First Ride(Ms. Carr)

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Audrey left Raisa in her stall as she stepped lightly toward the tack room to find Raisa locker. Brown eyes scanned the area of the tack room until she found the number and of course Raisa's name. After a couple steps Audrey opened the locker up and found the grooming tote and of course some leg wraps. She grabbed the tote and wraps and headed back out to the isle way to where Raisa was still standing with her head sticking out of the top part of the stall watching her. Audrey already felt a bond with the black spotted mare and couldn't wait to ride. She sat the tote down by the stall door out of the way of oncoming traffic and went back to the tack room to grab Raisa's tack. Audrey sat the saddle over the stall door and grabbed the grooming box and put it beside it. Grabbing the lead rope she walked into the stall and clipped the brass snap onto the halter and tied her to the stall. She grabbed the bushes and began to brush the black and white hairs down to make sure to get all the dirt out. She ran her hand underneath her belly to check for stickers or anything that might rub the skin when the cinch was on tight. Audrey picked up each hoof and cleaned out each hoof to check for rocks that might have gotten stuck. Once she was cleaned she picked up the saddle and saddle pad and laid it over the black mare's back and began to cinch the saddle up. She slipped the bit into her mouth and buckled the bridle.

Once, Audrey had Raisa tacked up she grabbed her helmet and slipped it over her red hair. She grinned as she rubbed the black mare and opened the stall door as they headed down the aisle toward the indoor arena. She grinned as she pulled her black jacket over her a little more as the wind brought the cold breeze over. She grinned a little as Raisa lifted her head up and nickered at a couple of horse's that was in the pasture, but then kept on walking beside her. Audrey opened the gate as the warm air hit her that lifted a smile on her face. She closed the gate behind her as her brown eyes scanned the arena. It was a really nice size arena with anything that she could think of about doing in here. She smiled when she saw a couple of two or three jumps in the arena spread out. She walked the mare over there and looked at how high they were and smiled a little. They were about 2ft to 2'3ft and it was good height to school on a little. She found the mounting block and walked Raisa over to it. Once she stopped Raisa she checked the cinch and then dropped her irons and stepped onto Raisa back. She checked her rein length and irons before walking around the arena to warm her up

[Katherine Carr]

Before she left her office, Katherine opened a cupboard above her kitchenette and pulled out her favourite travel mug, a gift from her children before they left BRRA, and filled it with the dark liquid from the coffee machine. After adding a couple of packets of Splenda she closed the cup and headed out to the arena to find Audrey and Raisa.

Shrugging into her winter coat, it was quickly evident that the girl wasn't in Roscoe's Arena so she headed toward the building that held the indoor arena. Entering she walked up to the arena wall and stood on the outside. A frown creased her forehead when she saw that the last user of the arena had been lazy and not put their jumps away. She turned attention toward the mare and rider. "I'm not here to instruct you." She told the girl. "Just to observe how the two of you mesh." She always liked to watch the first ride to make sure that she hadn't under, or over, -horsed the rider.

She glanced back at the jumps as she sipped from her mug, she words on the white drinking vessel making her smile as they came into her vision as she tipped it up. She had never asked them what was behind their choice of words, but she liked it anyway. She knew that the jumps would actually prove to be helpful as she would also get to observe the girl as she took the young, but not green, mare over the simple jumps - and make sure that Rasia was warmed up properly beforehand.