Ambition: (The Eventing Series Book 1) by Reinert Natalie Keller

Author:Reinert, Natalie Keller [Reinert, Natalie Keller]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Eventing, Horses, Equestrian Sport
Published: 2014-05-18T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

“My dressage test could not have gone any worse,” I snapped, cutting off Lacey before she could even ask. She stood still, Mickey pacing in a circle around her. I pulled off Dynamo’s bridle and slipped on his halter. “Zero impulsion, horrible transitions. I don’t know. I’m going to have to skip the rest of the event with him. Something’s wrong. The heat has gotten to him, I guess.”

Every time Mickey circled behind her, she lifted a bored arm and let the lead shank pass over her head. She was too nice to tell me she’d told me so, God love her, so I didn’t give her my usual fake horror story about the guy I saw who had his head cut off that way.

“I don’t think Mickey is going to make your day much better,” Lacey said, and then added, “Oh, I saw Becky.”

“I did too! She’s grooming for Peter Morrison!” I wrenched upward on the billets, loosening the girth strap. Dynamo pinned his ears and shook his head at me. God, he was pissed at me too. The only person in town that didn’t hate me right now was Peter bloody Morrison, and I definitely needed to keep my distance from him.

“Who? Not that guy you don’t like, the one Dr. Em was trying to fix you up with, the one who won that prize?”

“Yes! Him! All of the above. He had his horse in before Dynamo’s round. Becky was by the ring. She literally said two words to me and then ignored me completely. She just went up to him when he came out of the arena and gave his horse a cookie, then she picked up a bucket with his name on it and walked away with him.” I stripped the sweaty saddlepad off of Dynamo. “He’s wringing wet. Please find a hose and give him a long cool shower. I’m scared he’s going to have heat stroke or something.”

“We should take them both home,” Lacey said, not moving. “This is too much for them. Too much stress for Mickey, too much heat for Dynie. Come on, Jules, let’s just load up and go.”

I shook my head. That would be nice, but there was no easy way out in this game. “I have to at least get on Mickey. He can’t just show up, act like a freak, and then go home. He needs to understand that he comes to shows to work. And Dynamo needs cooling out before he gets in the trailer, anyway. Switch with me, please.” I reached out and she handed me Mickey’s shank, wet with sweat from the pacing horse’s lathered neck.

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