Ridey Shayla

I stirred up. It was..gonna be a great day, I was certain of that. I sat up, wiping my eyes slightly and yawned. Took me about 27 minutes to get out of bed but I was finally up. I soon got ready, ate some cereals, as usual, and put my pants on. It was a holiday today so..I got to take care of my horses for the whole day.

I walked downstairs and in the barn, soon I heard Shayla, of course, she was impatient to see me. Her cute little head was smiling, sticking out of her stall window. I grabbed some buckets filled with wet food. I began feeding the horses, I couldn't stop hearing Shayla in the background, like she was crying after me. I soon made it to her stall and gave her her usual food. She scratched her head on my back, and I chuckled, as always. 

After doing the random duties of barn owners, I decided to go ride some horse and why not ride the horse that's been crying for us the whole morning, Shayla. I took the lockers off and let her out. She followed me closely in the preparation room where I started preparing her, brushing her gorgeous spotted coat, picking up her hooves. I went to grab her tack, of course she followed me. Soon, she was all tacked up, besides the bridle, gonna ride brideless today. I got myself ready then walked toward the arena, Shayla still following me closely. 

I closed the arena’s gate and girthed her up, I walked towards the gate again and sat on it. Shayla soon came by, stopping along the gate, waiting for me to sit on her. I mounted her easily, patted her, I put the stirrups in the right holes, as my cousin had ridden Shayla a few days ago. 

Shayla and I started walking around the arena, I was on my phone, as always, answering some mails while Shayla was just chilling. She looked at the stallions field and stared at Zola, my newest stallion. I stopped my doings and we soon went to trot. She was walking with grace, her feet landing with almost no sound, in a regular pattern, almost like a dressage horse. We did a circle together, her movements, slow but gorgeous, never let her balance fail a second. She was moving perfectly, answering in a second to my requests. 

I jump off Shayla and walked towards a pole, I got a little jump ready for her. “Let's go there together, 70cm already.” I said, she came back towards me and I mounted her again. We started in trot then went to canter, I got myself ready, going towards the jump in a straight line, I patted Shayla and soon she jumped this, I looked behind, to see if she touched the pole. I petted her again and cuddled her. 

“Shall we level it up ?” 

After a while, we were done jumping, this normal jumping session had ended in a puissance session. She did well, I didn't do that many jumps but we finished at 1,05m with a great margin. This girl could do great, if we did compete. 

I walked back towards the barn, Shayla following me happily. We walked past one of my little supplies of treats, I grabbed a carrot that I broke in two. I turned and gave the carrot to Shayla, who was standing behind me. I petted her again, looking at her gorgeous coat. 

Shayla entered her stall, I closed the door behind her and she immediately popped her head out of the stall window. I chuckled, petted her again and left, gotta do some work now.