Time to Work! [Open]

[!<~MIDDKINS~>!]

Grabbing Rummy's halter and lead rope, Kc made her way to the mare's stall. Sticking her head over the stall door, Rummy bobbed her head up and down and nickered a greeting to her owner. Morning Rummy Kc murmured to the mare, before opening her stall door, and slipping quietly in. A loud whinny came from the paint stallion next to them, who was also Kc's. Hello to you to Darky. Kc said in a greeting to the paint stallion. Pawing at the door, Dark tried to get it open as Kc lead the paint mare out of her stall, and towards the large corral. The mare had already been groomed out from the previous night, and was still clean enough.

Rum, tossed her brown and white mane as she seen the saddle and bridle on the fence. They had been working on saddling and bridling Rummy for the last few days, and the mare wasn't scared of the saddle.. she just had a fit about having it be put on her back. Once that was done, she was completely fine. Kc had also been getting on the mare, and she was fine with that as well.. along with being rode around.. after she had a fit. It wasn't just a few little tosses of her head, it was big, bronco type bucks.. and Kc had to deal with them when she was on the mare's back. Luckily, Kc was a good enough of a rider to stay on the mare when she did that. Sighing, Kc opened the gate and lead the paint mare through.

Grabbing the saddle pad, Kc set it on the mare's back. Rummy tossed her head and swished her tail a few times, but other then that stood quite still. Good girl Rum. Her owner murmured softly and patted her neck gently. Grabbing the saddle, Kc gently set that on the mare's back, and went around to the other side. Tightening it, Kc made it tight enough that she could get on, and not have the saddle slip around, and make her fall. Grabbing the d-ring bit, and running martingale, Kc put those on the mare. Taking a soft hold of the reins, Kc swung onto the mare's back after a few bounces.

Swishing her tail, Rummy stood for it, but Kc could tell she wasn't going to be happy once she was asked to walk out. Okay girl. Kc said and patted the mare's neck. No bucking. Clicking her tongue softly, Kc asked the mare to walk out with her spur gently against the mare's side. Pricking her ears up, Rum stepped out quietly, her paint coat gleaming in the morning sun as she did so. Kc relaxed her grip slightly on the reins, but knew better. The mare moved out quietly, and walked calmly twice around the corral before Kc asked for a trot. Clicking her tongue, Kc put the mare into a trot. Tossing her head, Rummy jurked it into the air, and swung her hind quarters out to the side, refusing to trot.

Tightening her grip, Kc clicked her tongue, and pressed more firmly with her spur. After a few attempts at doing that, the paint mare finally went into a trot. Kc let the mare put her head down, right where she was supposed to put it.. but that was defiantly a bad mistake. Feeling the slack in the reins, Rum put her head down, and arched her back. Getting her head down low, the mare was able to easily arch her back, and buck into the air. Holy S.hit Rummy. Kc said, loud enough that any one on the side of the corral could hear. Every time the mare went up into the air to buck, she made a weird grunting noise.

After the third buck, Kc lost her stirrups, but some how, managed to stay on the paint mare, and keep her head up at a decent hight.. but like always, the paint mare kept on bucking. She was bond and determined to find any way to buck. Weither it was just walking, or even with her head held up, Remmy could still find a way to buck.

[BeLuna]

Quite frankly, BeLuna was a little afraid to start work with Ace. Over the past few weeks, she had been building up a trust with him, feeding him and getting him used to being brushed regularly. A weak, unstable sort of bond had developed between the two of them and it was difficult to think about potentially breaking it. She was afraid that any little thing could send the new relationship back to the beginning or even farther than that. Still, she could put it off no longer and today she strapped the halter on Ace and led him out to the large ring.

"Easy boy," she said quietly to him as she walked slowly towards the ring, hitching the saddle up from her arm to her shoulder. The big buckskin gelding regarded said saddle with a wary air, but also curiosity. In the hand that held the lead rope, she also had the bridle. They had only worked with the no-bit bridle once before and he hadn't seemed to notice the difference between it and a halter. That was a good thing, she supposed, but she hadn't tried to handle him with it. So basically...their progress was minimal.

At least their progress wasn't going backwards like the rider and horse in the ring now. BeLuna heard the girl cuss loudly as the mare bucked with all her might. Luna glanced quickly at Ace and decided even quicker what to do. It didn't really look like the girl had control of the situation, even if she was still managing to stay in the saddle without the stirrups.

BeLuna draped the saddle and bridle quickly over a nearby gate and deftly hobbled Ace with the lead rope so that he could move, but not far. Without even thinking about it, she was over the gate surrounding the ring and walking slowly towards the bucking mare. "Hold on!" she called almost unnecessarily, although she really just wanted to let the girl know she was there. After a minute, she saw her opening and grabbed the bridle, hauling with all her might to bring the mare's head up and thrusting a sugar cube near her muzzle. Hopefully that would be enough to at least distract the horse long enough for them to get her under control.

Ace, of course, watched this with interest, slowly going over to the gate and nickering at BeLuna, Kc and Rummy. A small golden retriever puppy, growing every day, trotted out of the barn at the sound of the horse. Her ears perked up as she saw her owner struggling with a mare in the ring, but she knew better than to try and help. Instead, she sat down promptly by Ace's side, sniffing his leg a little before watching the three in the ring.

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