If there are new rules added, a maintenance mode period coming up, or if the staff just want to check and see who's still around, any of that stuff will go in here.

If you have any questions about WIT, or anything to suggest, please post it here.
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For any new members wanting to say hello, or anyone that is going to be away for a few days, weeks or months, or even someone who simply doesn't have to time to stay at all, this board is here for you to let everyone know.

Once a human has been read over by a staff member and accepted, he or she will be moved here, into the appropriate sub-board.

Sub-boards: Silver Star Riding Academy, Damaged Soul Stables, Unaffiliated

Once a horse has been read over by a staff member and accepted, he or she will be moved here, into the appropriate sub-board.

Sub-boards: Silver Star Riding Academy, Damaged Soul Stables, Personal Barns

If someone is tired of a character but doesn't want them deleted, then they are free to request they be moved here. If there are any characters in your character's life that you'd like played by someone else, you're also welcome to post here. The staff may occasionally put up some premade horses as well.

For planning any posts, or finding pre-determined friends, etc. I'm sure everyone can figure it out.

We all know writing letters by hand is a little outdated, and yeah, sure, some people still do it from time to time, but email is by far overshadowing those. Time to stretch those fingers and get to checking up on old friends, cause it seems like you've got mail.

There are two arenas and a round pen at Damaged Soul Stable. One arena is a 20 x 40 indoor ring for bad weather, while the other is a 40 x 60 outdoor grass ring. The round pen has the same sort of fencing as the paddocks, except it is about six feet high, and is about 60 feet in diameter, with sand footing.

The paddocks are large, though the grass isn't always the greatest. The supply of hay is constant, though, and there are automatic water troughs for the horses to drink out of. The fencing is made of rough, wooden planks and posts that are, and will likely remain, unpainted.

The trails here are mostly rough. They consist of lots of fields, some more mountainous areas, and some woods. There are small paddocks built at various points throughout the property for overnight trail rides.

Silver Star has two riding rings that are always available, and are used as spare warm-up rings at the shows when necessary. One is a large 20 x 60 indoor ring for when the weather is bad. The other is an outdoor ring, 60 x 80, with dressage fences set up to section off a 20 x 40 portion of it for dressage riders, with the rest of it being used for jumping. Both are sand rings.

Fenced off by the traditional white fence boards, and enforced with an electrical wire running on the inside, just above the top plank, the paddocks are gorgeous. There are always a couple extra so as to rotate them every month to keep the grass fresh and green, with wooden hay mangers and automatic water troughs closer to the gate.

The trails are constantly trimmed to keep them pristine and clear. There are about 200 miles worth of trails, most of which are in woods and fields. Some of them are part of the cross country course.

Many students come from abroad and stay in the Silver Star rooms, rather than renting an apartment in town. The living quarters are just as nice as the barn, with every bed being a double in size, and each suite containing two rooms, a kitchenette, a bathroom, and a living area.

Built as a reward for the hard work the students have been putting in, the exercise building goes above and beyond, like many of the things at Silver Star. There is a large Olympic sized pool in one wing, with various weight lifting and cardiac machines in another and a third wing provides a nice, large indoor running track. The foyer has become a place to display all the various trophies and awards won by students or workers of Silver Star until those people leave, and even some of those trophies stick around because they aren't packed up and brought along.

Any sort of shopping, from tack shopping to going out for groceries, can be found here. The small cafes and restaurants of the town are also in this area, though there aren't many of them.

All the spots between shopping and housing. Mostly concerns the small airport, the police station, and such similar things, though there are a few parks here and there.

The spots in between the land owned by the stables of the area and the town. The outskirts consist primarily of forests, though there are a few fields dotting the land.

If you need a photomanipulation, avatar, signature, etc. or you can make them and would like to help others who can't, this is the place to come. If you would like your own studio(sub-board), please message an administrator.

Advertisements that aren't affiliation requests or link backs from places we've advertised on go in here. Please post in the right sub-board.
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