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Post by V.elocity on Dec 26, 2008 11:48:52 GMT -5
____________________________________________________ One More Night, I wanna be with you Where I wanna hold you tight It feels so right, tonight Don't leave it up to you And I think the time is right to stop the fight
Avery Celene Blackwood Avery smiled when Taylor said that Swift's lope was just a dreamy as he jog was. Avery was glad that she was doing okay. It helped a ton that she already knew how to ride a horse, she just had to change her position a bit.
Avery lifted the reins a bit as se nudged Swift back into a jog. She moved Swift one time around the clearing before she pushed the mare into a lope. Taylor was right, Swift had a rocking horse lope. Avery could just sit there all day on Swift, that's how smooth her gaits were.
Avery slowed Swift and halted in front of Taylor. "Would you teach me how to do a spin and a sliding stop?" she asked. Avery had always been a quick learner and she always wanted to try new things. She figured that spinning and sliding stops must be a lot of fun, sort of like jumping was fun but in a different way.
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Post by Swift on Dec 26, 2008 12:51:55 GMT -5
" yea, justslap therein againsther neck for thespin, then forthe slidingstop, justsay whoah pullback on thereinsanddig you heelsdeep into the stirrups" taylor said. She liked seeingSwiftpayattention to anotherrider other than herself. Itdidn't happen veryofthen with Swift.
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Post by V.elocity on Dec 26, 2008 13:08:09 GMT -5
____________________________________________________ One More Night, I wanna be with you Where I wanna hold you tight It feels so right, tonight Don't leave it up to you And I think the time is right to stop the fight
Avery Celene Blackwood "Alright." she said as Taylor told her how to execute the movements. She moved Swift away from Taylor and slapped the rein against the palomino's neck,, causing her to spin in a fast cirlce. Avery did this movement a few times in each direction. "That's really fun!." she said as she patted Swift.
She then nudged swift into a fast lope and attemped a sliding stop. The first try wasn't that good, and she realised that she needed to sit deeper, so she tried once more, getting it this time. She tried it a few more times and then began to walk Swift to cool her out. "That was so much fun. Thanks for letting me try her out Taylor. When I get off, do you want to try out Chase?"
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Post by Swift on Dec 26, 2008 13:14:52 GMT -5
" you are a natural!" taylor exclaimed. watching her do the spins and the sliding stops. Anytime, normally she isnt like that towards others...I would love to try him!' Shesaidsetting her guitar back down, and pulling her boots back on.
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Post by V.elocity on Dec 26, 2008 14:03:54 GMT -5
____________________________________________________ One More Night, I wanna be with you Where I wanna hold you tight It feels so right, tonight Don't leave it up to you And I think the time is right to stop the fight
Avery Celene Blackwood "Thanks." Avery said after Taylor told her that she was a natural. She then turned her head when Taylor started talking again ."Really? She isn't this good with other people? I never would have known. She seems the the perfect horse." she said as she hoped off the palomino and took her saddle and saddle blanket off, putting it where Taylor had it before. She then walked up to Taylor with Swift. Handing her the reains so Taylor could do what ever she wanted with her. "I'll go get Chase." she said as she headed to the grey Warmblood. She brought him back over to Taylor and said "He will probably feel really tall to you since you are used to riding Quarter Horses." she stated. She handed Taylor the reins and said "His girth is tight so you dont have to worry about that. I set the stirrups a bit longer since you are taller than me. Oh your legs will feel really short cause of the stirrup height."
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Post by Swift on Dec 26, 2008 14:11:20 GMT -5
She took the reins and bit off of swiftandlet her go back to playing in the water. She listened to Avery andnodded. ok so how do I hold his reins?" sheasked.
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Post by V.elocity on Dec 26, 2008 14:58:51 GMT -5
"Have you every held barrel reins before?" she asked. "It's pretty similar. Hold one rein in each hand. run the reins above your pinky finger and thumb." Avery then showed her how with a lead rope for demonstration.
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Post by Swift on Dec 27, 2008 1:22:50 GMT -5
" yea i have..ok I get it. Anthing else i mightwant to know before I get on?"she asked.
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Post by V.elocity on Dec 27, 2008 2:03:52 GMT -5
ooc-- its fine. I don't have much either
"No, I think that's it." she said thoughtfully. "To turn you pull on each rein. To go left, tug on the left rein, to go right, tug the right one. And to make him go you obviously nudge him. He might need a small kick instead of a nudge. He's kinda slow." She stepped back a bit so Taylor and Chase had enough room.
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Post by Swift on Dec 27, 2008 2:06:32 GMT -5
"ok Shesiad. She swung herself up into the saddle. It was differnt and she wasn't sure if she liked it or not. She nudged him to a start andwalked him around the laketo get used to thesaddle. " wow this staddle is uncomfy! shesaidwitha laaugh
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Post by V.elocity on Dec 27, 2008 2:37:11 GMT -5
"Yeah. Its never used to be that bad. I've had that saddle for seven years now. I really need to get a new one." she said with a laugh. It used to feel like Taylor's western saddle, but now it was like sitting on a two by four with a few layers of towels on it. "Do you know anything about the posting trot?"
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Post by Swift on Dec 27, 2008 2:42:02 GMT -5
" notathing" Taylor said with a grin halting chase next to her so she could learn. " do you know how to play?" she asked, as hselooked over to theguitar.
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Post by V.elocity on Jan 4, 2009 0:09:08 GMT -5
[/size] ____________________________________________________ One More Night, I wanna be with you Where I wanna hold you tight It feels so right, tonight Don't leave it up to you And I think the time is right to stop the fight
Avery Celene Blackwood"Well the trot can be very bouncy, but there is a way to smooth out the bouncing and jarring. Posting is to rise out of the saddle seat for every other stride of the horse's forelegs, therefore smoothing out the jolts you will encounter if you just sit your trot. This makes riding the trot much more comfortable for you and your horse." Avery said to Taylor. "Does that make sense at all? Just tell me if you don't get it."
Taylor then asked her if she knew how to play the guitar. "A bit." she said. "I can play almost all the chords. I can play pretty much any song, just not too fast." she replied.
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Post by Swift on Jan 4, 2009 0:26:03 GMT -5
" yea it does make sense." taylor said with a laugh. She urged the horse into a trot and starting posting. At first it wasn't that good, but then she got a hang of it. " this is fun. Differnt, but fun. That is neat. That is just my six string, do you play 12 string also?" she asked.
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Post by V.elocity on Jan 4, 2009 0:42:23 GMT -5
Avery watched Taylor closely for a while. "You're doing relly good. Seriously. It took me for ever to learn how to post. Is it comfier now since you are posting?" She watched Taylor work with Chase. She did very well on him, Chase was usually unfocused. Taylor had gotten him to stay focused this whole time she was riding him, which was amazing. "You can try cantering if you want to, and maybe I could find a log or something for you to try and jump if you would like to."
"No, just six string. Never tried a twelve before, might be interesting though. Mind if I play?" she said motioning to the six string.
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