The Soul of a Champion

Ch-1

I remember hearing the crowd roar full of excitment and cheer, I remember looking straight ahead towards the finish line, I remember the cold air blowing in my face, I remember seeing the other jockey's beside me falling behind, I remember thinking of myself in the winner's circle with my horse Grace with a patch of flowers on her back and me holding the trophy. I could hear nothing but the beating of my racing heart and the ground shaking beneath me. Grace and I were running our last in the horserace coming around the corner, the crowd roar louder as they stood up on their feet seeing us pass the finish line. Grace and I started to come to a halt as my hand's gently pulled back and then she came to a complete stop I lifted my hands and smiled, we stood in the winner's circle and I got off Grace and placed a patch of flowers on her back she neighed in excitment and she was proud as I kissed her nose and then stood there with the trophy in my hand and a smile on my face.That day was the most greatest day of my life. Grace and I had such a bond that nothing can tear us apart,a bond that grew into trust that became a friendship.

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Over the past several years I grew up, When I turned 12 years old that was the day that I met Grace my horse. It was early in the morning, My mother went upstairs came into my room and woke me up. " Sarah Blackheart, Wake up sweety. " Your Dad is in the barn and Beauty is having a baby." When I heard my mother say that Beauty was having a baby my eyes shot open and I jumped out of bed with a smile on my face as my mother watched me put on my shoes and housecoat and ran downstairs and out the door I went and headed to the barnhouse. As I ran to the barnhouse the door was opened and I heard my dad talking to Beauty as she was in labor, my dad turned his head and saw me as I approached the stable I looked over and saw Beauty and she was breathing very heavy through her nose. " Daddy, why is she breathing like that?' I asked my dad turned to me and smiled "Because she is in labor and the baby will be coming soon." My dad looked at Beauty and saw that she was getting close to delivery. " Come on Beauty, it's time to push." my dad said Beauty looked at my dad and started to neigh as she started pushing.

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I experienced such a wonderful thing, seeing a baby horse be born when I saw the baby colt came out it had some kind of fluid on it and my dad took off the slimy fluid stuff that was on the baby horse. Than the baby started to try and stand up, the mother horse licked the baby horse and I smiled at my dad,then I came into the stable and stood by my dad as we watched the baby horse stand on it's feet and fell back down.I giggled as my dad chuckled and that was the first time when I met my beautiful horse named Grace. My mother came out and stood beside us as we watched Beauty eat her hay and the baby colt flickered her tail as it drank the mother's milk. My mother, father and I headed back to the house my father and I sat down at the dinnertable as my mother set the food on the table. "Shall we say the blessing." my mother said as she sat down and looked at me and my dad as she took our hands. Me,my mother and father bowed our heads and prayed "Dear Heavenly Father, we are gathered here today, and we give you praise glory and honor for everything that you've done and we thank you for this beautiful glorious day that we have been given." "Amen."

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Ch-2

Several years have passed by, I'm living on my own ranch and my dog Maggie she is a black and white collie early in the morning before dawn she would follow me and Grace when we would go for a morning run out in the fields. Grace grew up from a colt to a beautiful throughbred she has beautiful brown coat and black hair I've been training her over the years Grace and I have created such a bond that can never be broken and we developed a beautiful friendship. Earlier in the morning, I woke up at 6:00 am and I got dressed and poured me some fresh coffee and then I walked outside and went to get the newspaper that was lying on the ground than I went back inside. My dog Maggie was lying down in her bed wagging her tail as she looked at me and I sat down and looked a the newspaper. When I was searching through the newspaper I saw someone had posted that there was going to be a horserace. I was really excited I looked over at Maggie. "Hey Maggie, how would you like for me and Grace to be in a horserace?" Maggie barked and wagged her tail, I smiled and walked over and rubbed her head.