Country Niece *Editing*

Chapter One

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* Riley's POV *

"And time!" I yell at my best friend as I pass through the final gates.

"15.5 seconds..." Emma says, showing me the small timer where the numbers were, in fact blinking.

"That's good I guess, hopefully it's good enough." I reply as I dismount Blue and grab the timer from Emma.

I set up the timer as Emma mounts Sherlock and gets into starting position.

"Ready , set, go!" I yell, pressing start on the timer and she raced out of the gate.

She and Sherlock gallop around the first barrel, now the second,and finally the third, finishing clean.

"Time!" she yells, tugging at Sherlock's reins slightly.

"15.6 seconds!" I say, showing her the timer.

"Well first place and second place will be easy!" Emma laughs, putting an arm around my shoulder.

"Do you want to practice jumping on April and Rain next? And then start working on our costumes for Fizz and Pop?" I ask my best friend, as I bit her arm.

"Ow!" She pouts slightly and punched my shoulder, making me roll my eyes at how weak that was.

"Sounds good!" She replies after I make a hurt face.

"Good, go change and get my clothes ready as I go and tack the horses up" I reply, as she nods and starts walking Sherlock around the arena to cool him down, as I do the same with Blue.

After I felt Blue relax from her work out, I ran a hand over her soft face and walked her into the wash stall.

I clip Blue to the cross ties and take off her bridle and slip on her halter.

I grab a peppermint treat from the little shelf and placed it in the palm of my hands, making my hand flat, she scooped up the treat and munched on it happily.

After I clipped her lead rope to her halter, I walked next to her down the corridor of the barn until we reached her stall.

I scratched her ears and made sure the door was locked.

"Good job Blue! We're going to win tomorrow!" I whisper to her.

I take her equipment off and put it by her stall, where I have a saddle and bridle rack positioned.

I take her lime green saddle pad off and put it on the rack where the others are to let it dry slightly before I wash it tonight.

I check her stall door before going into the hay lofts, I cut the strings on the bail with my pocket knife and grab some of the fresh hay. I walk back down the steep steps and, after some time, I put it in her green hay net.

Since Blue could get sick from just eating hay, I go into the feed room with her green grain bucket and pour half a cup of grain and half a cup of oats and fill her other green bucket with waster to keep her hydrated for tomorrow.

Blue used to eat the wood when she was younger because she got bored so I hang her green apple scented jolly ball.

I double checked the lock and briskly walked into the office to change clothes. Emma placed my purple polo and my white riding breeches on the desk, next to my sleek black boots.