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The Horse Trailer Page 7
 'Galaxy's Star, 7
year old black Trakehner mare.'
'You're really
pretty, Galaxy. You're one of the prettiest horses I know.' Katy murmured to the
mare. She fed bits of carrot to the horse and moved on to the last stall.
'Commando, 10 year
old spotted Appaloosa gelding.' Katy was getting sort of tired at looking at the
horses, characteristically quite unusual for her. She would rather be riding at
the moment, she decided.
Katy looked at her
watch when she was done reading and describing each horse in Barn 1 to herself.
She only had an hour and a half left after spending so long getting to know the
horses. She had patted and talked to each one for several minutes. None of the
people in the barn had paid her any heed save for a few muttered greetings.
Katy decided to go
on a trail ride with her assigned horse, so she headed for the advanced barn and
searched for her new mount.
She found the
bright bay mare in a stall at the end of the barn. The horse had a stripe on her
face and three stockings. Desert Vixen was friendly and nuzzled her new rider,
asking for treats. Katy obliged and moved to get the horse's halter. She pulled
the mare out and tacked her up with the assigned tack. Each horse had its own
tack, and there was a large tack room in each barn. Used to the cluttered
disarray of the tack room that she had vainly tried to keep clean and neat, Katy
stood and gazed in amazement at the order of the new tack room. Then she
remembered that she was running out of time and headed out.
She led Desert
Vixen outside to the mounting block that stood in front of the barn and mounted.
She warmed up in the warm up arena and got used to the mare. Then she opened the
gate from horseback and walked the mare out, being careful to shut the gate
behind her.
Katy nudged the
mare, hoping the horse would respond like Countess. She got almost the
equivalent of what her previous charge's would have been-an unhesitant, if not
fast, change of pace. She and the mare trotted toward the woods. Cantering to
get there faster, she quickly reached the edge of the forest and disappeared
inside.
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