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.☘︎ ݁˖ᴛʜᴇ ʙʟᴜᴇ ʜᴀɪʀᴇᴅ ɢɪʀʟ ʀɪᴅɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏᴛʜᴇᴀᴅᴇᴅ ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛᴇʀs
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۫ ׅ ✧ @sportivoitalianostud
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💜🪾🍂 ʟᴀʏʟᴀ sᴛᴏʀᴍɢᴀʀᴅᴇɴ ᴀʙᴏᴀʀᴅ "ᴛʀ ɢᴇɴᴛʟᴇᴍᴀɴ's ᴘᴀʟᴇ ʀᴇʟɪᴄ" ғᴏʀ @brokenarrow.shows 's ᴘᴜʀᴘʟᴇ ᴏɴʟʏ sʜᴏᴡ

✧.* ʜᴜɴᴛᴇʀ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ sᴀᴅᴅʟᴇ ✧.*

: ̗̀➛ sᴛᴇʀʟɪɴɢ ᴏᴡɴᴇᴅ ʙʏ: @weaver.performancehorses

#TRGentlemansPaleRelic #twilightfoals #hrkevinfoals

✧.*⋆·˚ ༘ *✧.*⋆·˚ ༘ *✧.*⋆·˚ ༘ *.✧

..proper show caption asap...

huge tyty to Rowan for letting me show Sterling boy!! He is an absolute machine and an awesome boy!! 💜

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#dhrp #harpg by @laylastormgarden

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🍂ᴄᴀssɪᴀɴ's ғɪʀsᴛ ʀɪᴅᴇ 🍂

#AR_GeneralOfTheNightCourt #AR_horses

[•-> trainer: layla stormgarden]
[**First Ride Chronicles**]

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚗𝚘. 4:

"Easy lad...." I said as I cooed Cassian down from his canter on the lunge to his walk, the gold shiny metal on his hackamore shining in the morning sun of the arena. I patted his neck as I approached, the large bay stallion really growing into himself.

He has been lunging under tack beautifully since we introduced it, and today was the day to swing my leg over him for the first time. My nerves were through the roof, but I was too excited for him to allow them to drown out all the positive things and progress this horse has done. I patted him once more as I checked the girth again, making sure it was tight and giving his hackamore a second glance over as I led him to the mounting block.

His ears perked back and forth, taking in the situation as he had done before - the mounting block was no concern for him; Cassian even offering to move haunches in and out from the block to help me get on and off easier when we practiced. "Good boy..." I cooed gently as I tugged on the stirrup leather, popping the strap a bit as the stirrup dangled down, prepping for my foot. I took a deep breath and centered myself both physically on the mounting block and mentally before I gathered the reins to Cassian's hackamore. I stood for a second in the stirrup, patting his neck and reassuring him with praises before I easily and gently swung a leg over.

We just stood here, a small lick and chew to process what he was doing before he took it upon himself to walk us off and away from the mounting block. "Excellent," I said in a hushed excited whisper, the stallion effortlessly showing me his good brain under saddle as he meandered us around the ring for quite some time. I just enjoyed being there, backing another brilliant young horse, and enjoying all this life was giving me.

I waited for some time before I eased my leg onto him some, working on bending and balancing but not asking too much to overwhelm the young stallion.

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#dhrp #harpg by @laylastormgarden

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℘ ʟᴀʏʟᴀ sᴛᴏʀᴍɢᴀʀᴅᴇɴ ʟᴏɴɢ ʟɪɴɪɴɢ "ʀᴋ ʟᴀᴛᴇ ɴɪᴛᴇ ᴀғғᴀɪʀ" ғᴏʀ @burningsagestables.dhrp 's ғᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇᴅ sʜᴏᴡ 🍂✨🍁

⋆.ೃ࿔*:･𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘦 - 𝘈𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 #BSSFallShow26

#RK_LateNiteAffair #kavanmountainhorse

✺✳ ┅ 🎃 ┅ ✳✺

Lorcan, my newest pleasure and western show Kavan stallion; walked along side me gracefully as we headed to the BSS arena for our long line class. I hadn't debuted Lorcan yet, and I figured this would be the perfect place to do so as BSS had a really great place to show the young ones and the green ones.

"Easy there my boy," I said as I patted Lorcan 's neck when another stallion came by, snorting and flickering his tail, obviously noticing the testosterone exuding from Lorcan. Even though he was all boy, he didn't even seem to show it most of the time. The most excited I had seen him was during his first turnout with the older geldings and at feeding time. The man was motivated for a good meal, and he and I definitely had that in common.

Lorcan settled back into his body, flickering his ears back and forth as he drank in the situation around him. "Good lad..," I trailed off as we entered the ring at the announcer's discretion and began getting to our long line circle. I stood tall and still, letting Lorcan find his circle and set his walking rhythm. "Please showcase his trot," the announcer said, Lorcan easily popping into a lovely long trot at the small click of my tongue.

A smile spread as my gorgeous stallion proudly stretched and lengthened around the ring, his coat catching the autumn sun and his dapples glimmering in the sun. "Please ask for the canter," the announcer requested as I clicked once more, Lorcan happily bounding into his lovely rhythmic canter. I let him go around a few circles before the announcer asked for him to back down to the walk and change directions.

Lorcan happily obliged, and then spent the rest of our showcased time showing the judges just how magnificent it was.

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° 𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚢 @kavanmountainhorse

#dhrp #harpg by @laylastormgarden

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ʟᴀʏʟᴀ sᴛᴏʀᴍɢᴀʀᴅᴇɴ ʀɪᴅɪɴɢ "ʟs ʀᴇɴᴅᴇʀ ᴊᴜᴅɢᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ" ғᴏʀ @burningsagestables.dhrp 's sᴘᴏᴏᴋʏ ʜᴀʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴇɴ sʜᴏᴡ 👻🕸️🖤

: ̗̀➛ ʙᴀʀʀᴇʟ ʀᴀᴄɪɴɢ

˙⋆✮ #LS_RenderJudgement #BSSSpookyShow26

﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌•°•🕸️•°•﹌﹌﹌﹌﹌

Lucien agitated under me, the young stallion obviously over the "hurry up and wait" game we were playing waiting on our slot. "Easy...," I murmured gently with a pat to Lucien's neck as he danced in place a bit, the rider ahead of us finishing their pattern as the announcer ushered them out with hype music and words. "We got this..." I trailed off, taking a long deep breath and closing my eyes for a split second to focus myself.

My heart thundered in my chest. It has been over a year since I went to a rodeo, and even longer since I had ridden my own rodeo horse. The thing is, Lucien wasn't just any rodeo horse - he was of course of high caliber, and absolutely exuded confidence in his way of going; you had to know how to ride him. He wouldn't cheat the barrels or shoulder them in, but he would give you a rank buck coming from whichever one you might've screwed up on. I sat deeply as the announcer's voice rang through the speakers and seemed to thrum my very blood as Lucien and I waited on the call.

It happened instantly, my mind reacting after my body's muscle memory. Already laying a bit forward and giving him his reins to the first, my mind finally caught up around the turn. I sat deeper and finally let out the breath I didn't realize I was holding as I let him have his reins to the second. You didn't pull on Lucien, and you didn't whip or spur him. He came with plenty of fire and gasoline, you only need to light the match.

He was surged around the second before I locked my positioning on third, his vanilla hooves slinging dark arena footing array as we went. I didn't even glance at the timer as we spun the third, my stallion sitting down deep in the pocket and gravity trying to force my upper body backwards. I engaged my core and grunted, not moving my body position for the fear of my life.

We spun it carefully, the tip toe of my boot grazing the metal as we went, giving it a small teeter but it decided to stay. ✨🖤

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#dhrp #harpg by @laylastormgarden

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ʟᴀʏʟᴀ sᴛᴏʀᴍɢᴀʀᴅᴇɴ ʀɪᴅɪɴɢ "ʀғ ᴅᴇʟᴜxᴇ ᴅᴜᴄʜᴇss" ғᴏʀ @burningsagestables.dhrp 's ᴡᴇᴇᴋʟᴏɴɢ ʜᴇᴀᴅsʜᴏᴛ sʜᴏᴡ

: ̗̀➛ ᴅʀᴇssᴀɢᴇ (- ᴘᴀᴛs ᴀғᴛᴇʀ ᴀ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ʀᴏᴜɴᴅ -)

#BSS_WeekLongHSShow #RF_DeluxeDuchess

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My lovely new @fievre_lor warmblood mare, RF Deluxe Duchess making her debut in the Dressage this week at Burning Sage Stables! I have been specifically waiting for a mare of this conformation, color, and caliber to come for sale at Fievre.

So happy to have gotten the opportunity to own her and I cannot wait to see how far she goes! 😍👑
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#dhrp #harpg by @laylastormgarden

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ʟᴀʏʟᴀ sᴛᴏʀᴍɢᴀʀᴅᴇɴ ʀɪᴅɪɴɢ "ʀᴋ ᴘᴜᴍᴘᴋɪɴ ᴍᴏᴏɴsʜɪɴᴇ" ғᴏʀ @burningsagestables.dhrp 's ᴡᴇᴇᴋʟᴏɴɢ ʜᴇᴀᴅsʜᴏᴛ sʜᴏᴡ 🍁🎃🥃✨

: ̗̀➛ ᴄᴜᴛᴛɪɴɢ (- ᴘʀᴇᴘᴘɪɴɢ ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ᴇɴᴛʀʏ -)

#BSS_WeekLongHSShow #RK_PumpkinMoonshine

𓏲ּ𝄢

My sweet girl, Pumpkin debuting in her Cutting class! She was phenomenal and even though my nerves were up from being away from the western show pen for so long; she was so good for me! ✨

I cannot wait to see what we get up to in the future🍂🖤

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#dhrp #harpg #kavanmountainhorse by @laylastormgarden

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𝙇𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙖 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙 "𝙍𝙁 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙍𝙤𝙮𝙖𝙡 𝙊𝙣𝙚" 𝙛𝙤𝙧 @sunnyside_shows '𝙨 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 - 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙅𝙪𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 🍁✨

#SSAWinterSeries26_Q2SJ #RF_TheRoyalOne

˚₊· ͟͟͞͞➳❥ 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙧 2
ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝘿𝙃𝙍𝙋 - 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙚

*ੈ✩‧₊˚༺𖤓༻*ੈ✩‧₊˚

King's ears perked beneath me, the Siamese Dun stallion almost jumping up with excitement as our entrance bell rang, the announcer calling us in for our round. "Easy boy," I reassured him, the stallion's gait instantly flowy as we rounded the bend around the arena, opening our round for a good entry to the first obstacle. I trailered him to the Sunnyside Winter Series Qualifier this morning, bringing our Autumn patterned gear with us as I figured it wouldn't hurt to look matchy matchy and hopefully have a good round in result.

I sat deeply and took a steady breath as we surged over the first jump, King effortlessly showing his scope as we went. Even young, he was steadfast and had a wonderful brain, and wonderfully moreso he was an absolute lover boy. I loved the strong willed stallions, but the baby dolls would get me every time, and King: well, King was just that.

I continued to allow him to set his nice pace and rhythm throughout the course, him finding nice distances to his jumps and allowed for me to stay mostly out of his way except for when he needed a touch of balancing throughout the bends to the next obstacle on course.

Once we approached the final jump, I knew we were still within time for his class so let him distance the rhythm which was a nice calm, and collected hand gallon to the finish. As he surged over and landed, I gave him a huge pat and he squealed, catching me a bit off guard as he threw his hind legs out in "clear round!" victory style. "King!" I screeched some as I regathered my reins he took with him, balancing myself in his saddle as I brought him down to a trot and then a walk, a laugh escaping my throat as we reached the exiting gate.

"Nicely sat!" One of the gate volunteers said as I chuckled and gave him a nod, as I patted King and we made our way out of the ring.

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#dhrp #harpg #bylorstud by @laylastormgarden

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🍂✨ ᴄᴀssɪᴀɴ's ғɪʀsᴛ ʟᴏᴏᴋ ᴀᴛ ᴛᴀᴄᴋ ✨🍂

#AR_GeneralOfTheNightCourt #AR_horses

[•-> trainer: layla stormgarden]
[**Bonding + Tack Exposure**]

ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚗𝚘. 𝟹:

"Good boy," I said as I led Cassian into the lower dressage outdoor arena: the autumnal hues bringing yellows and oranges to the greenery of the grounds. I unlatched the gate, the gate easing open and my bay stallion following with ease. I gave him a pat on the neck as I led him farther into the sandbox, his ears perking at the footing change, his eyes taking in all the floral and dressage box around us. "Formal setup here bud, we gotta kinda behave..." I giggled, trailing off as I thought about my other rides of the day, which would be far different from this.

I hugged on him and loved on him some as we sat idly for the first few minutes; just enjoying being with each other. "Good lad," I said as I unclicked the lead rope to his custom halter, and let him wander around and sniff about while I set his tack up on the outside of the dressage entry.

He came over to sniff it, seemingly unbothered by it all and began continuing his personal inspection. I laughed some, and let him take it all in before I re-approached with some cookies. Cassian happily followed me without his lead, back to where the tack lay as I picked his bridle up and let him sniff it.

As I held it in my hand, he sniffed it and took a cookie before inspecting the saddle setup. I smiled and patted his neck as he huffed as if he was unimpressed, and he had seen the older horses going with them already. I laughed once more as my hand patted his large bay neck, picking the saddle pad up and letting him inspect that some more.

When I felt like we had established a good trusting baseline with the tack, I slipped him more cookies before gathering his tack, and leading him back towards the barn. 🍁

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#dhrp #harpg

-> ᴀʟʟ ᴡᴏʀᴋ / ʙᴀᴄᴋɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ʙʏ ᴍᴇ
-> ʜᴀʟᴛᴇʀ ʙʏ @aurumregalis.stud / @tuscansun.saddlery by @laylastormgarden

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: ̗̀➛ 𝙇𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙖 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙖𝙧𝙙 "𝙈𝙏 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙐𝙨" 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙈𝙏 𝙭 Á𝙇𝙁 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬 🌌🌊🌙

⋆.ೃ࿔*:･ sᴛᴀʀʟɪɢʜᴛ ᴄʀᴏss ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀʏ ⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

#nbsd_intermediate #MT_PartyWithUs #mt_horses

Parti surged over the sand, her dark reddened coat glistening as we ran ahead. I smiled, the slightly humid brisk air touching my bare legs as we flew, my mare locking her sights on the next obstacle on course. We had found our rhythm early on, until my redhead decided she wanted to execute no more patience, and ripped the reins from my hand in one part of the gallop to have her way.

I recovered well, laughing almost maniacally as we crested the hill, full steam barreling ahead as my mare dialed in her target. I squeezed with my calves and relaxed into her gait, her bareback threatening to skurt out from beneath me at the first sight of a scary horse eating monster that may pop out of the (very, non existent) bushes along the shore.

I gave her a reassuring pat as I hugged to her a bit tighter, the upright floral fence coming into distance now. I sat deeper, and took a breath as we lined up our takeoff, bits of beach sand and starlight coating us as we surged ahead. I gave her her reins as she leapt up and over with ease, the critically detailed mare leaving plenty of room beneath her.

"Fitting," I managed to huff out while landing. "You're too good even for the brush," I laughed, regathering my reins as we surged onwards, my mare finding her happy gait again as we galloped along for a good while before coming to the last fences.

After a clear round, while the stars are shining and the shore is breezy, I take Parti back to the stabling areas and get her cooled down before I hand walk her to the grazing near the beach. Just my red mare and I, enjoying the last bit of summer before it slowly slips into fall. 🍁

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#dhrp #harpg by @laylastormgarden

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👑✨🖤 𝙈𝙁 𝙇𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙁𝙚𝙚 👑✨🖤

#MF_LateFee #fuertestud

#edenglenpress

✧˖°.જ⁀➴ so excited to have this young @fuertestud with us!! Taxx is an excellent addition to our family and especially our show string! very stoked to show you all more of him!! 🤭🥳🖤

...proper caption soon.. by @laylastormgarden

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𝙇𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙖 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 "𝘽𝙎 𝙁𝙞𝙯𝙯 𝙉 𝙅𝙪𝙞𝙘𝙚" 𝙛𝙤𝙧 @dhrp_moonlion.shows '𝙨 𝙃𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙬 - 𝙄𝙣 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙩 🎃🖤👻

╭──────. . · · 🍂🎃· · ──────╮

#BS_FizzNJuice #mnhalloween2iha

╰──────. . · · 👻 ·· . ──────╯

"Fizz.....," I trailed off, smothering a small giggle at my stallion as his ears perked up at my ghastly sheet strewn across my body, my big taped on black eyes reflecting nothing as my real ones did their best to peep through the tiny holes within. "I know, I know..." I said, as my stallion looked at me like I was absolutely out of my mind, even more so when I began walking around him; draping his ghost sheet over him.

Ears and eyes cut out, I made sure it didn't hang over his nose or face more than it had to, and made sure the length was short enough on each side that he didn't step on it before we headed to the ring. Smiles and waves from other competitors and a couple cameras greeted us as we walked to our class, Fizz meandering along like I hadnt just made him and I a ghost for the day. "You put up with a LOT from me bud," I said with a slight giggle as I patted him over the sheet.

"Next in for conformation in hand, we have Layla Stormgarden presenting 'BS Fizz N Juice'," the announcer's voice boomed through the stadium, people snapping photos and videos of Fizz and I as we entered and stood square, awaiting for the judges to come and look him over. First, they commented on how cute he was in his ghost costume, but I was to remove the sheet for them to judge and replace it. Nerves wracked me as I hoped a breeze didn't pick up and spook my stallion, but he never seemed phased.

The sheet slid off with ease, and allowed for the silence that hung in the air a second before hand to be cleared with small "wows," and gasps as Fizz's beautiful coat. I stood proudly and tall, still under my ghost sheet as they looked him over and nodded respectively. I gave a subtle 'thank you' as I began replacing Fizz's sheet, and slipping him a treat from my pocket as we were led out of the ring for the next competitor.

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#BSJuiceFoals #BSProgeny

• ᴀʟʟ ʟɪɴᴇs / ᴡᴏʀᴋ / ʙᴀᴄᴋɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴀʀᴇ ᴍʏ ᴏᴡɴ • by @laylastormgarden

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ʟᴀʏʟᴀ sᴛᴏʀᴍɢᴀʀᴅᴇɴ ᴀʙᴏᴀʀᴅ "Àʟғ ғᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ ᴘᴀʀᴛ" ғᴏʀ ᴍᴇᴛ ᴊᴇ ᴋɴᴏʟ - ᴄʀᴏss ᴄᴏᴜɴᴛʀʏ🏝️🌅🌴

#ÀlF_FavoritePart #lmjkse_overall

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#lmjkse_xc #lmjkse_advanced

╰──────. · · ୨୧ ·· . ──────╯

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"3...2...1... Off you go!" The volunteer at the start box called as Fav and I surged from it, the Fort Pinta sand flying array as his hooves dug in and left the Earth, gaining traction and speed all at once. "Thank you!!" I called over my shoulder, my bay stallion already happily galloping along the edges of the city, the cobblestone footing falling away, turning to soft beach sand in an instant.

I felt Fab shift to accommodate the different footing, the large stallion galloping along with ease. The Jorvik sun shone overhead, easing itself into the gradual horizon of clouds and water. "Good boy," I murmured to Fav as we approached the first obstacle on course, a simple and inviting vertical with some tropical plants at the base. Fav didn't take two looks at it before he set himself up beautifully, surging from the ground with plenty of room to spare over the jump. I grinned as we landed, his hooves heavily thudding into the partially damp sand below.

I loved beach cross country, and it seemed Fav mimicked my appreciation for it. The entire ride his ears with happily perked, his eyes bright and he made great timing covering the course without being in a rush. I sat easily in my two point as he galloped along, letting my eyes close for a moment as the beach air washed over me - allowing a moment of solemn calm and quiet before the course snapped me back to reality. I grinned again, settling a bit in my seat and sliding my hands up my reins as we approached the water, Fav's pace increasing in anticipation.

I sat deep as he plunged in, splashing and slinging salty water all over us as he went. I laughed, like full belly laughed as we surged through the crystalline water; the ripples and foam parting for us like royalty. We surged up the bank then, heading up the dune side towards an open oxer with a big blue.... wait. "Is that a shark?" I asked Fav as my eyes opened wide ••CIC•• by @laylastormgarden

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