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Show In-Sync-International Jumping Classic
Class Show Jumping
Horse Talal
Rider: Mikayla Turner representing herself

It said the jumps were to be shown/given to us, but there wasn't a link to any jump types- so I improvised, sorry.

It was just before she had come to Yawarda that Mikayla entered this show jumping competition. She had prepped her roan stallion for hours every day just to get him in shape; thanks to his natural chunkiness, and his bad habit to graze while on the run. It was interesting being in Florida. It wasn't too much unlike the coastal western states of USA, but it certainly was more humid.

She had been watching the other contestants for a while, before going off to the training ring to warm up her roan beast. In the warm up ring, they went over a few of the smaller jumps. It would be a while before they were called, and she was determined that Talal would break a sweat before going out into the arena. Not enough for him to be too tired to compete, but enough that he didn't energizer bunny the entire arena and have her flying over the jumps without him.- which occurred more often than she liked to admit.

It was their turn up, and she could feel her stallion shiver with anticipation beneath her. He practically raced to the arena when they were called. The first jump was quite the dozy for her as Talal leapt over it a good foot higher than was required. The second one he made an extremely sharp turn, almost jerking her out of the saddle- okay it might've been a race against tiime- but it wasn't an actual race! By the third jump she had taken control, and as they landed she looked over at the next jump, and steered him in that direction. From there on it was like smooth butter once he remembered that he had a rider who knew what she was doing.

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Art, Story, and Characters (copyright) ~Rosela