The next morning Hannah got up early this time and slipped on her boots and jods and rushed down to the stables to check on the mare. She was lying down when she got there and stood up once Hannah arrived. She was gorgeous she just needed some weight gain and a good wash and groom.

Hannah took her to the wash stall and gave her a soapy bath and sweat scrapped her. She walked her around a bit and watched the girls trying out for the Jumping team get their horses ready. The mare was nearly fry and Hannah put her in her stall and gave her fresh water and food and some supplements for her weight.

Hannah got Shadows tack and a grooming box. She walked over to his stall and opened the door he was waiting for her. She groomed him and tacked him up for their lesson.

She led out him out to the arena and mounted him.

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(JJTs aren't for a little bit longer!!!)

Elly rolled out of bed. She was excited to jump Gracie and possibly ride Starlight. She slipped on her tan breeches and a pair of tall socks. She slipped on a sweatshirt and hurried out to the stable block. The horses were whinnying frantically, waiting to be fed. She saw stablehands quickly dumping different buckets of food into each horse's trough. Elly smiled and walked to Starlight's stall. She shot her head up at Elly and hung her head over the stall door.
"Hey beautiful," Elly smiled and rubbed the mare's velvety muzzle.

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Hailey rolled out of bed, and got dressed, and ran down to the stable. Another day, another ride, and another set of classes. Hailey led Pirate to some cross ties were she groomed and tacked him...

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Kayden got dressed in a polo shirt and breeches. She slipped on her field boots and headed out to the arena. As she walked through the barn, she saw many girls getting ready for the morning's lessons.

"Once you're done getting tacked up, come on out to the arena. We have a big lesson planned and I want to get started right away." Kayden called, walking to the jumping arena.

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Elly walked over to the white board and saw she was riding a different horse today instead of Gracie. She was riding Bailey, a Quarter Pony who she hadn't seen much of. She found her stall and peeked it. Her face was okay....She had a bald face with two wall eyes to match. Her conformation was very interesting. She looked like a giant muscle that happened to have a tiny head attached. She seemed sweet. Elly walked in and started to groom her. Bailey stood stock still as Elly tacked her up and led her out to the ring. She mounted and pressed her legs angainst the mare's sides.
"Walk on, Bailey." Elly urged. Bailey stood still and tipped her hind foot on it's toe lazily. "Walk on!" Elly said irritably and gave a little kick. Bailey (after what seemed like an eternity) reached the arena and moved into a steady walk.

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Sunny woke up before the sun had fully risen to do some yoga Tai-chi. After an hour, she got dressed, slipping into a peasant shirt, jeans, and sturdy boots. She strapped a waterbottle-backpack on her back, put on her reflective sunglasses, and popped on a wide-brimmed hat after braiding her long hair neatly down her back and slathering on sunblock.

She munched on some bread for breakfast as she walked out toward the stables. She got Karma's saddle and tack and walked over to her. "Buenos Dias!" Sunny said joyfully. Karma nodded in response. They were both used to early mornings.

As Sunny finished she sighed, Karma did too. "Well, nobody is out yet, let's go for a walk." She walked Karma out and they walked down a trail. As they came back the other students were started to come out with their horses. "Well... to run the guantlet..." She sighed and walked slowly over to arena with everyone else. "I wonder who to ask about what class I am in, since Miss. White is not here today." Karma shook her head.

***((Hey, my name wasn't listed at the ceremony. Aroura Sunflower MacFarlane is the name of my character. What level am I in?))***

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Kayden smiled at Sunny. "All the classes are the same. I'm just teaching instead of Miss White. Is that ok?"

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Hannah walked Shadow around the arena and watched all the other girls join in.

The girls looked excited at their first day of lessons with Kayden.

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(So sorry Darkness!! You can be in whatever you want, but not JJT yet since they haven't happened.)

Elly cantered Bailey around. Her gait seemed choppy and uneven. She trotted and asked again. This time, Bailey lowered her head and had an even stide. Elly noticed that on Bailey, if you didn't sit in the saddle and hold, her gait would fall apart. It was like holding a bucket. If you let go, it would spill all over. Elly smiled at the analogy she had made in her head and headed towards an open practice jump. Bailey gathered herself and pushed from her forehand, unbalancing Elly. Elly grabbed mane and sat up properley after the jump.
"Bailey!" Elly exclaimed quietly. She picked up the canter again and really made Bailey use her haunches. This time, Baile took off perfectly.
"Man, Bailey! You're not easy!" Elly laughed and patted the mare. This was going to be an interesting day.

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Kayden stood in the middle of the arena and watched as the girls warmed their horses up. She was mentally going over all her courses she made last night.

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Hailey went to the arena, and did what she was told to do. It was easy, because Pirate seemed to be in a good mood today!

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"Alright, Kayden. Thanks!" Sunny mounted Karma as she started anxiously moving to show-off in front of the other horses. Sunny smiled and let Karma go. The other thoroughbred and Quarter Horses were bigger than Karma, but she went arogantly on, gracefully taking every jump and turn.

Sunny, meanwhile, smiled friendly at the other students, hoping that she wasn't too wierd for somebody's tastes.

{{ It's okay, PirateatHeart, I'll kill ya later! }}

WD 8)

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Hannah cantered Shadow around. He seemed confident and as if he was shwoing off. "Ok there boy, no need to show off." Hannah whispered to him. He cantered up to the jump and put his head forward and tucked his feet i.n. It was a perfect jump and Hannah was happy. She took a few more practice jumps and let him rest a bit.

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Hailey cantered Pirate around the arena. Then she started for a three foot oxer. She counted the strides, 3,2,1, up. She jumped it, though Pirate sidestepped right before it, but cleared it anyway. When he landed, he reared unexpectedly, making Hailey slip ount of the saddle, and land on the ground on her feet.

She grabbed his reins before he was able to bolt. She talked calmly t him as he pranced a little. When Pirate called down, Hailey mounted him, and cantered around the arena again...

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Sunny wondered if she should stop to see if Hailey was okay, but when the rider got up, Sunny nudged Karma on. It didn't take much for Karma to warm-up so they went on with out jumping anymore oxers. Karma petiently trotted along, waiting for the others.

WD 8)

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"Ok guys. Before we start jumping, I just want to go over some things with you. Jumping is all about your connection and communication with your horse. If you have a good one, then courses will be so much asier. You have to know how your horse works and how to use that advantage towards getting a good round. So we're going to do some control exercises. Elly, why don't you start us off. Everyone go line up done at the end of the arena after I give you the course. We're going to see how well you can communicate with your horse."

Kayden walked in front of the line of girls. "Ok. You're going to do a circle at the sitting trot and jump the line up, breaking down to the sitting trot in between. Then you're going to stop, back five steps and pick up the canter. Do a collected canter to the line down, hand-gallop the inside line up, but stop[ halfway through the line. Then pick up the posting trot and trot the other vertical. Pick up the canter, and canter the other inside line, circling halfway through and cantering the second jump. Stop again and back 10 steps. Then hand-gallop down the arena, stop and pick up the sitting trot and trot back to the group. Sound good?"

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