The Dressage Dream

Chapter 4

"Good girl, Ginger!" I said to the mare I was riding. We just did a good lead change. Her owner is too old to ride and so she pays me to ride her! Which is awesome because she is super fun to ride. So now I ride 3-4 horses a day. Its still summer so that's the only reason I can ride that many a day. I already rode Chester, Checkers and Devil. It was 7 o'clock after I cooled Ginger down and untacked her I put her in her stall, and headed for the house. My mom was cooking dinner so I decided to take a shower. It was a long hot shower, it was so nice. "Mom this is super good!" I said while I took another bite of my taco. Tacos were my favorite meal of the week! Besides steak, steak was my favorite meal ever! "Okay mom thanks for the great dinner!" I said while I put the last dish into the dishwasher. That night I slept so well but I don't know why. "Morning mom." I said as I grabbed an apple and started to put on my tall boots. "Morning honey." She said back. "Is there any shows coming up soon?" I asked. "Yes I think so I will look once I get to the barn." She said. "Okay thanks!" I said. "I'm going to ride Chester, Checkers and Ginger. Is there anyone else you want me to ride?" I added. "Umm.... yes sure! Could you ride Devil?" She asked. "Yeah sure I would love to!" I said with pleasure. "Okay thanks honey!" She said to me. "I appreciate you riding him for me. I have been really busy with lessons and some of my other horses." She added. "Yeah sure he is really fun to ride." I said as I walked out the door. "That's a boy." I said as I brought Devil down to a walk, I decided to work on flying lead changes and he was a pro at them. I had already worked Ginger and my two horses. After I cooled and untacked one sweaty Devil, I turned him out and headed into the barn to find my mom. Once I found my mom she asked how were my rides. "Good." I said. "So there is a show coming up in 1 week. Do you want to go to it?" She asked. "Yeah sure! Who do you want me to take?" I asked. "Whoever you want!" She said. "Well how many people are going with us?" I asked again. "Just us no clients." She answered. "Could I maybe take Chester, Checkers and Ginger?" I asked. "Yeah sure!" She said excitedly. "Are you going to take anyone?" I asked. "Maybe Devil." She said. "You have schooled him a lot for me so I think if I rode him for the next week we could be ready." She added. "Awesome!" I said. That night we had chicken wings and carrots for dinner. For some reason I went to bed late and I woke up early. Well I guess that's always the case. "Mom I'm heading out to ride!" I yelled. "Mom?" I asked 2 minutes later. "Duh." I said to myself. She's at the barn I thought to myself. "Mom want to take a trail ride with me and Chester?" I asked as I walked into her office. But she wasn't there. "Mom?!" I yelled again. Then I decided to walk out to the arena and see if she was there. Yes she was there. On the ground. With Devil tacked up on the other side of the arena with his tack on and my mom's saddle on him. I ran into the arena and tried to wake up my mom but she didn't wake up. So I ran into the house and told Dad, he called 911 and ran out to the arena. After the ambulance took mom and dad to the hospital, I went to grab Devil and untack him but first I decided to grab my helmet and get on him. I know I probably shouldn't have because if my mom couldn't stay on him, I probably couldn't but it's worth a shot. I got on and warmed him up and he was fine. I wondered what happened. After I untacked him and put him in his stall, I walked to the house and called my dad. He said that my mom was fine and was coming home tonight. She had a mild concussion, but she couldn't ride for a week. Knowing her she would be back on the horse before the week ended. "Hey mom." I said quietly. "Hey honey." She said as she sat on the couch. "Mom what happened?" I asked. "Well I got on him and started walking and he freaked out." She said. "Oh." I said. "The weird thing about it was when I went to brush and tack him up he tried to bite me and went to the back of his stall. She said. "Oh well that's really weird because I got on him and he did fine." I said. "How about you tomorrow have Katie ride him and see how he is." She said to me. "Yeah sure!" I said back. "Okay I guess I can tack him up for you." I said to Katie. Devil wouldn't let her in the stall. After I tacked Devil up, we headed out to the indoor. "Go ahead and get on but slowly." I said to Katie. Katie got on him slowly and then made him walk. But then it was like a ticking bomb erupted. Devil jumped up in the air and started to buck and rear. Katie tried to stay on but fell off. "Are you okay?" I asked as I ran over to where she fell. "Yeah but don't ask me to get on him again." She said. "Okay fine I'll get on and ride him." I said. It was weird Devil was an angel when I rode him I thought to myself as I put him out in his paddock with Chester. "Hey mom." I said. "Katie fell off of Devil and then I got on and he was fine." I added. "How about you ride him for me?" Mom asked. "Yeah sure." I said. "But what about the show?" I asked. "Well I can't ride him anyway so I was wondering if maybe you could ride him for me?" She asked. "Yeah sure! I would love to! But are you going to try and ride him?" I asked. "Yes but on Tuesday." She said. "The show is on Sunday and the horses will have off on Monday, so I'll ride him on Monday." She added. "Okay but what about if he throws you off again?" I asked. "Well we will figure it out if that happens." She said. "Okay." I said nervously. What if she tries to sell him? I asked to myself. "Awesome Job honey!" Mom said. "Thanks." I said as I gave Devil a pat. We just had an awesome dressage test. He was my last ride of the day. "I'm so tired." I said as I got off and started untacking. "I bet!" Mom said. "You rode 4 horses in a show today." She added. "Yeah true!" I said. "So I guess I will today's the day." Mom said as we walked out to get Devil from his pasture. It was Tuesday and my mom was going to try and ride Devil again. "Mom, you will be okay." I said. "Good just slowly get on." I said to my mom. Again I had to tack up Devil for her. He wouldn't let her in his stall. "Now gather you're reins and slowly ask him to walk." I said. There he goes I said to myself as Devil started bucking. "You okay?!" I said to my mom as she stood up. Devil had bucked her off. "Yeah I'm fine but I guess you have 3 horses now." She said. "Really? He is mine?" I asked. "Yes." Mom said. "That's awesome but I don't want 3 horses. He is an awesome horse but he wouldn't be able to take me far." I said. "Could I list him for sale?" I asked. "Yeah sure but you probably won't be able to find anyone to ride him." She said. "I know but it's worth a shot." I said. "Mom! I got a buyer! Can she come try him today?!" I asked. "Yeah sure!" Mom said. "Hi Carol." I said as we shook hands. "Hello." She said. "So I have this horse and he is an awesome horse but no one can ride him besides me. Almost everyone in the barn has ridden him and fallen off." I said as we walked into the barn where Devil was in his stall. "Okay." She said. "It's worth a shot!" She added excitedly. "Wow I'm surprised he let you tack him up!" I said. "He is a very good boy." Carol said as we walked into out to the outdoor. "Yeah he really is. Hopefully he will let you ride him!" I said. "Let's hope!" She said. She got on and warmed him up w/t/c. "He's an awesome horse! I'll buy him!" She said. "Yeah he really is!" I said. After we untacked him, we went into the office so she could sign some papers. After that we loaded him up into her trailer. "Thank you so much for buying him!" I said. "Yeah and here is $5,000." She said. "Are you serious?!" I said. "Yeah! Thank you so much!" She said. "Okay well I better go!" She added. "Okay thank you so much! Bye bye!" I said back. "Mom I sold Devil today for $5,000!" I said. "Honey that's awesome!" She said.
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A/N Hey guys! Sorry it took forever to write this chapter but I have been really busy with my horses and some other things. To make up for it, this chapter is longer. Hope you like it :)