Like a Mule

[Lynch]

Lynch's Adventure
Featuring Shaded Number Eight

Frustrated, Lynch sat on the side on the track as his horse refused to let his owner ride him. Instead the stallion took off by himself, running the course by himself. The stallion showed great skill in speed, but he'd never become a racehorse if he didnt allow anyone to ride him. Sighing, Lynch's hazel eyes watched as his horse galloped away. "You stubborn mule." The young man seemed content with just sitting and watching his stallion as he raced his way back towards his owner.

The black stallion snorted as he reached his owner, reducing his speed to a trot as he went passed the frustrated human. Shadow was showing off, of course he only wished to have a little bit of fun before allowing his human to experience his speed. The young stallion respected his owner and didn't want to disappoint him but he wasn't going to come so easily. Half rearing the stallion nickered towards Lynch.

Rolling his eyes he watched as his black thoroughbred trotted passed him, mocking his inability to control the animal. Ignoring Shadow's further attempts to show off he grabbed an apple from his pocket and took a bite out of it.

Noticing that Lynch had not noticed him he snorted before walking towards him. Dark brown eyes noticed a delicious red apple in his owners hand which made him reach out for it, blowing at both the fruit and his owner.

Smiling he spoke softly towards his stallion, "Oh you want this huh? Well you better come get it." Taking another bite he extended his hand slightly, still holding the apple.

Nodding his head in slight excitement he reached towards the apple, only for his owner to briefly touch his neck. Seeing how delicious that apple looked, and knowing what his owner wanted in return he nudged his owner's arm softly before reaching for the apple and gobbling it up.

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	+0.05 speed

[saphyri]

Saphyri, being new to the area, wondered aimlessly around one of quite a few stables she'd seen around the area. Being a trainer, she was looking at a place to keep her horses while she gained the money and reputation to build and own her own stable. She started off with her horses, two of them, one a stallion and the other a mare, at cedar ridge stables. She wasn't too overly familiar with the boarders let alone the owners, so she decided to go on an adventure and meet a few of the locals.

It didn't take long for her to find the track and along with that, a man and his beautiful black beast of a horse. She figured stallion, by the way he raced to and fro, his nape arched majestically as he did so. She always awed at the beauty of the horses. They were all so different, but all were so beautiful in their own ways. Even the ugliest horse could be beautiful.

Saphy watched from afar, admiring how the man didn't beat on the horse like most seemed to. They would claim tough love, but really, they didn't understand how to work with horses. Tough love gets you no where. Trust does. As the equine calmed himself down and approached the man gently to retrieve a treat, the girl clapped and began walking toward the pair. "If I needed help, I'd come to you, but my boy's pretty good for me." Referring to her stallion of course. "Is he yours? He's gorgeous!" The girl flashed a perfect white smile showing she'd come from money as a young child, having braces and her teeth whitened as a teen. Saphyri stopped and awaited a reply from the handsome man who looked around her age, maybe a bit older even. Who knew.

[Lynch]

Lynch's Adventure
Featuring Shaded Number Eight

Lynch couldn't help but smile at his stallion's reaction. He knew he was a long way from fully gaining the trust of him, but he had high hopes for a beautiful friendship. Just as the young man was about to reach out to touch his stallion he jumped, startled by the young woman's voice. Blushing he scratched the back of his head and chuckled slightly, "Thanks.." he said before looking up at the short, brunette. She was really pretty, wow what a smile. Lynch looked back towards his stallion to prevent himself from blushing even more. "Yeah, though I'm not sure he sees it that way, haha." Standing up he offered his hand to her, "I'm Lynch." Normally he wouldn't offer to shake a woman's hand, as he felt it was in some way rude, but he wasn't quite sure how to react in this situation.

The black stallion seemed to be slightly annoyed at his owner for ignoring him again. Pawing at the ground he laid his ears back slightly while letting out a neigh. He wanted Lynch to give him more of those delicious red apples, not talking to some filly he just met. He had no idea how to get his owners attention other than to throw a mini 'tempure tantrum', that usually got his past owners to show up.

If Lynch hadn't of been distracted by his curiousity about the girl he would have answered his horse by tricking him into coming close enough to him so he could pet him while he ate the apple. However, he was more interested in figuring out if her horse was stabled here as well. "Is your stallion staying here as well?" Lynch hadn't met any of the other horse owners of cedar ridge stables yet.

Shadow had enough of his owner paying attention to the filly so he nudged his back and bit onto his shirt, tugging at it as if he wanted to take it. "Someone's jealous, are they?" Lynch smirked before reaching his hand to touch his stallion's neck. Of course, Shadow reacted by trotting away from his owner almost as if telling him 'yeah right!'.

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[saphyri]

Saphyri giggled at the horse as he threw his fit while his owner shook the hand of the girl. He was a lot taller then he, and she liked that, but she loved being short and being able to ride some of the smaller horses around, though both of hers were rather big. As they shook hands, it took a while for Saphy to release her grasp and let the man, now known as Lynch, get back to his horse. His hand was just so warm, it was hard to let go.

As he spoke of her stallion, she smiled. "Yes, my stallion and my mare are both stabled here. Maybe once you're done with him we can pay them a visit?" She smiled her famous smile before gazing at the stallion behind him. Boy was he a beauty. Sure she felt like hers was beautiful to, but just not as black and powerful as this one seemed. Perhaps it was simply his temperament that made him so beauteous. Who really could understand.

Saphyri watched as the stallion trotted away before looking around, not noticing any tack around. "Is he ridable yet?" Maybe he was just riding bareback. There was always a chance. Or maybe he was just working on ground manners. "Do you have any others?" Perhaps something that WAS ridable. Maybe they could partake in a little competition.

[Lynch]

Lynch's Adventure
Featuring Shaded Number Eight

Lynch could feel the heat rising to his cheeks as she shook his hand. He smiled and looked down into her lovely green eyes. When she finally let go of his hand he put them in his pocket for a moment. Smiling at her question he nodded, "I'd love to." Pulling his hand out of his pocket he took out a small plastic bag with sugar cubes in it. Walking towards his horse he took out two and stretched out his hand. Curious his stallion came over and blew at the treats before eating them. Raising up his hand to touch the stallion, Shadow flinched then ran off again.

Returning his attention to the girl Lynch shook his head, "No, from what I've heard no one's been able to ride him yet." Tying up the plastic bag he returned it to his pocket before getting the excess sugar off by rubbing his hands together. "Yeah, I have a mare she's an angel compared to Shadow." Anyone's an angle compared to Shadow..

Looking back to the black stallion Lynch shrugged, they've already accomplished a lot today so he might as well turn him out for his daily exercise. "If you'd like we can go visit your horses now?" He smiled, interested in meeting the young woman's horses.

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[saphyri]

As the man spoke, Saphyri found herself smiling. So this beast wasn't his only. Was he a trainer like herself? Most likely if he was working with a high strung Thoroughbred stallion in his spare time. The girl had four horses of her own. Three mares and a stallion, all of which are easily handled. She'd been working with her horses since they were yearlings and had special bonds with each that made working together easy for the teams of human and equine. Her favorite horse was her Oldenburg mare, Sheza. That was who she'd take Lynch to go see. "Yeah that'd be cool. Here follow me, I'll show you my pride and joy."

There wasn't much of a story behind Sheza, other then she'd been purchased as a breeding prospect and turned out to love free jumping so much that Saphyri just had to saddle her up and take her over some fences. It was almost ment to be. The pair had been working and showing together ever since and hopefully, will only get better as time goes on.

Saphyri smiled at the stallion before turning and walking away, hoping Lynch would follow her simply to the barn entrance where just around the corner, Sheza was stalled in a nice, broodmare sized stall which Saphyri asked for specifically. As the two humans approached the entirely different species of animal, the mare lifted her head and gave a nicker of a greeting and approached the barred stall wall. "Hey girly." Saphyri uttered before unlocking the stall door, slipping a halter over her horses head and leading her out. "This is Sheza Show Stopper, aka Sheza. My partner in crime for the 4'6" division. Saphy smiled, proud that she jumped four six while most were stuck at the three foot. She hoped Lynch would be impressed. She wanted more then anything to impress him with her horse as he had impressed her.

[Lynch]

Lynch's Adventure
Featuring Shaded Number Eight

While waiting for her to bring him to see her horse Lynch had to think about what to do with his stallion. If he took him there would probably be problems since Shadow wasn't the best behaved horse.. but what would happen if he left him? Honestly, probably nothing bad if anything he might become jealous and act better when he returned. On the other hand, the stallion might take it personal and feel like he's being abandoned yet again. Weighing his options, Lynch decided it was best to simply leave him here. A little time apart would probably do him some good, especially since Lynch would be returning soon.

Smiling as the girl spoke he nodded his head and took a few steps away from his stallion. Turning around he waved his hand at him and closed the gate behind him when he left the track. Shadow appeared to act as if he didn't notice his owner just left him alone, but he did notice and was slightly hurt by it. Snorting the stallion decided to use this time to run around the track to keep his mind off being alone.

They didn't go too far, only just around the corner of the barn entrance. It made Lynch smile when the mare greeted the girl as she approached the stall. All Lynch ever got when he went to fetch Shadow was his rear end, which made taking him out extremely dangerous. Lynch liked the mare's name and he was surprised when she said she was in the 4'6" division, "Wow, impressive." Lynch looked over the mare when she got out of the stall, she was simply stunning. The blood bay mare had such wonderful conformation and her white markings looked perfect on her. Lynch was definitely jealous of this gorgeous mare.

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