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A New Chapter — Description

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Tobi could barely sleep the night before the departure out of excitement and big hopes. A new chapter opened up for him and his horse Benzin.
Both were quite young and were still at the very beginning of their Show Jumping carreer.

The tall stallion was of amazing lineage and his ancestor's talent was clearly showing. Everything about him was perfect. If there just wasn't this issue with his nervousness...

While he did amazing and easily cleared the jumps at familiar grounds, he sometimes got incredibly nervous at foreign places, making it a bit of a gamble of whether he would do well or spook at any little thing during an event.

Despite the effort, it was an issue they just couldn't master on their own, even less with the time pressure they were under. Being at a young age of 21, Tobi was still mostly depending on his parents' sponsoring for events – but sponsoring a nervous horse wasn't quite a save bet... Nonetheless Tobi didn't want to give up. Benzing grew too much on him to just give him up like that. It was probably a bit of an unconventional approach, but he did a bold step and applied for a 3-month training program at the Alpine Stunt Unit. Stunt horses were supposed to be bomb-proof after all, right??

With mixed feelings he was waiting for their reply, when finally he received the invitation. And now here they were. Unloading Benzin from the trailer while getting a warm welcome from a twin pair.
They were just as eager to welcome the newbie Jumpers, as Ian, the owner and leader of this facility, was currently away doing "important manager things" they had no clue about.

But they'd make sure to introduce them to everyone in the meanwhile and to make them have a great start into their 3-month stay.

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Finally I can introduce them bois <3 they're more than faceless butts now xD

Jaime (c) SkyOpium

Benzin, Tobi & Jake (c) me

Background: overpainted self-built Planet Zoo Stable