He gave you a quick smile, "Try still again. When you're jumping up, you're pushing too hard and over flipping it." he called out to Ilya, who patted Frosty and jumped into a crouch on her back, before doing it again still, a lot more controlled and slow, holding it and watching you two

Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=56184&page=11#101 Author: IvyCat Time Posted: 1/7/2018 at 6:49 AM He gave you a quick smile, "Try still again. When you're jumping up, you're pushing too hard and over flipping it." he called out to Ilya, who patted Frosty and jumped into a crouch on her back, before doing it again still, a lot more controlled and slow, holding it and watching you two

Mel concentrated her gaze on how Ilya rode, the position of her back, her feet, and how she held the reins. She also took note of the small body language signals Ilya was giving Frosty.

The man nodded. Ilya sighed and made a single clicking sound with her tongue, balancing as frosty went into a walk. She did half a lap then double clicked her tongue to ask for trot. The transition made her go a bit wobbly as it was bouncing up and down, but she stayed up, "And halt" he asked before explaining to you, "As she can not take her hands off in transitions, Ilya uses her tongue to specify the gait." Ilya sat down a lot more cleanly this time, her heels were pointing upwards and she grabbed the reins, holding them hopped through her fingers with a straight back, "And about eight years of practise." she joked with a giggle.

Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=56184&page=11#103 Author: IvyCat Time Posted: 1/7/2018 at 6:59 AM The man nodded. Ilya sighed and made a single clicking sound with her tongue, balancing as frosty went into a walk. She did half a lap then double clicked her tongue to ask for trot. The transition made her go a bit wobbly as it was bouncing up and down, but she stayed up, "And halt" he asked before explaining to you, "As she can not take her hands off in transitions, Ilya uses her tongue to specify the gait." Ilya sat down a lot more cleanly this time, her heels were pointing upwards and she grabbed the reins, holding them hopped through her fingers with a straight back, "And about eight years of practise." she joked with a giggle.

"Whoa, impressive." Mel comments, clapping her hands. "That was really cool! Would I be able to do that in the future?"

Ilya looked at her instructor, "I'm doing a presentation at the arena later today so people who haven't can make their specific choice on one of the events." the man continued interrupting Ilya, "The students have the presentation to understand the other options, what to do for theirs, and we have one hack-based horse coming this time, so they'll need to train in one of the other options as everyone does hacking."

Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=56184&page=11#105 Author: IvyCat Time Posted: 1/7/2018 at 7:06 AM Ilya looked at her instructor, "I'm doing a presentation at the arena later today so people who haven't can make their specific choice on one of the events." the man continued interrupting Ilya, "The students have the presentation to understand the other options, what to do for theirs, and we have one hack-based horse coming this time, so they'll need to train in one of the other options as everyone does hacking."

"Okay," Mel smiles. "Dressage looks fun, although I think I'll go for Cross Country as a specialty, and do Dressage as a second thing."

he raised an eyebrow, "Haven't even seen the presentation and already deciding, huh?" Ilya muffled a giggle with her arm

Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=56184&page=11#107 Author: IvyCat Time Posted: 1/7/2018 at 7:20 AM he raised an eyebrow, "Haven't even seen the presentation and already deciding, huh?" Ilya muffled a giggle with her arm

"Um, can I not do that?" Mel asks, unsure. "I've already made up my mind quite some time ago."

"It's not the best etiquette, especially in front of an instructor preparing for it." he pointed out

Link: https://www.sylestia.com/forums/?thread=56184&page=5#50 Author: IvyCat Time Posted: 1/7/2018 at 1:46 AM You got out of the car . Before you could enter the large house, which looked like where everyone'd be living, someone walked up to you. He wasn't smiling, but offered his hand for you to shake, "Crystal. The new Cross Country student. You will be in Dorm 143." he shut your cars door and walked around to the back, opening the trailer to where your horse stood, tied by a head-collar to a bar. She let out another neigh.

Crystal examined the guy closely remembering the number and walking toward the trailer to the horse. Poor thing, all tied up like that. she thought.