Post by Rachelle Adrienne Beckett on Jun 5, 2011 9:54:00 GMT -5
callMEmisery
YOU'VE GOT TO ROLL WITH THE
PUNCHES TO GET TO WHAT'S REAL
PUNCHES TO GET TO WHAT'S REAL
SHOW NAMECall Me Misery
NICKNAMESMia
GENDERMare
AGESeven
LEVELZero
STABLESilver Star Riding Academy
TRAININGLow level dressage, show jumping
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BREEDDutch Warmblood
HEIGHTSixteen point two hands
APPEARANCEMia is a lovely, rich chestnut color. Her coat shifts between brighter and darker, spots, ever so subtle, making her rather captivating to watch in the sunlight. She's tall, but isn't too bulky or broadly built. She's solid enough to not damage any easier than normal, but thin enough that she can fly over jumps with relative ease. Her ribs can occasionally be seen ever so slightly during the peak of show season as she is rather difficult to keep weight on, though Elle certainly tries her best to keep the weight on her mare. She has a blaze on her face, though it deviates from the smooth straight lines around her right eye, jaggedly cutting in and then coming off in a line of jagged white that hooks up over her eye. She has a stocking of white on each leg, though the one on her back left leg is a bit higher than the rest.
PERSONALITY[/blockquote]Mia is a rather energetic young mare. She isn't dangerously so, as she'll always drop to a walk, but her movements are always forward and occasionally on the quick side. Stopping, and staying stopped, is a challenge for this mare unless she's been ridden regularly, and as such she needs a rigid work schedule of at least five days of work a week. She's got more than enough spunk for two rides in a day, or a seven day work week, but too much of that and she'll need a break. When she finally does get tired, she gets irritable, rarely doing as you ask, with an exception of when she's being led around, bathed, braided, and other such things that don't involve work.
She's generally rather friendly and is a doll to handle despite her larger size. Although, because of her energy levels, you could not stick a young child on her back, you could most certainly let a five year old lead her around and brush her. She doesn't beg for attention, but that doesn't mean she dislikes it or is impartial. She's just of the mind that she'll get treats and attention when she deserves it and that there is no point in pushing the issue.
When it comes to riding, although a handful, she's a rather keen jumper, jumping just about anything that gets stuck in front of her. She knows her limits, though, and if you've bringing her higher than she's ever been, you'd be wise to raise it up slowly and let her take a peek first, because if she's never seen anything that big, she's rather prone to stopping and looking at you like you're crazy. She has a dislike for flatwork, outright refusing to cooperate for anything past collection, extension, leg yields, transitions and basic figures. She'll round up and frame just fine, of course, but I would suggest not asking her to go beyond anything mentioned. She'll probably just stop dead in her tracks and refuse to move, or completely ignore you.
OWNER[/blockquote]Rachelle Adrienne Beckett
HISTORYMia was born in Europe. She was far from the most stellar foal of the year, but she was still pretty good as far as they were concerned. She took quite some time to grow out of the awkward phase all horses pass through, not really filling out until she was about two and a half. To be honest, if she was given the time to lose her muscle now, she'd probably still look a little spindly.
She was a quick learner, though far from a willing subject, when she was started. From when she was three to when she was five, they tried to form her into a dressage horse. Needless to say, it didn't work. Fed up with their ideas, she'd begun jumping the fence to keep herself amused. It was shortly after this that she was imported into California, bought for Elle.
Elle noticed the mare's love for jump, and she's never been an escape artist since. In fact, the mare has become even more agreeable to just about everything now that she's happy with her undersaddle work, and her joy in jumping shows through how willing she is most days, hardly causing a single problem. She had a bit of a rough transition when she moved to Silver Star and never left, like she would for most shows, but she has since gotten over it.
NAME[/blockquote]Hazel
EXPERIENCEEight-ish years
REFERRALOwner
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