The entire morning was a very busy morning for Shadow's Hollow Stables as the jockeys and the owners were working since the sun rose to get the stables and track ready for the informal races along with another picnic for both humans and horses. The men walks around the track with a flap that smooths the dirt out because Rhyne and her sire have been tearing that track out in trial runs while the women follows them behind with heavy bag of dirt to fill in dents and holes.
Rhiannon moves toward the stables with a huge bucket full of feed so she could fill each feed buckets up for visitors' horses before she goes over to visit little bit with Lucia and her new daughter, feeding them some special snacks like mushed apples mixed with molasses and oat. Her golden eyes looks up over the fences to see her wolves watching the entire going ons and she smirks little bit, knowing that she will have to shoo them off when the visitors arrives.
With a sigh, she pushes off the fence and moves toward the main house to see how Palei is doing with other small things they needed to do. "Hey..." She smiles as she sees her sister and she sits down heavily in the chair, using the bandanna around her neck to wipe at her sweaty face. "Hopefully the races will go smoothly. I am concerned that our horses and jockeys got too lazy with all of those lack of races." She makes a small face in distaste before she reaches over to scoop some of the honey dip with her finger.
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 12:55 pm
Rannon rolled out of the bed on the top of her horse trailor and immediately set to work on the morning routine for her boys, the other stablehands would be finishing their chores at home first. Missy whom she had brought with her popped out of the truck like a morning sparrow, cheerful and chirpy. Rannon always needed coffee for that to happen. She sicked the Jockey on Sidewinder while she worked first on Caustic and then Coyote. Everybody fed and brushed she nodded at the others who passed her from the hosting stable.
Once everything was as done as it could be she fired up her camp coffee pot and dared Missy to take some it was always funny to see her bouncy on caffiene..as long as Rannon got some that was.
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 2:45 pm
Line Up ( Going to wait 2 hours or so before I start rolling but this is tentative line up. Let me know if any of you guys want to join in the race and I will make some adjustments)
[1] Ciaran [2] Niabi [3] Coyote Wind [4] Rook [5] Rhyne [6] Keme Mahkah [7] Little Star on Her Way [8] Sunlit Hare [9] Jacked Up Apple [10] Owl's Sorrow
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 3:16 pm
Palei; dressed in her common work clothes, she didn't gussy up for events, nah, that was more a city kid's thing. Born on the farm, work shirt and jeans with a solid pair of boots were good enough. Turning as she heard her sister come into the house, Palei swatted her sister away from the food she had laid out.
"Use something other then your fingers please? Did you even wash your hands?" Palei looked at Rhia in a way a mother would. "Others will be eating that, as well as the sandwiches I made and other little things. Veggie platters are in the fridge wrapped in plastic wrap. Fruit in covered bowls..."
She was thinking of the list she had made, wondering if she had missed anything. The kitchen wasn't exactly the cleanest it had been the night before. The trash was over flowing with things that wouldn't be recycled or composted. Looking around, she thought she had everything. Plates were pulled out, plastic cups stacked on the table. Hoping that everything was ready.
"Did the guys get the track fixed? I know Rhyne and her sire were tearing it to shreds," She asked scraping the eggshells from the cutting board into a bucket for composting. "And make sure the pack is fed." This was one thing she didn't have to worry about though. Rhia was passionate about the wolves and would make sure that they were safe away from the other humans that were coming to the mock races.
Palei bustled about again, tossing bowls, knifes and the like into the deep set sink for washing later. This was a task she was going to have Rhia do, since she did all the food preparing. Once things were hopefully in place and food stored where it was cold, then and only then did Palei flop into a chair at the table. And here she thought taking care of foals was exhausting.
"This will make good practice for them. For everyone for that matter. It will give a purpose to the track other than doing time trials."
Lily yawned as she led Little Star on Her Way back to her stall that she was renting for the racing event that both of her horses was entering in. Star was supposed to be racing that day but Lily found that if she took the little mare on a short walk before the race that she performed better...at least in her timed trials she was performing better. She hoped that Star would perform good this time around or else she would be retired and become a broodmare sooner than expected.
The small owner/jockey of the Shadowbrook Stables waved at the other stablehands as she made her way into the stable, not really caring if she had straw in her braided hair. She had slept in Star's stall because she wasn't able to sleep at all anywhere else. She hoped that the races would be in her favor today.
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 5:27 pm
Rhiannon quirks her eyebrow at her younger sister in amusement before she shakes her head, getting up to wash her hands before heading over to the fridge to grab those things to put out on the table outside. "Yeah.. they managed to get the track fixed and the girls got extra dirt to level it out so it should be all right for the horses." She glances at Palei as her sister mentioned the pack before she grunts. "Ah yes..." She heads out, spotting the arrivals and she waves to them before gesturing to the track to let them know that the race will be starting soon.
Blowing few strands of hair out of her eyes, she drags out a particularly large road kill from the meat locker toward the forest where many sets of eyes are watching her and there are some excited whimpering or howling happening. "Here you go, kiddos~" She plunks it in the forest where the wolves won't be seen but still can be heard and she settles in with the wolves, rubbing their neck and ears fondly before heading back out just in time to see jockeys starting to load the horses in. Crossing her arms, she moves toward the fence and perches on it, knowing that the race will be little bit shakey but it will go smoothly... so she hopes.
Making eye contact with each stable owner and jockeys, she nods little bit before she slants her eyes at Palei whom are heading outside. "Let's the fun begin.."
Ciaran - 7 Niabi - 5 Coyote Wind - 3 Rook - 10 Rhyne - 6 Keme Mahkah - 6 Little Star on Her way 5 Sunlit Hare - 7 Jacked up Apple - 10 Owl's Sorrow - 3
[1] Rook, Jacked up Apple [2]Ciaran, Sunlit Hare [3] Rhyne, Keme Mahkah [4] Niabi, Little Star on Her Way [_] [_] [7]Coyote Wind, Owl's Sorrow
Final Stretch - Coyote Wind bypassed Rook and Jacked Up Apple (whom burnt out and fell down to 7th place). Rhyne is determined to beat Coyote Wind!
[1] Coyote Wind - 12 [2] Rhyne - 11 [3] Rook - 10 [_] [4] Sunlit Hare - 8 [5] Keme Mahkah - 7, [6] Little Star on Her Way - 7 [_] [_] [7] Niabi, Jacked up Apple -5 [_] [8] Ciaran -3 [9] Owl's Sorrow - 2
[1] Coyote Wind [2] Rhyne [3] Rook [_] [4] Sunlit Hare [5] Keme Mahkah [6] Little Star on Her Way [_] [_] [7] Niabi, Jacked up Apple [_] [8] Ciaran [9] Owl's Sorrow
1st place: Coyote Wind - (Custom and breeding paid by me in any shop) 2nd place: Rhyne - ( Custom paid by me in any shop) 3rd place: Rook - (Breeding paid by me in any shop)
4th place: Sunlit Hare 5th place: Keme Mahkah 6th place: Little Star on Her Way 7th place: Niabi 7th place: Jacked up Apple 8th place: Ciaran 9th place: Owl's sorrow
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 6:19 pm
Lily patted Star's withers as they crosses the finish line. "I guess today wasn't your day, girly," she said to the mare under her breath. Sighing, she let the mare slow down to a walk as she looked behind her. At least she wasn't last place but she wasn't in the top three. Maybe racing wasn't Star's calling. "Next time you will do better."
So many people... Khunm was glad that he didn't have to attempt the disasterous art of mingling again, and just stand by his cheese and wine platters, making sure that everybody got the proper amounts of either. He heard the pounding of the horses hooves and averted his eyes from the racetrack nervously. It was always so intense, and he couldn't handle it... he'd seen their horses lose enough times to know that he took it hard.
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Raymond was not so sensitive. He watched as Rook, Hare, and Owl raced in the informal race, his expression serious as he leaned against a fence and drank some of Khunm's wine. Go, my girls. Go and show these other horses what they're made of. he thought. He was not so sensitive, but he did take it seriously. Informal or no, this was an exhibition of his horses.
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Windswept Eel was so stoked about this whole thing. He might not be racing, but he could hear them and he was practically prancing in place in excitement. He wanted to race too! ”Hey!” he called to the other colts and nonracers in the paddock with him, ”Who wants to run?!”
He sure did!
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Hare tossed her head as she came to a stop. 4th place... that wasn't bad, but it wasn't good, either. ”Aww, come on!” she protested, ”I totally beat out Rook!” At least she was placing, but still! ”I'm sorry guys!” she said to the others, ”I'm usually better than this!”
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Rook flicked an ear, pleased. Yes, show that stupid palomino and that obnoxious white horse – that was what she cared about. Coyote wind was a surprise, though! ”Good run” she said to Coyote Wind and Rhyne...
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Owl's sorrow was very surprised when she fell behind and stayed behind. She stared, shocked, at the finish line. ”Ninth?!” she whinnied, surprised, ”Really?” She shook her head and snorted, ”Ha! My winning streak was going to break eventually! Oh well!”
Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2015 9:24 am
Rhiannon grins as she watches the horses sprint down the track and there were moments where she almost completely leaned over the fence when one of her horses make a play for first place. When Rhyne suddenly caught up with Coyote Wind, she clenches the fence railing hard with a feral grin when the photo finish snapped. She ran over to an officiator she have hired for this weekend's informal races to see who won and she noticed that Coyote managed to win by skin of his nose. "Oh man..!" She says but she offers Rannon a handshake. "Congratulations. Perhaps next race will be more exciting no?" She grins at him.
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Lucia and her daughter Hehewuti is in a makeshift paddock with other foals if they are there and other horses that are either waiting for their turns or can't race at all. Ensuring there is a small bubble around them, Lucia keeps Hehewuit firmly by her side while she watches her other daughter Rhyne along with Niabi fly down the track. When they all crossed the finish line, she shouted out to Niabi that she did better and to keep it up. Making an eye contact with Rhyne, Lucia grinned widely and is overjoyed that her daughter did very well in this race.
Hehewuti wags her tiny tail as she manages to wiggles her head through two fence railings and does a little dance in the spot while watching her big sister thunder past her. "RHHHHYYYYY!!!" She whinnies loudly and excitedly while she stamps her tiny hooves, thinking that its just another trial run, not a race.
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Keme Mahkah breathes heavily as he is grinning madly at his offspring who have placed 2nd but gave Coyote a serious run for his money, immensely proud of her regardless the fact that he didn't do so well in this race. He grins at other racers before he gives Owl's Sorrow a light bump with his body. "Don't worry, there are other races that you will shine in."
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Ciaran looks like he was going to crumple into himself as he lifts his head up stiffly and offers polite congratulation to other horses before being taken off to cooling down paddock.
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