Post by Aryana on Mar 15, 2006 19:25:12 GMT -5
Dustin Roberts stood in the heated tack room, surrounded by Roland, Owen, Stacey and Andrea who where sitting in a circle.
" Alright, today were gonna breeze Sairen, Recumbent, Storm and Undisputed. Who wants who?"
" I'll take Sairen" Stacy said, raising a hand
" I'll take Storm" Roland grinned, he knew Storm could be a handful
" I'll take Recumbent" Andrea piped up
"And I'll take Undisputed" Owen said quietly.
" Alright, go tack up your mounts and meet me at the track in 20 minutes" Dustin said, as he walked out the tack room door.
The jockeys got thier mounts tack and headed to thier stalls
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Stacey swung up easily on the pretty chestnut filly, and urged her into a walk.
Dustin leaned on the rail, watching the 4 horses warm up. 20 minutes later,the group was standing next to Dustin, awaiting instructions.
" Alright, Just breeze them for a half mile today" Dustin made a flicking motion with his wrist, meaning go. " Oh, and Stacey, don't let her get way on you" Dustin smiled one of his rare smiles and winked as Stacey turned crimson.
They had all been loaded into the start gate, the bell rung and they were off, Undisputed taking an early lead. Stacey fought hard with Sairen, trying to get her in check. Sairen had a bad habit of running as fast at she could at first and running herself out. Recumbent was just behind Sairen and Storm was taking up the rear.. However, Storm was a closer.
" Let her go Stacey!" Dustin yelled, as they passed the 1/4 mile sign.
Stacey nodded and let Sairen have her head, she surged off, happily. Andrea also let Recumbent go, the colt gathered speed. Owen clucked to Undisputed who took off after Recumbent, maching his stride. Storm was still at the rear and it seemed Roland was holding the bay colt back, Storm was fighting hard, throwing his head up and down.
" What are you doing Roland!! Let him go!!" Dustin shouted
Roland shook his head. The finish line was 1/2 furlong away, Roland let Storm go and he barelled to the front and over the finish line, Sairen second and Undisputed and Recumbent tied for third.
Stacey brought Sairen down to a trot as she patted the sweaty filly. " Good girl," she cooed.
Beside her, Andrea has settled Undisputed into an easy canter and Owen has settled Recumbent into a fast trot.
Roland however couldn't get Storm to stop, Storm bucked and pulled then finally came down to a canter. A sweaty Roland looking flustered and embarrased.
" Told you to let him go earlier" Dustin said to himself, Akira came up behind him, chuckling softly.
" Whos riding Storm?"
" Roland Green, our new jockey"
" Storms still a handful"
" Better then when you started him"
Akira remembered starting the colt, he had been one of the hardest challenges and the hardest colt she'd had to train. Akira wasn;t knew to training TB colts and fillies either, she had been all her life, starting with a little gray cold called Arabesque. Arabesque had been sold, sadly.
" Alright guys" Dustin called to the 4 jockeys, who had settled all thier horses to an easy walk, " Cool them out them untack em quick, Akira's gonna get on Lady Bandit and I want to watch without intrupptions.
The jockeys nodded and Akira and Dustin walked to the training barn, talking about races.
" Alright, today were gonna breeze Sairen, Recumbent, Storm and Undisputed. Who wants who?"
" I'll take Sairen" Stacy said, raising a hand
" I'll take Storm" Roland grinned, he knew Storm could be a handful
" I'll take Recumbent" Andrea piped up
"And I'll take Undisputed" Owen said quietly.
" Alright, go tack up your mounts and meet me at the track in 20 minutes" Dustin said, as he walked out the tack room door.
The jockeys got thier mounts tack and headed to thier stalls
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Stacey swung up easily on the pretty chestnut filly, and urged her into a walk.
Dustin leaned on the rail, watching the 4 horses warm up. 20 minutes later,the group was standing next to Dustin, awaiting instructions.
" Alright, Just breeze them for a half mile today" Dustin made a flicking motion with his wrist, meaning go. " Oh, and Stacey, don't let her get way on you" Dustin smiled one of his rare smiles and winked as Stacey turned crimson.
They had all been loaded into the start gate, the bell rung and they were off, Undisputed taking an early lead. Stacey fought hard with Sairen, trying to get her in check. Sairen had a bad habit of running as fast at she could at first and running herself out. Recumbent was just behind Sairen and Storm was taking up the rear.. However, Storm was a closer.
" Let her go Stacey!" Dustin yelled, as they passed the 1/4 mile sign.
Stacey nodded and let Sairen have her head, she surged off, happily. Andrea also let Recumbent go, the colt gathered speed. Owen clucked to Undisputed who took off after Recumbent, maching his stride. Storm was still at the rear and it seemed Roland was holding the bay colt back, Storm was fighting hard, throwing his head up and down.
" What are you doing Roland!! Let him go!!" Dustin shouted
Roland shook his head. The finish line was 1/2 furlong away, Roland let Storm go and he barelled to the front and over the finish line, Sairen second and Undisputed and Recumbent tied for third.
Stacey brought Sairen down to a trot as she patted the sweaty filly. " Good girl," she cooed.
Beside her, Andrea has settled Undisputed into an easy canter and Owen has settled Recumbent into a fast trot.
Roland however couldn't get Storm to stop, Storm bucked and pulled then finally came down to a canter. A sweaty Roland looking flustered and embarrased.
" Told you to let him go earlier" Dustin said to himself, Akira came up behind him, chuckling softly.
" Whos riding Storm?"
" Roland Green, our new jockey"
" Storms still a handful"
" Better then when you started him"
Akira remembered starting the colt, he had been one of the hardest challenges and the hardest colt she'd had to train. Akira wasn;t knew to training TB colts and fillies either, she had been all her life, starting with a little gray cold called Arabesque. Arabesque had been sold, sadly.
" Alright guys" Dustin called to the 4 jockeys, who had settled all thier horses to an easy walk, " Cool them out them untack em quick, Akira's gonna get on Lady Bandit and I want to watch without intrupptions.
The jockeys nodded and Akira and Dustin walked to the training barn, talking about races.