Finishing Up - CLOSED

[DJ]

Hope led the roan down the cement aisle toward the grooming stall. Hope turned Music around and clipped him to the cross-ties. She gave him a quick stoke across his neck before traveling to his barrel and lifting up the saddle flap and resting it on her shoulder. She pulled the billet strap and she gently pulled it down as half of the girth loosened. She did the same thing to the other strap and hung onto the girth and allowed it to gently fall down hanging onto the other side of the saddle not slapping the horse's right leg. Hope walked around the back of Music murmuring to him that she was behind him.

[lilredmare]

Lee led Spike to the grooming stalls.
She noticed the other girl and her horse.
She smiled at Spike. He nudged her shoulder.
"Alright, you." she mumbled. She took a deep breath and walked up to the girl.
"Hi, my name is Lee. Lee Sandders."
She smiled her biggest smile she could make without looking corny. "I wish I wasn't shy."

[Kanya]

Morgan nervously walked passed the stalls. She wasn't nervous of the horses, nor was she nervous of riding, but nervous of it being her first lesson here, and failing to impress.

Seeing Hope, she took a deep breath and rubbed her hands on her side as if they were cold.

"Hi, I'm Morgan."

She slapped herself.. on the inside

Oh course she knows who I am. Ha ha. Now stop being such a tard

"I'm supposed to be taking jumping lessons? I'm pretty new to it, but I have always wanted to learn"

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[DJ]

Hope looked up from Music's girth and smiled warmly at Lee. She wiped her soft hands on her beige breeches and held her hand out.I'm Hope Levin. Are you finding everything okay? I can show you around if you need to find anything later today. I have a lesson coming up in a bit, though. Hope went back and undid the right side of the girth. She lifted the leather strap and put it on the seat of the saddle.

Hope turned again to find another girl. Hi! I'm Hope Levin. I'm sure you guessed. Hope twisted her face a little bit. She was trying not to be overly obvious. Yeah! I think I'll put you on Mikey for your lesson today. As soon as I finish up with Music, I go out and grab him from the paddock.

Hope unclipped one of Music's cross-ties and slipped the halter off of his face. She unclipped his throat latch and nose band and gently slid his bridle off being careful not to clink the bit on his teeth.

Hope slipped his halter back on over his head and over his ears. They popped forward and she gave him a small scratch on his poll.

So are you excited for your lesson? Hope asked the girl.

[lilredmare]

Lee smiled.
"So far. Thanks."
She tied Spike and started grooming him.
She brushed in a sweeping motion.
This was something she considered herself an expert at.
She brushed and groomed horses when she lived with her parents.
"So, where are you going to do the lesson?"
She continued brushing Spike.

[Kanya]

Morgan stuck her hand out to Lee, for she wasn't in the least bit shy.

"Hi!"

She pulled her hand away instantly. She didn't want to bother her brushing momentum. She crinkled her face in a cute yet awkward smile.

She directed her speech towards both of them

"This place is amazing. I never had anything like this, nor been anywhere like this back home. I'm kinda from a small town. Though we were known for a quite famous Percheron Farm."

Morgan lit up. She couldn't wait to meet her lesson horse.

"Mikey. He sounds like a doll."

[ It wasn't quite the most professional thing to say, but she felt slightly at ease. They were pretty different from her dressage instructor. She could barely understand her last instructor, with her snooty tone of voice and appealing accent. She was happy that she could ride somewhere where it wasn't all about the ribbons. At least she hoped it was different here.

All the thoughts made her uneasy to her stomach. She moved for change. Hopefully thats whats she gets.

She took her hand and ran it through her hair. She took a deep breath, awaiting to be told where the lessons were to be held. Indoor, outdoor? Either were fine to her.

[DJ]

I was hoping to hold the lesson in the jumping arena. There's room on the rail for flat work, and certainly enough jumps. I also think someone reset the fences into a small course, although we'll be doing fantastic if we go over more than one fence in a row today. I don't like to push it too much on first lesson.

Hope lifted the wide-tree saddle off of the Warmblood's back and threw his bridle onto her shoulder. Hope slowly moved toward the tackroom with the saddle in her arms.

Entering the tackroom, Hope let the door swing open. She slid the saddle onto the rack and twisted the bridle's throat latch around the cheekpieces and though the reins before clipping it back onto itself, correctly tying it up.

Hope unclipped her helmet and slid it off of her head, pulling her hair out of its pony-tail and smoothing it out with gloved hands. She unvelcro-ed her gloves and placed them into her helmet before placing both into her cubby and left the tackroom, closing the door behind her.

Hope went back to Music who had almost fallen asleep. She swept a stiff brush over him, smoothing back his hair and drying the small sweat stains from under his saddle. She put the brush back into the caddy.

Ready to go get Mikey? She asked Morgan, unclipping Music from the cross-ties and getting ready to lead him back out to his round pen.

[lilredmare]

"Can I come?"
She didn't want to be roaming around without someone.
"I'll put Spike back."
She rubbed Spike's star.
"I'll meet you at the arena. I saw it while I was roaming around before."
She finished brushing Spike, clipped him back to the lead rope, and walked back to his stall.
"New friends, Spikey."
She kissed his forehead.

[Kanya]

"Oh I'm more than ready."

She was now more excited than anything. She clenched her hands and shrugged her shoulders, with a big smile on her face.

"I'll follow you." She let out a small laugh.

[DJ]

Hope nodded and led Music down the cement aisle and out the side doors to the paddocks. She let him loose into the round pen by himself where he sighed and cocked his back hoof and lowered his head, still tired from the morning work out. Hope exited the pen and tossed his halter on the ground next to the gate.

She brought Morgan down to one of the farther paddocks. Mikey and another horse were grazing peacefully near the gate. Hope took Mikey's halter and asked Morgan to hold the gate for her as she went down to grab the horse.

He looked up and watched her come to him. He happily slid his face through the halter and followed Hope up to the gate. She handed him to Morgan and told her she could bring him back to the grooming stalls to get him ready. She clipped the gate behind herself and followed the two inside.

[Kanya]

She smiled as Hope handed her the chestnut gelding. She scratched his shoulder, and whether or not it was true what they say about breathing into a horses nostrils, she spoke softly in exagerrated breaths to him.

"So your the unlucky one who is gunna teach me to jump."

She laughed and walked inside. She clipped him to the cross tie and began to brush him with the brush Hope placed next to them. After and quick curry and his hooves picked, she smoothed his pulled mane and ran her fingers through his tail.

You could barely tell his age. He looked healthy and bright. His eye was soft and kind. Morgan bit her lip and tilted her head. She placed her hand by his nose for him to sniff.

"He reminds me of my grandfathers old horse, Red. Except he was a a wee bit older than you."

She saddled him up with the available saddle and bridle. She was very picky about the saddle pad and it drove her crazy if it was uneven on either side. Once it was all situated she placed the bridle on him. Coaxing him a little to open his mouth for the bit. She buckled the throat latch and nose band. She turned to Hope...

"Ready when you are."