Blue Ridge is a fictional town located deep in the heart of Kentucky. It is home to one of the most well known equestrian academies in the United States. Students and staff from all over the world join the academy for what it has to offer. Do you have what it takes to join us and learn from the Academy?
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It had been far too long since Olivia had ridden in a proper reining class, since there was currently no teacher, but she made an effort to take Goldie out and practice her skills once in a while. After all, the mare was her responsibility now, and she didn't want her to forget what she did so well. With that thought in mind, she grabbed the mare's dark blue halter off of the hook next to the palomino's stall and buckled it onto the pretty head.
It only took her a short time to clean the palomino's light coat and tack her up, even though the western saddle was still heavy and hard for her to handle, in comparison to her close contact saddles. She had left a bosal hackamore under the mare's bridle, for the lunge line, and led Goldie out using the lunge, not the reins.
She spent a good ten minutes lunging the mare, letting her get out the extra energy, then hung the lunge line over one of the fence posts and picked up her helmet, buckling it before she moved to check the cinch and them mounted. They started a simple warmup, Olivia taking the mare through her paces before they started anything fancy.