I centered myself on a couple of crossrails then patted Mav's neck, "come on buddy" I said, then urged him into a trot, then canter. His gaits were more smooth than any horse I had ever ridden, and that's what I loved about him.

After Ferris and I did some flatwork i called to payton.

"Hey payton!" i called from accros the arena

My eyes lit up with excitement "oh for sure!" I grinned, then trotted over to Dallas, admiring how well behaved his mare was.

"Lovely!!" i said, my british accent adding charm.

"Well, catch me if you can!" I yelled kicking Mav into a full-blown gallop, we charged out of the arena, as Dally stood in disbelief, staring.

"Come on Ferris" i kiss to my mare

we soon catch up to payton and mav and get ahead of them. we gallop for a bit more then i slow down.

"Hey! Let's go on this trail. it's got tons of jumps"

"My pleasure" I said, speeding up, I looked at the ground as I kicked up dirt, leaving Dally and his mare in a cloud of dust, I breathed in the smell of fresh pine trees and smiled.

Ferris and i went off the trail a bit. A shortcut. To get ahead. It works.

I came up behind them a while later, sweating from the sudden adreneline rush, "took you long enough" Dally said playfully, I rolled my eyes, "yeah, yeah."

about a month or so later Payton and Dallas were on a hack, as they had many a time since that first meeting.