T'sani Mzi | 33 | R/XC | Emalee

"Rude!" T'sani called back, bantering cheerfully. "I am a qualified instructor, you know!" He stood up in the saddle, taking a typical jockey's position.

As they neared a smooth straight part of the trail, he glanced at Emalee for a moment, before turning forward again. "Race you!" he yelled, urging Witch to go faster. The black Hanoverian complied, her mane and his hair entwining in the wind.

Emalee Sanders | 24 | XC/D | T'Sani

Emalee rolled her eyes and sped the gelding up. He couldn't quite catch up but was just on her tail. When they slowed back to a trot Emalee sighed. `` Well that wasn't fair. C'mon, I mean you're a jockey so you have an obvious advantage.``

Zeus was tired out by that sudden bolt and was snorting like crazy. Em pet his neck and tried to calm him. She was expecting him to throw her but Zeus was fine with her being there.

T'sani Mzi | 33 | R/XC | Emalee

"Exactly," he replied mock-arrogantly. "All the easier for me to beat you, eh?" He gently slowed Witch down, leaning back as she fell into a moderate trot.

Noticing Zeus tense up, his eyes immediately clouded with worry. "Easy, boy," he murmured softly, leaning over to touch his neck. "Easy..." He knew too well what the gelding could do when upset or hyper. Idiot, T'sani. You knew he isn't utterly predictable. You put a woman you barely knew on him. Idiot!

Emalee Sanders | 24 | XC/D | T'Sani

Em freaked out slightly. With how T'Sani was acting and how Zeus was acting. She stopped the gelding completely and dismounted. Em grabbed his reins and watched as he reared.

`` Woah! `` Emalee called out. The gelding stopped and snorted at her. She was absolutely terrified but stayed strong so that she didn't appear weak.

True lol. C'mon, he has dreadlocks. What's not to like?

Kholo Mzi | 33 | D/NH | Heather

Kholo relaxed slowly as Heather spoke. "Ach, it's fine. Glory does it way too much as well," she said, a hint of a giggle entering her voice. She reached out to pet Prince gently, his nose soft to her touch. The black gelding was in good condition for a horse of his age, despite having done eventing.

"Really, whichever one you'd prefer. They're both amazing horses." Feeling Prince's muscled neck, she commented, "You've kept him in good condition for an elderly eventer. Too many are so broken from years on the cross-country course." She shuddered slightly, flinching at the images that flooded into her mind.

"Anyway. Is there any specific rider or discipline you'd like to do? All of the slots are open so far." Kholo smiled gently, remembering the scene with Noah when she had asked him to take part. He had seemed so excited, childish. It was almost a pity to think that most of that joy could be gone when he returned. If.

Yeah, hes great. but you gotta give ma boy Dash some of his bro.

Aria|W|Diablo|M: Cam, Liz

Aria nodded and smiled. "Yep. Im a Western rider." Far from good, but Im getting better." Patting Diablo's side, she laughed at the dun's snort.

"Aria, why don't you and Cam run through some figure eights and clovers while we wait for everyone. You both need some practice with neck reining."

The brunette gave her aunt a thumbs up and looked at the end of the arena where 3 barrels were set up in a clover shape. Urging Diablo into a canter, the gelding begrudgingly ran the course. Their turns weren't quite tight enough and they werent going super fast, but there was an understaning between the horse and rider.

Heather Proudstorm | 20 | Eventer | Nightmare "Prince" and Espresso Silhouette "Mystery" | School Horse: WO Descendants Of Khan "Khan" | M: Kholo, Open

-Heather soon relaxed when Kholo spoke as well. She walked with the older woman to Mystery's stall as she lead the now clean colorful mare, putting Mystery back in her stall while taking her sky blue halter off, closing the stall door carefully with her other hand while locking it in the process. She gently smiled when she heard Kholo talking about Prince as she leans against the stall door to face the woman- "Well, he's my best friend after all. I always make sure that both of their needs comes first before mine, plus their health." -Heather softly said then added when she heard Kholo talk about horses that were Prince's age being so broken from years on the cross country course- "Yeah...I've seen way to many of the older ones just..." -her voice trailed off as the thought of losing her precious gelding honestly scared her while Mystery calmly ate her hay. She quietly cleared her throat and the young red brunette decided to change the topic back to the show & disciplines- "I have thought about maybe trying either Racing or any Western with one of them but I'm not sure how they'll react to it since the old boy has never really done anything but Eventing, plus I don't wanna accidently over work him like some people would do to their horses and Mystery is still in training since I'm not completely sure about her being ready to show" -Heather said, caring deeply about both of Prince & Mystery's well being since she always looks out for what's best for her horses-

-Prince perked his ears happily when he heard the word "work" while the old gelding was simply enjoying the attention that he was getting from Kholo, the large gelding very gently rubbed his large head against the older woman while he listened to both of the girls talk-