room.
My brown eyes fell upone the waxing exipmnt and i setto work inching my way on his saddel I manged to make it sparkle just like Summers coat.
Feeling furfiled I put the big brown western saddel on the rack and grabbed the blue grooming kite that was lonleey siting in the corner.
Foxy i called adoringly at my buteafull mare who swang her body towred me in dlight.
Smiling at the amount of ease she had when i entreed the stall i imdiatly set to the task of grooming plafull sly fox.
Leting the mare doze of I moved slowly concentraing on each stroke hoping to get her at most ease as posible.
Thenafter i was sedsfied with her atractive first impresion i ran my finger agains my hairtryingto git ride of all the swet that was piling up I grabed the lavnder oil and started once agin circlinng my fingers against her body hoping that she apriciate every drope that fell from my forhead.
I worked up to her neck seeing she was more relxed then ever I sliped out unoticed and opned for themilinth time the sore room door and grabed Her saddel and blanket.
throwing her this over the half door i gave a sigh of relife to get thebheavy thiings of my hand.
I entered quitly hoping not to wake Foxy who was sleeping like a baby.
easly sliping on the blanket I dreaded the moment when the saddel had to be trusted on and she would wake up in furry.
But to my surprise as the saddel was lifted into the air and dumped carfully over her back the only rspones she mde waslazly open her eyes and quiqly close them bcak comfertably back to sleep.
Dlighted with the progrees I pulled the girth shut and carfullyy drew in her halter.
Giving a light nuge on the lead rope I woke herup and walked slowly at her side to the traing ring the small x that i set up yesterday before i left was standing sturdy at his place.
quiqly twisting in the lunge line i took the wipe to my controll and drove her to the out side ata walkstarting amidaitly at the exrcise were she looke dat me.

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walking her around the ring a few times i noticed thta her foot work was very easy and gentel the same qulaties that atracted me when i first came to see her.
waking up fromthe magical moment I hit the sand with the black whip and watched Foxy change her lead acourdinyly and trot anglicly around the ring perking her ears forward I happily watcht her trot equily prefcting every single step.
liking what i saw i orderedher into a canter she obliged with no fuss living a genourse trail of dust bhinde her as she gracefully charged around the ring not talking her face off me for one seconde.
Wow i thhought to myself this is good the slow and steady work was paying off not only did she not mind looking at me when a saddel was on her back but it also brought her comfert.
Proudly brining her back to a trout i changed the diraction untill i felt she was warmed up eangh I gidded her toward the jump watching her feet rear up natrualyinto the air and landing gracfully dwon on the ground with meters to spare .
My heart sweeled with pride as we returned to the jump and every time she did a bter job making each jump look easy.
I slashed the whip onces more on the ground I deecided to axlrate her into a canter watching her fly over the ex I new that this was the start of a great partnership.
slowing her dwon I brought her into the ring hging her neck tightly I talked lovingly bistrouning wordss of comfert in her ears i uncliped the lunge line and replaced it with lead rope.
Grasping it in my hand I lead foxy back into her stall asuaring her that what she did today was marvouless.
hastly tucking her of I gave hera good rubdwon sliping her trearts from time to time I finshed drying offf her swet I gave her another light groom before leaving her to her dinner that waswaiting for her already.
Cleaning the saddel quiqly I hunged it back on its rack and huriied to put beding in the stall that stood next to foxys.
securing the haynet i admired my work for one minute before walking to my truck that was already conected to the trailer and drove off to get the new adition to my beloved horse family.

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I ran my fingers across her coat rubing my heada aginst her neck I circled my fingers In the T toche moutiond carfully keeping her at the most ease posible.
I loked out of the small window over my hade abd watched the seenerty change into the ruged dirt road that lead to the farm.
Were home girl i exclimed straitning my lightb;ue tishert I scrambled out of the traliler and helped red lower the ramp.
Glow stood still paitntly waiting to be lead dwon the ramp eager to settel dwon for the night.
i rushed back in grabing the leadrope I slowly brought Glow dwon on the firm ground .
steady girl i called and put ny hand forward rewarding her with a treat.
I opned the doorhearing red unbolt the trailer from the truck I did the same thing to the half door and trusted Glow in puling off her halter i watched her move around in er stalll equniting her self with her new statle i smiled do you like it girl i asked plesantly.
She responded by taking a big bite from her haynet.
i'm taking that as a yes i repliad happy that she was a;lready setling in.
giving hera last pat i asuared her that in the morning i'll be back to check on her.

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i manovered my way threw the trafic driving into the parkibng lot i parked uevenly rushing out side still puling on my boots.
Hey girl I called at foxy peting her in a flash and working my way to the next stall were Glow was sleeping soundly.
I smiled to myself not whanting to wake her up i went to the store room so i could mix the feed.
sacuring my boots i started mixing the feed poting lavnder powder and rescue remdet into Glows feed and saving the lavnder powder from Foxy because today i wannted to see how she handled the loungeline without the extra douse of lavnder.
I grabed the cans and watched the feed deasapear into the bucket entering samys stall I relived it from the unwanted waste and laying new bedings.
I dumped the water on the green grass looking up at the rocky seenry irefeild the water and put it back in place rushing to the pasture.
There i found Summer playing chase with heart stealer bu at the sound of my voice he stood still as if he was feelingthe air around him and charged wildly towred me stoping in tyme to recive a suger cubbe i lughed and let him nickermy shoulder,, using the opratonity to slip on the halter I opned the gate and lead hime back to his stall were he didnt show sny mercy to his food.
Runing across the yard i grabed a grooming kite and entered Glows stall when she reliased my presence she backed upto the corner in fear.
Its ok girl I'm not going to hurt you i cooly spoke, softly realising air from my nostriles handing my hand forward making sure my eyes concentrated on a imganry spot on the ground.
After a few acoured minutes of silance the bay filly made the quit movment with her nostril that i was awaiting for she wanted to be freind niot enimy.
i worked my way slowly to her side and started mitcioulsly gromming her making her coat magical I senced her body begining to somewhat ease I changed gears moving my fingers in sacrnized moutions presing the lavnder oil across her coat i felt every muscell sacure into a relaxed pesiton and let the shy filly doze off and deasapear intoa world of dreams. grabing the grooming kite i carfully xhnged my paestion into the outside of the stall i pu the bucket in place and grabed the small halter that was sticcking on the rack.
Hey girl i wishpred carfully sliping on her halter making sure it wasnt too tight i startec walking her up and dwon the asill exrecizing her slowly.
after a few times around the yard i tightned my grip and started running brining her to a trot i could watch her strong feet fight there way on the sourfece.
sedecfied at what i saw I brought the filly dwon to a halt and wishpree at her ear tomarow i will take you on a trail walk.
ascourting her back into hers stalll i gave her a quiq rubdwon using the toch moution once more before leading her into the small paddock were she could roam free and graze untill i found her proper pasture mates.
realising the presuse horse from my grim i watched her go on a exiting rip of exploration.

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i watched her folow a squirl for aminute before rushing to foxys stall I found the gentel mare playing with her water.
Hey girl i caled and watched her spite the water out side her big mouthe and spirtedly walk to the half open door and kniker my softly.
Peting her back i told her i was sorry that i didnt come stright away but I'm sure you met thenew mamber of our famlie right?
giving her anther carrot i peted her softly before picking up the groomin kite that i have placed next to the door and sliped in first i gromed her mticulsly making her coat play in the sunshine glow after i was sdesfied with my work i brushed the small dangling hair that was sticking out of my pony tail and put them back in place.
I rubed some lavnder oil on my finger and started Working to her neck with t thoxch motinons slowly feelin the big horse fall into a quite sleep.
puting tgthe small bottel back in place i put the bucket back inthe store room and grabed the tuck that was uncently siting on the rack.
limping back to her stall i threw the thinggs over the door and sliped in laying dwon the blanket I thoutfully placed the saddel on to of it smilig as even the wait of the saddel didnt wake her up .
buckling the girth I grabed her halter and sliped it on quiqly, nuging her head forward i started walking her out of the barn and into he training ring .
thre i sacured the girth tightly then placing the lounge line in place i grabed the wihp and drove her to the outside of the ring walking her while her head was staring at me.
I realised that her body paoster was very calm although ididnt use any lavnder oil today.ti
She circled the ring a few times before i slashed the whip across the sand and axlrated her into a trot watching the shy mare trot around galntly.
Then I decided to watch her at a canter throwing the wihp one more time i let foxy canter an i felt theblod in my vanes felow and watched the horse that was quit hqppy.
Good girli called droping the speed back to a trot and pointing her towred the jump i watched her fly over the jump time and time agin prefecting every sngle one.
deciding that she was ready I kiked the whipe on the ground Foxy amidaitly started cantring .
Foxys ears perked forward at the sight of the jump ant went over it like a dream.
Good girl I shouted after about ten jumps before slowing her dwon to a halt.
exchanging the halter for the loung line i took her under muy wing and coaxed her into the stall.
quiqly untucking the tired mare i threw off the saddel folowing with the blanket i started rubing her dwon slowly I finally decided she comfertable Masaging her body with T toches to ccomfert Foxy.
i gave hera nther quiq groom before cluching the leadrope once more and sending her to frolic in the pature were all her pasture buddys were already wauiting.