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Amy giggled as she watched her mare. Dressage wasn't that bad..."Casey fell off once while she was doing dressage." Amy started, keeping Pancake at a canter, though the trot of Ella was the same speed as Pancake's canter.

Pancake flicked her ears back to listen to the conversation. Remebering Case, falling off the high strung mare, she shivered and her ears pinned back. "Actlly yes."Pancake snorted.

Vivian put a puzzled look on her face. "How?" She asked, slowing Ella into a normal trot, but of course collected.

Ella obeyed and trotted up beside Pancake. "If the horse is going to throw the rider while doing dressage, then that mare had no business attempting dressage..." She said matter-of-factly.

Majestad smiled and rolled his eyes. "You aching yet?" He called nack, then winced, and stomped a hoof, tossing his head, his wound was stinging profusely again.

Ella snorted. "Well then her trainers should not have ever tried to train her in dressage...if they knew her temperment was like thaat, then they shouldn't have even put a dressage saddle on her..." She snorted, holding her head high almost in a defiant way.

Vivian sighed. "They shouldn't have even attempted to train a mar elike that in dressage. A good dressage horse doesn't just need good movement and conformation, it needs a wonderful temperment and a willingness to train as well...." she said.

Majestad smiled. "Does that mean yes?" He answered.

Ella snorted. "Then she was not dressage material..." She said, continuing to hold her head high.

Vivian shook her head. "She can't base her dressage experience off a horse who had no business being under a dressage saddle. She should have found a horse that was right for it and worked with that one." She said. "That mare sounds like she should have been under saddle for western work." She said. "Speaking of which, I think I'm going to put Ella in her Western tack now. I'll be right back." She said, then trotted Ella out of the arena and towards the stable. She dismounted and led her inside and quickly switched her from her black and silver dressage tack to her auburn and silver western tack, then led her back outside and mounted up again, trotting back into the arena and falling into step beside Amy and Pancake again.

Majestad chuckled, shaking his head, then took a long sip of water fomr the bucket. He then folded his forelegs beneath him and lay down again.

Ella snorted, tossing her head. The foam around her mouth fell to the ground and she pawed at the ground, her head tucked into her chest.

Vivian shrugged. "Freestyle or barrels first, you choose." She said back to Amy. She moved Ella into a trot again and quickly caught up with Amy and Pancake.

Ella remained semi-collected although Vivian had the reins loose. Ella switched her mindset from dressage into western and her hoofbeats became more hard and rough instead of light and dainty.

Will wiped the dirt and grim off her face. Her face was starting to tan a bit fromn the sun. Halting Shadow, Will turned back toward the barn. ""Oh strange!! Amy and her friend are changing english to western, and i, from western to english!"" Will took off Shad's western tack, groomed her down, and then put Shad's english tack on Shad. Leading her back out to the arena, Will swung up into the saddle and warmed up Shadow slowly. Pulling Shadow up to the rail, Will semi shouted (but was careful on her tone, since there where horses near by): "Hey tom!! could you give me a hand with cross country pratice? Shad and i need to go over the jumps!"


Shad whinnied loudly. Stomping her feet, she tried to pull away from the rail, just so Tom could notice them.

"ok." leaning close to Shad's ears, Will whispered: "come Shad. we can do it! Let's show tom what we are made of!" Sinaling Shad into a trot, Will aimed for the small log.


Shadow bunched her hindquarters, and jumped the small log fluently. Turning towards the big log, Shadow prepared her hindquarters, switched to a easy going canter, and fluently jumped the log.


Will reined Shadow in after those jumps. Will patted Shadow on the neck in praise.