𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡

𝒞𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓉ℯ𝓇 3－ "𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭"

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐩: 𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞. 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞- 𝒹𝒾𝒶𝓂ℴ𝓃𝒹！ (𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐞! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠! 𝐒𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐥 <𝟑)

"i can't BELIEVE you?! you took a horse home?! are you utterly insane?! you've lost your mind!!" "i'm sorry mom.." "dad would be disappointed in you." a tear fell from my eyes. that was a sensitive subject. i could tell from my moms face she felt bad, but of course she didn't admit it. she didn't want to seem "weak". a little while later she came up into my room. "i'm sorry rosemary. you can keep the horse. you can even bring it to england with you. i will miss you.." "REALLY? I LOVE YOU!" i hugged her and i never wanted to let go! "well, you might as-well go see her. go on." "I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU I LOVE YOU!" "yeah, yeah," my mother said .

we trained all right. all day, all night. i needed to be prepared. it had seemed diamond was already broken in, she didn't mind weight on her back, and she didn't even mind me riding her! she responded to leg, and cues, so i was sure she had been broken in. one thing i had never dared to tell my mother.. i don't want to do dressage.. i want to jump. i know in england cobs are common, but not common for high level showjumping. i think with a bit of training, we will get there. i warmed her up, and then set up a small cross pole. she is strong built, so her canter was steady and strong- perfect for going towards a jump. she sped up a little bit before the jump, but she jumped it perfectly! we continuously practised, i set up a pole before the jump, i set up verticals, spreads, doubles, bounces, everything. i needed to make sure she was confident enough for all of that. she was fierce. i could feel the strength in her body, pushing, waiting for the perfect moment to jump.

a few weeks later, we had practised courses of all types, and are now focusing on bigger jumps! i tried 1 meter 5cm, and she jumped it amazing. i tried to put it up to a meter ten. this is the big games. this is when it all gets real. i gave her a nudge with my leg, that is all i needed to get her into a forward, steady canter. she sped up to the jump though, and lost her footing, she got nervous and refused the jump and i went flying off over her neck. "hey hon, how's your dre- ROSEMARY SAMANTHA EVANS." oh no. "ARE YOU JUMPING? YOU ARE FORBIDDEN FROM JUMPING AND YOU KNOW THAT." she got the yard worker to take diamond and untack her. "that horse is dangerous. i don't want you near her."

"we are getting rid of her."

𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫! 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲! 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐣𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞! <𝟑 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫! ⇩