We Own It (Open)

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[bg=black][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,400,true] Sheena & He's A Pirate, Scott & Animal Kingdom, Ricky & Glock The sun had barely peaked over the horizon, well really the night was just starting to lighten when Lee exited her house and headed towards the barn. She could already hear the commotion inside, the bickering and scolding. A smile spread across her lips as she reached the doors, watching in amusement while Will and Ammo teamed up on two of the grooms. Currently Will had the guys hat, and kept it just out of reach while Ammo reached over from his stall to take it, playing keep away from the groom. ”Give it Back!” Cried the groom, drawing a chuckle from behind her. Lee turned her head slightly, glancing just enough to see Ricky standing there. ”Are we gonna save him?” Ricky asked, watching the black colt and the dark bay colt as they continued to toy with the groom. Lee heaved a heavy sigh and nodded, watching as Ricky and Scott quickly settled the duo before tacking them and then Animal - who had watched the entertainment from his stall across the isle - and lead them out. Lee quickly swung up onto Wills back, Scott mounted Animal and Ricky took Ammo. The three colts…well no, she supposed they were officially stallions now since Ammo and Will had just turned five. The three stallions had quickly bonded when Ammo and Will were two, and Animal was three. They’d been inseparable since then, often found playing pranks on the stable hands and other horses. Will of course was the worst, and often started said pranks. When Animal had taken Ammo and Will under his wing the staff at Ferndale had been surprised, for up until then the chestnut sabino colt had loathed all others of the same gender. He still did, with the exception of his two buddies. As Lee pondered this, the trio was moved into a collected trot heading towards the track. Often entered into the same races, it often baffled their jockies when both Animal and Ammo refused to pass Will, often letting him beat them by several lengths. At first spectators thought they were trained this way, used to set Will to a certain pace and then let him go. However that was not the case, the horses had simply decided themselves to set to this pattern. Ammo and Animal often blocked their competitions way, leading into longer wins for Will. A low snort ripped her from her thoughts, and a tugging at the reins followed. Lee glanced around to find Will tossing his head, and slightly ahead of the others. Up ahead she could see the track entrance and smirked. ”Not yet you brat.” She scolded fondly, pulling gently on his reins and settling him between his companions. Ammo twisted his head sideways, offering a brief nudge to the black stallions shoulder before he picked up his pace, followed by Will and then Animal. ”I can never tell whos the leader in this group.” Murmured Ricky, causing Lee to laugh. ”It’s obvious really.” ”Oh?” Questioned Scott. Lee nodded ”They’re equal, there is no leader.” Ricky gave her a look that clearly read he didn’t believe her, but didn’t say a word.

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Selena Hassen and Pleasant Disposition, Sonya Reede and Conclusion, Jay Whitten and Appelation

It was quite early in the morning, but already the shed row where King's Park kept their horses had been thrown into pandemonium. The arrival of the terrible three at the track for their first proper workout had inducted a state of chaos, especially when Socks had promptly decided she wasn't going anywhere near the track where the big scary floodlights lurked. Even now, after forcing them to take the saddle away and bring her out into the open to calm down, she was still throwing a fit, Jay barely managing to keep a hold of her. Tally could only sigh as the filly squealed loudly at her own shadow dancing across the concrete and threw her front legs into the air for the upteenth time, causing Jay to do a dance of his own as he got out of her way and gritted his teeth, leadrope clenched tight in his hand. Appelation, it seemed, was the complete opposite to Eidolon - completely and irrevocably mad, until you got her running.

Phe at least had managed to keep himself under control, standing and snorting loudly at the clattering of Socks' hooves at the end of the row. Tally suspected this was only because of the calm and patient Conks beside him, the palomino's only friend aside from Socks. The two colts had been saddled and ready for a good fifteen minutes now while their filly companion raged, and workouts were already getting behind.

"Selena, Sonya, take Phe and Conks out," Tally called to the riders, barely taking her eyes off the mealy daughter of Windsong as she did. "Jay will follow when we get Socks under control, or she can go out by herself later." Sonya looked quite excited as she moved to Conclusion's side, stroking the bay's mutated sabino-splash markings on his shoulder before getting a leg-up from Darren. It was her second time ever going out for proper morning workouts - she had been hard at work learning the rules of the track on one of the broodmares after workouts every morning for months, and was ecstatic at getting her chance at the real thing. Selena was much calmer, swinging aboard Phe and expertly keeping her seat as he danced sideways at her sudden weight.

Nodding to Selena to indicate she was ready to go, they signalled to the colts to move off down the row, straight towards the currently-empty track entrance.

[Admin Maria]

[bg=black][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=width,400,true] Lee & He's A Pirate, Scott & Animal Kingdom, Ricky & Glock They’d just reached the track when noise - shrill whinnies - could be heard coming from the shed row. Lee shot Ricky and Scott both looks, clearly some horse was noot in a good mood. Animal of course picked up the cries as well, and side stepped into Will as he released a harsh snort. Scott quickly pulled back on the reins, before urging him away from the black stallion. They’d just stepped onto the track when Ricky leaned closer. ”Kings park, two horses and jockies.” She nodded, urging Will forth to force the other two into following. Scott urged Animal forth, circling him around to head down the track and away from the group before he spotted the other horses. Ricky and Lee stopped however, the dark bay stallion and black stallion both near the same height made it easy for them to talk without awkwardness. ”Hey Selena, Sonya.” Ricky called as the two riders approached. Scott kept moving Animal in figure eights, before finally he seemed to calm down enough to rejoin his friends. ”Who are these?” Lee questioned, glancing to the riders mounts. They didn’t look familiar to her.

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Selena Hassen and Pleasant Disposition, Sonya Reede and Conclusion, Jay Whitten and Appelation

Three horses entered the track just ahead of them, looking rather unnerved by the noise Socks was making back in the shed rows. Phe and Conks would have been too, had they not been completely used to the filly's fussing. Selena immediately recognised Animal Kingdom and of course He's A Pirate, one of two recent inductions into the Hall of Fame - Ferndale horses then, she surmised. Before long, their two colts caught up with them, Selena keeping Phe clear just in case he or someone else decided to snap. He was a valuable colt, and prone to misunderstandings with other horses, and they didn't need him getting himself injured before his first race.

"Hey Ricky, Lee, Scott," she said with a smile as the noise faded away to nothing. Sounded like Socks had finally calmed down. "These are a couple of our two year olds - Pleasant Disposition and Conclusion." She couldn't help the wicked grin that crossed her face. "They'll be dominating the turf sprints and dirt distances this year."