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edit: 3rd place!!

My entry for serranef 's showjumping competition held in Venice!
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No ref for horse+rider!

Horse: Royal Beauty
Age: 4 years
Rider: Amy Border
Age: 21 years
Event: showjumping

story:

"Ok Amy, this round is all about getting sharp turns between the jumps to save time, so just go for it! Don't underestimate Beau just because this is his first big competition. He can do it, you just have to believe in him and yourself." Georgia was telling Amy in the warm up ring, "You can do it!"
Amy wasn't so sure. Her stallion did have the scope and ability to pull it off, but that wasn't stopping her hands trembling and her stomach doing nervous flips.
"Ok, lets do it."
She knew she had to put her fears to one side and just give her horse the chance to show everyone how good he could be. And with any luck, Amy would show how good she could be too.
As Amy lined her stallion up to the starting gate, she could feel his excitement and couldn't help letting herself enjoy the moment for what it was and not just thinking about anything bad that could happen. She smiled, let out a breath, and cantered into the ring...

They were clear so far with just two jumps left. Approaching the penultimate fence, a replica stone lion with a wing as the jump, Amy and the crowd took in a breath in anticipation. All Amy could think was that it was lucky that she wasn't the brave one in the partnership. Beau had no fears and took the jump beautifully - cutting across the fence to save time, and not so much as clipping the wing, they soared over. Amy's sense of relief didn't last long however, as she saw the last fence looming up ahead.
Pushing the stallion even faster, the pair look formidable in determination as they locked on to the fence and cleared it in perfect style!

The roar from the crowd was deafening in Amy's ears, but all she was focusing on was Beau. She patted his neck and galloped around the arena with pride. Now they just had to wait and hope that nobody would beat them...

Description

edit: 3rd place!!

My entry for serranef 's showjumping competition held in Venice!
background is manipulated: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia…
No ref for horse+rider!

Horse: Royal Beauty
Age: 4 years
Rider: Amy Border
Age: 21 years
Event: showjumping

story:

"Ok Amy, this round is all about getting sharp turns between the jumps to save time, so just go for it! Don't underestimate Beau just because this is his first big competition. He can do it, you just have to believe in him and yourself." Georgia was telling Amy in the warm up ring, "You can do it!"
Amy wasn't so sure. Her stallion did have the scope and ability to pull it off, but that wasn't stopping her hands trembling and her stomach doing nervous flips.
"Ok, lets do it."
She knew she had to put her fears to one side and just give her horse the chance to show everyone how good he could be. And with any luck, Amy would show how good she could be too.
As Amy lined her stallion up to the starting gate, she could feel his excitement and couldn't help letting herself enjoy the moment for what it was and not just thinking about anything bad that could happen. She smiled, let out a breath, and cantered into the ring...

They were clear so far with just two jumps left. Approaching the penultimate fence, a replica stone lion with a wing as the jump, Amy and the crowd took in a breath in anticipation. All Amy could think was that it was lucky that she wasn't the brave one in the partnership. Beau had no fears and took the jump beautifully - cutting across the fence to save time, and not so much as clipping the wing, they soared over. Amy's sense of relief didn't last long however, as she saw the last fence looming up ahead.
Pushing the stallion even faster, the pair look formidable in determination as they locked on to the fence and cleared it in perfect style!

The roar from the crowd was deafening in Amy's ears, but all she was focusing on was Beau. She patted his neck and galloped around the arena with pride. Now they just had to wait and hope that nobody would beat them...