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After Caroline had watched Almanzo in the pasture, she had asked Hathien, the owner of Silver Stone Stables, if she could ride Almanzo for a short time. She wanted to see how he behaved while being ridden. Almanzo had been quickly tacked up and they lead him to the indoor arena. It would have been nice to ride Almanzo out of doors, but the ground was covered in a fresh layer of snow, so they decided she may as well ride the stallion indoors instead. Caroline walked with Zachary, Diggory, Hathien, and Almanzo through the snowy yard, approaching the indoor arena. Everyone’s cheeks were red from the cold, but they were excited and hopeful.

They walked through the door of the arena. The arena was clean and very bright. Hathien passed Almanzo’s reins to Caroline. Caroline scratched behind his ears for a moment before climbing lightly onto his broad back. When she gently nudged the big horse’s sides with her heels, he started walking immediately. Soon Caroline and Almanzo were trotting briskly around the arena, performing a few figure eights, and other patterns. Almanzo had an elegant, showy trot. He curved his muscly neck, pricking his ears forward as he raised his feathery hooves off the ground. His long, thick mane and tail flowed out behind him in dark ripples.

Caroline urged the stallion into a canter. She rode him around the arena, performing various patterns that included lead changes. She had him change direction, back up, trot and canter slowly and quickly, and several other exercises. Then she slowed him down into a walk and they went around the arena a few times to cool him down before she had him halt in front of Zachary, Diggory, and Hathien.

“How is he?” Zachary asked.

“He’s amazing!” Caroline breathed. “He’s so responsive! With just the slightest of movement, he does what you want. He’s seems really eager to please his rider.” Caroline patted the stallion’s powerful neck.

Caroline didn’t want to get off, but she knew she must, so she dismounted and handed his reins back to Hathien. “Thanks so much for letting me ride him, he’s like a dream.” Caroline smiled.

On the way home, all Caroline was thinking. She knew some other people must be interested in him, so she tried not to get her hopes up to high about owning Almanzo. But Caroline knew that she must have this stallion. She hoped that she would be able to ride him again. She just needed too. He was such an amazing horse. He was so beautiful. The whole way home, all Caroline could think of was Almanzo.

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I got him! I can't believe it - I'm so excited!

This is another picture of *Hathien603 's Almanzo. I would be so happy if I could get Almanzo from Hathien. My stable is interested in buying him, and I hope so much we get him. This is a continuation from this piece: [link]

I had lots of fun drawing this picture! Almanzo's pose and colour was a fun challenge for me. Caroline's face was also a challenge. I hope everything looks all right! Yet again, I tried a new way of drawing the sand in the arena. This one is all right, but it still doesn't look very good.

Art, Story, Caroline, Diggory, Zachary (c) to me, ~SkyArrow
Silver Stone Stables, Hathien, and Almanzo (c) to
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Description
After Caroline had watched Almanzo in the pasture, she had asked Hathien, the owner of Silver Stone Stables, if she could ride Almanzo for a short time. She wanted to see how he behaved while being ridden. Almanzo had been quickly tacked up and they lead him to the indoor arena. It would have been nice to ride Almanzo out of doors, but the ground was covered in a fresh layer of snow, so they decided she may as well ride the stallion indoors instead. Caroline walked with Zachary, Diggory, Hathien, and Almanzo through the snowy yard, approaching the indoor arena. Everyone’s cheeks were red from the cold, but they were excited and hopeful.

They walked through the door of the arena. The arena was clean and very bright. Hathien passed Almanzo’s reins to Caroline. Caroline scratched behind his ears for a moment before climbing lightly onto his broad back. When she gently nudged the big horse’s sides with her heels, he started walking immediately. Soon Caroline and Almanzo were trotting briskly around the arena, performing a few figure eights, and other patterns. Almanzo had an elegant, showy trot. He curved his muscly neck, pricking his ears forward as he raised his feathery hooves off the ground. His long, thick mane and tail flowed out behind him in dark ripples.

Caroline urged the stallion into a canter. She rode him around the arena, performing various patterns that included lead changes. She had him change direction, back up, trot and canter slowly and quickly, and several other exercises. Then she slowed him down into a walk and they went around the arena a few times to cool him down before she had him halt in front of Zachary, Diggory, and Hathien.

“How is he?” Zachary asked.

“He’s amazing!” Caroline breathed. “He’s so responsive! With just the slightest of movement, he does what you want. He’s seems really eager to please his rider.” Caroline patted the stallion’s powerful neck.

Caroline didn’t want to get off, but she knew she must, so she dismounted and handed his reins back to Hathien. “Thanks so much for letting me ride him, he’s like a dream.” Caroline smiled.

On the way home, all Caroline was thinking. She knew some other people must be interested in him, so she tried not to get her hopes up to high about owning Almanzo. But Caroline knew that she must have this stallion. She hoped that she would be able to ride him again. She just needed too. He was such an amazing horse. He was so beautiful. The whole way home, all Caroline could think of was Almanzo.

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I got him! I can't believe it - I'm so excited!

This is another picture of *Hathien603 's Almanzo. I would be so happy if I could get Almanzo from Hathien. My stable is interested in buying him, and I hope so much we get him. This is a continuation from this piece: [link]

I had lots of fun drawing this picture! Almanzo's pose and colour was a fun challenge for me. Caroline's face was also a challenge. I hope everything looks all right! Yet again, I tried a new way of drawing the sand in the arena. This one is all right, but it still doesn't look very good.

Art, Story, Caroline, Diggory, Zachary (c) to me, ~SkyArrow
Silver Stone Stables, Hathien, and Almanzo (c) to
Ref: [link] (c) to