Hey guys! So this is my first ever book so I'm really sorry if it's not that great. And also sorry if I get some of the characters names mixed up, there are a lot to remember!
But anyway I hope you enjoy and if all goes well I might write another book
The picture above is Rachel and her horse Shadow😎🔥
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Rachel we're here! I woke up with a jolt, looked out the window, and shrieked with excitement. I was finally here at Brook Lodge Riding Academy!!! We drove through the entrance gate and I was in horse heaven. Straight away I could see the barn, arenas and I also caught a quick glimpse of a cross country course. We drove down a gravel road lined with massive over hanging oak trees and down the driveway into a completely packed car park. There were parents, students, teachers and horses everywhere. I could see a little bit of what I thought was the dorms and they looked big. Big but cosy and nice. I had a quick look into the nearby field and something caught my eye.
A massive chestnut gelding at least 18 hands was galloping through the field with a parade of people running after him! It was quite hilarious to watch. There were about 4 girls around my age chasing the horse and a few parents and instructors but the gelding was having none of it. He would stop for a second and when they got really close he would bolt the other direction. The dorm houses looked massive from the outside, and I got a better look at the stable block. There were 2 separate barns in a U shape with a small cobblestone yard in the middle with a dolphin statue in a fountain. From what I could see there were 2 indoor arenas, an out door dressage arena, and an out door jumping arena with a course of about 1.20 jumps, it looked quite tricky. There was a red and white vertical with a dodgy 4 strides to a black and yellow spread, a really sharp turn to a purple oxer which was about... "Move out of the way!" I spun around and jumped quickly out of the way to avoid be trampled.
The chestnut had managed to escape from the field and was now grazing in the school garden. I ran over, grabbed his head collar and looked around for his owner. "Oh my god thank you so much! He can be so bold sometimes and he is always escaping," a girl said blushing. "Haha it's no problem, I'm Rachel by the way," I said shaking her hand. "I'm Emily", the girl said smiling at me, "do you know what dorm you're in"? She asked me "Ummm... I think I'm in King," I replied. "Me too!" Emily shrieked. "That's so cool" I gushed, "I'm probably gonna sound really stupid but why is it called King?" I asked her.
Emily giggled and replied, "The dorms are named after famous equestrians, like ours is called King after Mary King". I must have had a real dumb look on my face because Emily burst out laughing, and tears started streaming down her face. We were both laughing so much that our parents had to remind us 3 times to unload our horses. "Ok we're coming" I called, we had one last giggle before setting off to find our horses.
