Heart of a racehorse

Chapter 7 ( riding Angel on Christmas day )

Mackenzies pov

I woke up and saw Jade still sleeping. I went to my bathroom and changed into clothes. I went downstairs and saw my dad watching the rodio. I went to the kitchen and ate some cereal. Then I got my boots on and went outside. Today was Christmas the presents were under our tree but I wanted to ride first.

I went to Angels stall and put a saddle on Angel and walked him around so he could get used to it. Then after a few minutes...yeah it was short. I climbed on Angel and sat sown for a minute. I took a deep breath and started him to walk. He started out a little rough but then he calmed down.

I made him start to trot then jog then run. He was soft on the run. Jade came out and stood there for a minute watching me. I steadied him and slowly walked him twords Jade. She walked over and pat Angels neck and pet his head.

She started to talk and then said "Now its Christmas lets go open presents". I walked Angel to the tack area then climbed off. I untacked him and put him in his stall. Then I ran to the house and told my dad.

"Hey Mack where were you" he said. Jade looked at me and smiled. "I was riding Angel he did good on the run" I said. "Good but be careful he could start running while you are on him" "I know" I said. I bent down next to Jade and sat next to the tree.

Before I could grab a, the door bell rang. I got up and ran to the door to see Micheal with a but load of presents and the 2 dogs.

I let him in and the pups ran to Faith. I smiled and closed the door. We both walked to the tree and we all 4 got a present. I slowly opened mine and what I saw was a picture of Angel. It was from Micheal. I gave him a big hug and thanked him.

I looked at Jade and she got a picture of Jack from Micheal. She hugged him and thanked him. We both got another and unwrapped it.

A few hours went by of unwrapping presents and my favorite one was the picture of Jade and I on Thunder and Jack with Angel by my side. I gave everyone a hug and went outside and went to Angels stall. Riding him was pife it felt like I was free.

I climbed on him and rode him in the feild. He was getting better. I practiced jumping with him and racing with Jade. Thunder and Felix were in the other gated feild.

I kept riding him until it was 4. Then I switched to Thunder then walked Angel around until it was 9:30 p. m. so I went to bed.