Post by Rachelle Rose Turner on Aug 22, 2010 14:40:53 GMT -5
Rachelle peeked out into the arena with her horse Ellie, to see if there was anyone or anything in there. Seeing that there was nothing in the arena (the jumps were put to the sides) and noone was riding she entered on her big ole Gypsy, Ellie. Today she wanted to test Ellies stamina. She had never ran her , let alone hand galloped her. So she wanted to try this out. She had lunged Ellie to warm her up and she was antsy, and ready to go. So she picked up the canter and picked a corner to ask for the hand gallop. As she approached the corner she raised her whip and prepared to ask. As soon as she reached the corner she asked by going into a two point and Ellie knew exactly what to do. She took off, extending every canter stride. And it was the smoothest gait that Rachelle had ever ridden. Rachelle got curious and then picked up her whip and gave her a light tap, asking for her to RUN!!! The gypsy mare gained more speed and soon was taking each wall in 4 strides! Rachelle then brought her down to a walk to cool down from this giant adreniline rush and said with a chuckle " well I'm never doing that with Crimson! But girl you can go!! " She then reached down and hugged her horses thick,short neck and began her cool down.