Title of Work: : Testimony of Horsemanship
Author of Work: : SB Musing about GOT
Date: : July 12th

Plot:
A young girl is attempting to jump over a fence with her horse.

Scene/Setting:
Anna has made multiple tries at jumping the four foot fence in the ring. She is determined to get it right. Her instructor is there and tells her to try again. Anna questions him about the height of the gate, asking if maybe he could lower it just a few inches, but he refuses. The canter around and get ready for another try. Anna knows she needs to help the horse to get over the gate. They need to work perfectly together to accomplish the feat. When they start off the horse decides he doesn't want to follow Anna's instructions, which she gives by her pull on the reigns. She continues to talk to the horse and eventually they get into a comfortable position. They are together in their movements and even in their breathing. The jump comes up. Anna counts down the strides then relaxes the reigns and holds on. They sail over the jump without knocking the top railing to the ground.

Characters:
Anna - Horse Rider
Starfire - horse
Instructor

Suggestions:
I could watch horses being worked all day. It is interesting to have everything from the riders point of view. We see what looks like flawless horsemanship, as horses appear to easily jump and run around the courses. It never occurred to me the rider would have an internal dialogue going and literally have to count and know when to let go of the reigns. I laughingly thought, all the rider had to do was aim the horse, hold on and the horse would know exactly when to jump. I enjoyed reading this piece.


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