The outside arena was absolutely, nothing special. After she had gone over a few double oxers in the indoor arena with Fearless, had walked Alice, who was still on Fearless's back, to a larger arena that had a few more jumps then the indoor arena.

A quick glance over of the the setup showed two Verticals on either side of the arena, an ascending oxer near the middle at an angle, a combination at the other side, and a small cross rail to start it all off.

Easy.

Looking over the course set up Alice took a deep breath and slightly tightened her grip on the reins, excitement bubbling inside her.

Super easy.

"Begin whenever you want." Mr. Conner called out from near the center of the course as he analyzed just about every move Alice and Fearless made.

Nodding her head in understanding Alice asked Fearless for a slight trot so they could work their way over to the raised cross rail, and set a pace for the rest of the course. Picking up the canter as they neared the blue and red jump Alice started taking a little bit more control of Fearless's mouth knowing that he would start to charge at the jump with a matter of steps.

Each step closer Fearless started fighting Alice for control but she held firm and kept him at the slowest pace she could without looking like a fight was going on, and making sure that they still would be able to get over the jump without a problem.

Within a mater of a few moments the cross rail and verticals were out of the way and over with and Fearless's powerful strides were taking the two of them towards the combination, and Alice could feel more then one set of eyes on her. While Alice moved Fearless in a large arc to make sure that they came at the combination strait on.

Shrugging it off the feeling as Alice half-halted Fearless when he tried to pull forward into an even faster pace than they were already at. Vertical, vertical, oxer and the three-foot combination jumps were done. Coming up on the last jump Alice looked over the three and a half-foot ascending oxer, internally knowing that this was the last one.

With almost the same sense, Fearless lost a little interest and his canter became smoother and a little more relaxed then it had been in the begging. Rocketing off his back legs Fearless tucked his legs neatly under him and they propelled over the polls landing neatly on the other side.

Circling a few times Alice eased Fearless into a trot, then walked over and stopped near Mr. Conner. Nodding his head in an approving manner Mr. Conner spoke, "Good job. You kept control of Fearless all the way through even when he gave you a hard time over the cross rail and combination." Looking at his golden watch he motioned for Alice to dismount.

Slipping out of the saddle and onto the floor he continued, " You're the last of the riders trying out for today. So you can go give Mike your horse." He nodded over to Mike on the other side of the railing by the gate.

"I will email you and the others when I have decided who I want on what teams." With that Mr. Conner walked away and Mike entered.

Before he took Fearless Mike recommended, "Look over in the sky box, you seemed to have gather a pretty good crowd." Then he was gone and Alice was alone in the center of the arena. Glancing into the sky-box she was met with seven faces. Michelle and Tanner's bright smiles the only ones Alice recognized instantly, before she looked over the others. Deciding that they were not really people to care about at the moment, not after such a great ride, Alice unclipped her helmet and started walking back inside the stables. Flashing a smile over her shoulder at her audience Alice walked out of view and took a deep breath.

As my riding boots heels clicked against the cement isle way, Alice noted more footsteps joined hers. Not bothering to turn around they seemed to come at her faster, before two pairs of arms wrapped around her from behind and a slightly high pitched squeal emitted from behind her.

"Alice! That was amazing!" Michelle gushed as she latched onto one of her arms. Tanner fiercely nodding her head in agreement and approval.

Sliding out of their grip Alice rubbed the back of her neck and felt her face slightly heat up before I said, "Thanks…" nervous laughter slipping from her mouth.

"It was super cool how you handled Fearless and how smooth he took those jumps! It was like one second you were on one side of the jump then the next you were gliding to the next one! I mean I saw what you could do from those video's but… MAN! I didn't know you would look soooooo… " Michelle thought for a moment for the right word, "at ease."

Tanner nodded her agreement then happily added, "I think everyone in the room was impressed."

Smiling shyly Alice asked, "Oh yeah, who else was in there?"

By now they had all settled in a line and were walking together down the hallway, Alice in the middle, Michelle to her left and Tanner to her right.

"Well… lets see… there was, obviously Tanner and I, and there was also Kimberly Taylor, Kenon Jeffers, MJ Nolke, Alex Beach, and her brother Curtis Beach," Michelle counted off," There were also a few others, but I didn't recognize them..." Michelle ended.

Throwing her a confused look Alice grabbed her phone out her pocket and lifted her trunks lid when they got inside that tack room. "Huh.. I don't know any of them, but you guys?!" Alice responded before shrugging and shut the lid.

Tanner gave Alice a sneaky look before saying, "Oh but you meet Curtis!"

Alice blushed slightly then quickly replied, "But I didn't know he rode?!"

Tanner snorted before saying "He doesn't but Alex forces him to come to tryouts so that she can point out how she is the best out of everyone." Tanner explained as we walked down the isle to the exit.

Nodding in understanding we continued to walk in silence. Finally reaching the exit Alice said good night to Tanner and Michelle before starting her walk to Orchard.

One day down, and so many more to go.

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