Chap 3
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Bonnie Bryant .
" Hi , I am Lisa, my son is having his first lesson here ." " I see. " Toni continued " You new to horses ? " Lisa laughed politely " no, actually I used to do a lot of riding when I was teenager , just didn't have much time when I got married and started working " She paused for a moment before continuing " Though just about a week ago a friend invited me for a ride , and I discovered how much I missed out by not riding , so I decided to start my son on lessons, my mother did that to me when I was 13 " she said .
Toni grinned at her and said " well it is a good thing you rediscovered horses again, you don't know what you missed out, hell I think I would be mad if I gave up on horses " Lisa smiled at her and said " Well I should go and watch my son's lesson, see you around ! " Lisa went back to the arena to watch the lesson. Katie was lunging blossom , in a corner of the arena she could already see a broad smile across her son's face, she remembered her first experience in a lesson, the horse she was riding, a pinto called Patch had spooked and taken off cantering around the ring, being an expert dancer Lisa had recognised the three beat movement of the pace and sat to it, it was really quite easy and then within one or two years she was already Jumping and competing . She waved at her son as the trio made their way toward her, the lesson was over . " How was he ?" she asked Katie . The instructor said " Good, he is just learning the basics, I am taking it slow , he just started ." Lisa went off to the main office to pay for the lesson . In the office she noticed a poster for the stables' Annual show . It was to be held in a months' times, there were to be Gymkhana Games, Show jumping , Dressage and Lead classes . She enquired about the show to the Receptionist, the lady smiled and said " Oh, it is our second show here, though it is really to attract people to ride here ." Lisa decided to compete in the competition but of course she would have to take lessons first . Lisa then booked a lesson for the following day.
She arrived the next day again, her son was in school. She was dressed in a pair of old riding pants she dug out, she had luckily unearthed her old black helmet and a pair of gloves . She walked up to the tack room, on the wall was the horse allocation chart for lessons. She looked up for her name on the 9 am Lesson. She was on a horse called called Jakey . She walked out of the tackroom to find the stall, a rather pretty Tallish Blonde woman approached her . " Are you Lisa Clark ?" Lisa turned around, " Yes" she said . The woman smiled and said " I am Susan Hilders, head Coach here , You are on Jakey today ? well he is just over there, tacked up, just untie his reins and lead him to the outdoor ring ok ? "
Lisa nodded and soon found Jakey, he was a rather small horse, not more then about 15.1hh and a chestnut. She untied the reins and lead him out, she mounted him just outside the arena and walked in with Jakey on a long rein. Susan said " Ok I am going to assess your riding ability by asking you to do a few things, first I want you to pick up the reins and start a rising trot at C. " Lisa did that , then she asked to do a circle at E and a Diagonal line. Luckily Lisa remembered what all these things where and all her diagonals. Then she had to canter in the corner and do a circle in the canter, that was a bit hard as Jakey did like turning in the Canter. In the end Susan said " Ok, I have assessed your ability and I think I will put you in the adults Intermideate class, that is twice a week, on Mondays and Saturdays. We do jumping on Saturdays. " Lisa could not have been more ready.
" Hi , I am Lisa, my son is having his first lesson here ." " I see. " Toni continued " You new to horses ? " Lisa laughed politely " no, actually I used to do a lot of riding when I was teenager , just didn't have much time when I got married and started working " She paused for a moment before continuing " Though just about a week ago a friend invited me for a ride , and I discovered how much I missed out by not riding , so I decided to start my son on lessons, my mother did that to me when I was 13 " she said .
Toni grinned at her and said " well it is a good thing you rediscovered horses again, you don't know what you missed out, hell I think I would be mad if I gave up on horses " Lisa smiled at her and said " Well I should go and watch my son's lesson, see you around ! " Lisa went back to the arena to watch the lesson. Katie was lunging blossom , in a corner of the arena she could already see a broad smile across her son's face, she remembered her first experience in a lesson, the horse she was riding, a pinto called Patch had spooked and taken off cantering around the ring, being an expert dancer Lisa had recognised the three beat movement of the pace and sat to it, it was really quite easy and then within one or two years she was already Jumping and competing . She waved at her son as the trio made their way toward her, the lesson was over . " How was he ?" she asked Katie . The instructor said " Good, he is just learning the basics, I am taking it slow , he just started ." Lisa went off to the main office to pay for the lesson . In the office she noticed a poster for the stables' Annual show . It was to be held in a months' times, there were to be Gymkhana Games, Show jumping , Dressage and Lead classes . She enquired about the show to the Receptionist, the lady smiled and said " Oh, it is our second show here, though it is really to attract people to ride here ." Lisa decided to compete in the competition but of course she would have to take lessons first . Lisa then booked a lesson for the following day.
She arrived the next day again, her son was in school. She was dressed in a pair of old riding pants she dug out, she had luckily unearthed her old black helmet and a pair of gloves . She walked up to the tack room, on the wall was the horse allocation chart for lessons. She looked up for her name on the 9 am Lesson. She was on a horse called called Jakey . She walked out of the tackroom to find the stall, a rather pretty Tallish Blonde woman approached her . " Are you Lisa Clark ?" Lisa turned around, " Yes" she said . The woman smiled and said " I am Susan Hilders, head Coach here , You are on Jakey today ? well he is just over there, tacked up, just untie his reins and lead him to the outdoor ring ok ? "
Lisa nodded and soon found Jakey, he was a rather small horse, not more then about 15.1hh and a chestnut. She untied the reins and lead him out, she mounted him just outside the arena and walked in with Jakey on a long rein. Susan said " Ok I am going to assess your riding ability by asking you to do a few things, first I want you to pick up the reins and start a rising trot at C. " Lisa did that , then she asked to do a circle at E and a Diagonal line. Luckily Lisa remembered what all these things where and all her diagonals. Then she had to canter in the corner and do a circle in the canter, that was a bit hard as Jakey did like turning in the Canter. In the end Susan said " Ok, I have assessed your ability and I think I will put you in the adults Intermideate class, that is twice a week, on Mondays and Saturdays. We do jumping on Saturdays. " Lisa could not have been more ready.