Post by Alyce Carr on May 24, 2008 14:09:57 GMT -8
Alyce Carr saddled up her gorgeous chestnut mare Embassy just outside the stables. Emmy knew what today was. Cross Country. The pair's favorite event. Finishing with the saddle, Aly tucked her helmet over her golden-blonde hair that was in a bun. Mounting up, she rechecked the saddle before trotting towards course at and extended trot. Reaching the imaginary starting line, she leaned foreward and gathered the long reins in her gloved hands. "Ready Emmy?" she asked the Hanoverian. The mare answered by half-rearing and bobbing her head. "Go!" Aly cried and jabbed her heels into her sides. Emmy snorted and shot off the line like a racehorse out of the gates. Eating up the ground, the two hurdled at the first jump. A low fence with a long on top. After clearing that one with ease they headed down the lane towards the next.
After doing the next jump that looked like the first, they headed towards their first water jump. A small hill that cut off and into the water. Slowing Emmy cantered up that and they leapt down into the water. Urging her back into a gallop, they surged off back onto dry land. Aly and Emmy finished the ten jump practice course and stopped at the back of the stables. "Good job Emmy." Aly had stopped her watch after passing the finish line and they finished in 59.35 seconds. One of their best ten jump course times yet.
After doing the next jump that looked like the first, they headed towards their first water jump. A small hill that cut off and into the water. Slowing Emmy cantered up that and they leapt down into the water. Urging her back into a gallop, they surged off back onto dry land. Aly and Emmy finished the ten jump practice course and stopped at the back of the stables. "Good job Emmy." Aly had stopped her watch after passing the finish line and they finished in 59.35 seconds. One of their best ten jump course times yet.
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