Hunter/Jumper Clinic

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    Cora was quite excited for her jumping clinics, knowing that she'd get to work with her students from pasts years, as well as new students. She admired the initiative of the students who had signed up, knowing that they were giving up a day of their vacation to better their skills in a class, rather than independently. She'd risen early to care for Fin, Remi, and Sophie, who she was still trying to find a good buyer for. She'd considered riding the mare in her hunter clinic, in hopes that one of the student would take an interest, but she'd decided against it, preferring to teach from the ground unless she had a reason to ride.

    Having finished caring for all three of her horses, Cora gave Sophie a pat and collected her clipboard, pen, and hat from her tack locker, where she'd kept them. Fitting the cap snugly over her head and pulling her blonde ponytail through the back, she made her way out to the jumping ring where the students had been instructed to meet, having outfitted themselves and their horses properly for riding. She was dressed smartly in her normal uniform: field boots and a collared shirt tucked neatly into her breeches. She hoped that her students would dress just as respectably.

    The classes weren't huge, which she preferred, and she hoped that they would have a very productive day. Most of the students were signed up for both of her clinics for that day, so they'd be doing a lot of work. Arriving in the ring, Cora climbed up on the fence to wait, greeting each student as they arrived and instructing them to mount and warm their horses up on the flat. She'd set up a hunter course for them that they'd be working over shortly. When her students began to arrive, she moved to the center of the ring, out of the way of their warming up.

Calling:
@neigh
Danielle Green
@jeanneclaire
@sierra
Tyler Reynolds

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    Jeanne-Claire hadn't been looking forward to getting up so early for her Hunter/Jumper clinic, which was scheduled for early in the morning. She had been riding in the morning when she'd first arrived at the academy, but she'd fallen into the habit of sleeping late and riding in the evening if it was too hot during the day. Today, however, she had to get up and dress quickly, donning her beige breeches, white polo, and field boots. 

    Arriving at the barn, she found Cricket, who was, thankfully, fairly clean. He just needed a quick brush before she collected his tack, and tacked him up quickly in her jumping saddle and white, sheepskin fitted pad, proper for a hunter lesson. This would be her first impression with her new instructor, and she preferred to be a favorite, if possible. Once Cricket was bridled, she tucked her hair into her helmet and led him out to the ring.

    She'd come early intentionally, knowing that Cricket needed a thorough warm-up before he'd go nicely, and the last thing she wanted was for him to throw a fit. She was glad to find that she was the first student to arrive, and parted her lips in a sugar sweet smile to greet the woman on the fence with the unmistakable look of a hunter trainer. Shaking the woman's hand, she introduced herself, "Hello, my name is Jeanne-Claire Augustin and I'm a new student of yours. It is such a pleasure to meet you." 

    She proceeded into the ring to mount as instructed and began her warm-up, aware of the woman's eyes on her. Before she'd even gotten her right stirrup, Cricket burst forward, hardly the picture of a show hunter. Playing at his mouth lightly, Jeanne-Claire tightened his girth before beginning to warm him up at the rail, collecting and extending him, keeping him busy and working at getting him on the bit and in frame. Before too long, the gelding complied, and he was moving nicely, though Jeanne-Claire's work was hardly finished. Sure, he looked amazing now, but it was hard work getting him there. 

[Tyler Reynolds]

Looking back Tyler asked himself why he even signed up for the Hunter/Jumper clinic. It was too late now; he made his way to the White Oak Barn to collect Roman. Although he loved Roman and loved working with him, the seventeen year old was recently thinking about getting a new horse, a gelding of course.

He refused to work with mares, they were so moody and their attitude was horrid. Of course he would get what he wanted; it was just a matter of time. Grooming Roman and tacking him Tyler was glad to have such a great gelding. The horse had really come a long way since he first started riding him.

Walking the Standardbred to the Show Jumping arena he was happy to see that he wasn’t late nor the first one. Entering the arena he smirked when he saw who actually the first rider to show up was, his lovely little housemate. He acted like he didn’t see her and just mounted up as the instructor told the students to do.

Tyler warmed Roman up; the boy looked at the jumps and just sort of laughed to himself, something he did often. He knew the gelding, that was used clearing much taller jumps, would sail over these easily. Although he knew Hunter/Jumper was more about the technique rather than the time. Thinking about it that was probably the reason he signed up, again he shook his head with a smile across his face, that was something a mature person would think about.

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Amber was very excited for the hunter jumper clinic.  She got up at her usual early time.  She liked to get up early so that she could check on Rapunzel before talking to her brother, on the phone, when he got back from his morning run, which was often followed by a conversation with her mother.  Her brother would call her as soon as he got home and would talk with her until their mother was done cooking, and then their mother would talk to Amber while her brother was eating breakfast.

They both wished Amber and Rapunzel good luck at the clinic today.  Amber knew that they meant it, and she knew that her father would too, if he were home or was available to talk to her.  He was, as usual, away on business.  Amber used to get upset over the fact that her father was gone more then half the time, but now she was gone over half the time and she worried about her mother and her brother.  When Amber got off the phone and finished the cafeteria food, she was craving her mother's cooking,

She went upstairs and dressed in her riding clothes, and then she groomed Rapunzel, even though she didn't really need it, and tacked her up in her shiny saddle and bridle that she had just cleaned last night.  She lead her horse out to the riding ring and gave a nervous glance at Jeanne-Claire.  

[Danielle Green]

Cherishing the last few clinics and days that she could to spend with the mare as she had made her decision to talk to Ms. Chevalier and tell her that she would like to switch over to O’Malley as a permanent mount. Within the past year or so that Danny had been assigned to Remi she had learned a lot from her and was very glad she was her first mount here at the academy.

Tacking up the Curly mare, Danielle was ready to go to the hunter/jumper clinic; after all it was her main discipline other than dressage, which she also looked forward to this upcoming school year. After the sixteen year old was done getting Remi ready for the clinic, she grabbed her helmet and walked the mare over to the arena.

She wasn’t surprised that there were already four students there; none of whom she knew, which wasn’t a problem. She tightened her girth once more, checked her stirrup left just in case they had been messed with, which they hadn’t. Danny then mounted up. Doing as the instructor told them to do the girl warmed up her mount. Remi was always good when it came to warm ups, she was a little slow in the beginning but that just meant more time for Danny to ride and interact with her.