Meanwhile, back over to the ranch, the others went to the barn where Kyle, Jacob, and Larry are at.
"We're here for the shoeing." Fred said.
"We'll get to that in a bit, city boy," Kyle smirked as he rode on his horse. "First it's time for that opening and riding ya paid good money for."
"We didn't pay anything." Shaggy said.
"Great, well then, we don't have to be nice to you." Kyle laughed.
"Saddle Up." Jacob said as he brought out the saddle.
"Come on, it ain't hard, I do this all the time." Larry smiled to the others as he saddled up his own horse.
"I don't know if I can do this," Shaggy frowned. "I haven't been around horses much."
"Just watch what the ranch hands do; I'm sure we'll pick it up quick enough," Fred advised. He then saw Kyle get on the horse and the others looked at each other and shrugged.
Fred tried to get on one horse only to fall on the other side and missing the saddle. Shaggy and Scooby didn't have trouble as they rode on a horse and passed Fred and his horse. Mike got on her horse easily just like Lil, Trent, and Katrina.
"Oh, my gosh," Lil smiled. "This is so cool."
"I got this... I got this..." Katrina smiled as she rode the horse with ease.
Scott got it in a couple of tries so did Lightning and Chicken, but Fred not so much, as he was upside down and keep hitting his head as the horse was walking.
It was then time to do some roping. Kyle twirled his lasso and tossed it onto a bull model. Fred tried it, but he tied himself up. Mike tried it and managed to get it in three tries, and Shaggy tied Scooby up like a cow.
"Impressive." Scott said.
"Whoa, those two are naturals." Jacob added.
"Mike seems to make anything seem easy." Lil commented.
"I gotta ask you something, Mike," Scott said. "How did you do that?"
"My Uncle Jess taught me while I was staying at the Sherman Ranch for a while." Mike explained.
"Oh... Okay." Scott replied.
"Child's play, I could do it in my sleep." Mike chuckled.
"Still pretty impressive." Scott said as he roped the bull model.
"Not bad, Scott." Mike smiled.
Fred soon took his turn only to get tied up.
"Tough break, Dude." Trent said as even he roped up the model.
Shaggy was then chasing Scooby as he pretended to be a cow.
"Moo~" Scooby chuckled as he ran from Shaggy with the lasso.
"I gotta tell ya, you city boys are better at this stuff than I am." Larry said.
"Well, thanks, partner." Mike replied.
Shaggy and Scooby giggled to this.
"Ugh... Everything about this place is so gross and bourgeois." Desdemona complained.
"Like, what exactly does 'bourgeois' mean?" Shaggy asked.
"It means I don't like it!" Desdemona scoffed before holding her tablet close in her arms. "I'm dark and serious."
"We got that." Lil said.
They then went their separate ways and Scooby saw Midge and Andy encouraging Buddy to get on the horse.
"Oh, come on, Buddy," Midge encouraged. "Just try it!"
"Huh? Hmm..." Scooby wondered what was going on as he decided to go and see the family.
"I thought you liked horses." Midge smiled to her famous son.
"I like horses in general, I just don't like specific horses!" Buddy told his mother. "I mean, why would they wear metal shoes if they weren't gonna stomp on people? Give me one good reason!"
"Oh, son, these horses won't hurt ya," Andy promised. "They're very well-trained. Anybody could ride them."
"Reah, anybody!" Scooby agreed as he then jumped on a horse near him which impressed all of them, including Desdemona.
Scooby clicked his teeth which made the horse trot along the field and this made Buddy laugh.
"Hey, check this out!" Carol called out.
"Wow, look at that." Sharon smiled.
"Hey, wow, I can not believe this." Dave smiled.
Scooby and the horse did all sorts of tricks. Everyone clapped as the Great Dane got off the horse, he then gestured Buddy to come over to the horse.
Buddy nervously came over to the horse and looked it in the eye as he held out his hand. "He's looking at me like I'm a bug!" he panicked instantly. "He's gonna stomp me!" he then screamed and jumped over the fence while running for his life.
"Well, maybe we can try this again later." Midge suggested.
Desdemona took a picture of this from her tablet.
"You ready for the shoeing, City Boy?" Kyle asked Fred as he put his arm around the blonde teen.
"I sure am, where's the stake?" Fred asked.
"Steak?" Kyle chuckled. "Shoot, if you can shoe a horse, you can have all the steaks you want... With baked potatoes, and collard greens, and spicy cornbread, and fried chicken... Basically, anything you want."
"Along with a junior bacon cheeseburger with sea salted fries." Wendy giggled as she walked over.
"What?" Fred asked.
"Here you go," Kyle said while pointing to the horse and Jacob was carrying a wheelbarrow of horseshoes. "Get to it!" he then pushed Fred.
"Wait, hold the phone," Fred spoke up. "You want me to..." he then looked at the shoes and the horse as he realized that this wasn't a game. "Uh-oh."
Soon enough, the girls came back and saw the crowd who was laughing. They began to look at each other and then walked towards the crowd.
"What's going on?" Jade asked.
"My aunts can't be that funny." Trish commented.
"Some goofball's trying to show a horse," Dave laughed until he turned to see Daphne. "Oh, hi, I mean, your friend's trying to show a horse! And he's a goofball."
The girls saw Fred pulling a horse, using a jack.
"Fred, what are you doing?" Brianna asked.
"Shoeing this horse, obviously." Fred replied as he lifted the horse's back leg.
The horse then kicked Fred across the field and the blonde teen landed on the fence.
"That's gotta hurt." Cindy winced.
Fred groaned in response.
Cindy came up to the blonde teen. "Are you okay, Mr. Fred Jones, sir?"
"Mommy, is the ride over?" Fred asked back wearily.
Later that night...
"You guys find anything out today?" Ellody asked the others as they met together.
"Yeah," Fred replied. "Besides what shoeing a horse means?"
"Yeah, besides that." Jade said.
"Well, we-" Shaggy began.
The others then suddenly saw fireworks in the sky.
"The Flaming J!" Cindy called out.
There was a wicked laugh heard and horses were scared as they tried to dodge the glowing bullets shot from pistols toward them.
"That green fire could spread to the rest of Tawny's ranch!" Jade cried out.
"We better put it out." Trent suggested.
Tawny, Jacob, Millie, and Larry grabbed the fire extinguishers.
"Quick, before it spreads!" Millie told the others.
Dapper Jack's ghost laughed as he caused chaos for everybody on the ranch. He then trapped the horse in a ring of fire at the coral. Millie, Tawny, Jacob, and Larry put out the fire while the others were going to calm down the horses.
"Sit! Sit!" Fred told the charging horse like it was a dog.
The horse runs to the teen and Fred ran away and tripped over a bucket of paint.
"Man, Fred's just having all sorts of bad luck on this trip." Cindy commented.
The horse soon ran to her.
"Ooh, nice horsey!" Cindy ran out of the way. "MOMMY!"
The horse then bucked her in the air.
Cindy yelped and then fell right back on the horse's back and he began to run around with her. "SOMEONE HELP ME!" she cried out.
Scooby soon ran by the side and jumped onto the horse's back and whispered into its ear.
"I think I'm going to be sick." Cindy moaned.
The horse soon stopped after Scooby had whispered to it.
Cindy moaned and slid off the horse and landed on the Great Dane's back. "So, Scooby, you can talk to horses?" she asked as she rubbed her head.
"Ri ruess." Scooby smiled innocently.
"That's pretty awesome." Cindy said.
"Well, I'll be!" Tawny was impressed. "I-I ain't seen nuthin' like that!" she then picked up Cindy and hugged her. "You're a born horseman, little lady!"
"Uh, thanks..." Cindy blushed from the hug.
"Cindy, are you okay?" Velma rushed over with Lisa, Daphne, and Ellody.
"Yeah, we're fine." Cindy said.
Lisa hugged Cindy who blushed and Fred limped over to the others.
"I think I sprained my ankle if anyone cares." Fred said.