Welcome to Hickstead, home to both Seven Oak Stables, and Blue Acre - two rival stables. Both offer opportunities for their clients to reach the highest level of excellence. Each stable differs from the other, so choose wisely and never forget, loyalty is everything... Meanwhile as the stables battle it out, there's trouble brewing at the university. Be careful, if you don't pick a side you may get caught in the cross-fire...
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"Are we still talking about the horses?" Riley pursed her lips before breaking into a cheeky grin. ”Of course. . ” She hadn’t had much experience in the dating world but she was confident enough when it came to men. "They are not sure at the moment, but with such a wonderful fundraiser and with everyone that helped clear the site, there were rumours the building would start next week." She nodded with a soft smile ”Ah that’s good. . I’ll have to come check the place out when it’s done. . I’ve heard great things about the place.” She didn’t understand where the whole rivalry came from between the two barns but she wasn’t here for it. It wasn’t something she cared about. ”So what’s your speciality? Do you compete?” She asked curiously.
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"No need to have it too easy, right?" She laughed and smirked softly. ”Exactly, I love a challenge.” They made her work harder. "I hope so too, I don't think they know much yet about how it was started so it hasn't been ruled arson just yet." She leant against the stable wall slightly as the other girl spoke and nodded. ”Well hopefully they get to the bottom of it. . any idea on how long the rebuild will take?” She hadn’t really gotten the chance to look around the rival stables facilities but she’d heard good things and she was interested to see what the place would be like once they had recovered from the fire.
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“Welcome! So glad you can join us this morning. My name’s Morgan. Please let me know if you need help before we start.” She smiled at the women’s enthusiasm; half wishing she’d had the chance for a coffee this morning to feel as perky. ”I’m Riley.” She introduced herself then moved over to one of the bikes, glancing up as the red head gave her some instructions. “So your seat should be in line with your hip and just make sure you don’t have to reach too far forward with the handlebars. You’ll need weights as well, they are just in the crates over here.” She glanced at the bike and began to move the seat a little higher as she listened to the woman’s voice. She aligned her hip with the seat then looked up to see where Morgan was pointing to the weights. ”Thanks.” She went over and grabbed some 2kg weights, opting for lighter ones as she’d never done the class before. Seeing Morgan start to warm up, she began to do her typical mobility routine she did before her usual gym sessions.
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"The quirky one's always are the best," Riley laughed and nodded in agreement. ”Definitely! Horses with character are the best! Most of her past horses had always had a cheeky side to them which made her love them that little bit more. "I don't understand it either, any lover of horses would never do such a thing. It had to be a random attack." She frowned and bit the inside of her lip at the thought of how she’d feel if something similar were to happen at seven oaks. ”Hopefully it was just a freak accident. .but if it was arson I hope they lock them away for good.” Anyone who was willing to endanger the lives of innocent animals deserved the death penalty or at the very least a life sentence in prison.
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Riley stifled a yawn as she parked her car outside of the gym. She didn't mind early mornings but she did enjoy sleeping in if her body allowed - this morning it hadn't. She grabbed her water bottle and towel from the passenger seat then got out of the car, clicking the button to lock it as she closed the door behind her. She walked into the building and scanned her pass, moving through the gates when they opened and heading towards the gym. She'd only just re-joined the gym after coming back home and was hoping to do one of her old classes. Riley had been back in town for a couple of weeks now but hadn't done much exercise besides riding and she needed to get her act together.
She walked down the hall to where the studio was, a frown creasing in between her eyebrows as she saw the class had been cancelled. dammit. she sighed and walked into the gym area, glancing around. she didn't really feel like spending an hour on the treadmill. spying the lights of the spinning studio, she went over and peered through the glass, curious as to what it was like. shrugging, she pushed open the door and walked inside. she'd ever done spin in her life but it wouldn't hurt to give it a try. "Good Morning!" She smiled at the red head as she was greeted. "Morning!" She moved to a bike and adjusted the seat to her level then glanced back to the teacher. "I've never done spin before so no idea what i'm doing." She said with a slight grin.
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"My other horse is a mare, and she can be somewhat more temperamental but she is the easier to handle" She smiled softly "Nova is actually pretty loving when she wants to be, besides the boredom escapes she's been the best mare I've had so far." Although she'd only had the mare two years, they'd grown a good bond during that time which made them a good team. "I am perhaps a little biased but she has picked herself the finest looking man in the stable." Riley let a grin cross her lips at that and she glanced back at the mare "No unplanned pregnancies please madam." She warned playfully. "Luckily yes, everyone was able to get out with only minor injuries but it is still such a shock. An awful thing to happen." She nodded, frowning a little at the thought of the panic the fire caused to both people and animals. "I don't know how someone could be so cruel and evil"
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Riley couldn’t help but smile as the other woman laughed. It was one of the things she loved to do – making people laugh. With a brother like Jake, it wasn’t unusual that she’d been one of the class clowns in school and making people laugh became one of the ways she figured would get people to like her. "I'm not sure what was the cause, perhaps even something going on that riled her up enough to go for it?" Riley gave a nod of her head. ”Yeah, if she was out alone she tends to get bored and go looking for trouble.” She said with a slight roll of her eyes. "It's fine, if I wanted an easier life I should have gotten a gelding," She shrugged with a grin ”Ah an easy life’s over-rated. .I’ve had mares all my life and they’ve all been tetchy”
"Nice to meet you Riley...and Nova. I am Katerina, her new boyfriend is called Croatian, he's just down the barn." She smiled and let out a small laugh ”Nice to meet you too Katerina. . if Croatian is as handsome as his name I get why Nova took a shine to him.” She gave the mare another nose rub as she mooched about before turning her attention to the manger in the corner filled with hay. "I actually board at Blue Acre but.. for obvious reasons... I am temporarily here.” Her eyebrows lifted slightly in curiosity as she nodded ”Ahh of course the fire. . I’ve been away for a while and only just heard about it. . did all of the horses get out okay?”
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Riley glanced back at their dopey middle brother as he strapped himself into the as seat. "hey, you were dropped too. i have vidid memories of ben dumping you off the couch when you were a baby." She rolled her eyes. ”At least I had a cushy carpet and cushions to land on, I vividly remember mum telling us she dropped you in the bath by accident once.” She retorted with a playful smirk. "everyone prefers carly to me, she's much prettier." She snorted ”Yeah, that we can agree on” She wasn’t about to make his head any bigger if he was expected them to disagree. She glanced at Ben with a grin as the brothers bantered back and forth. Yes she had definitely missed them. She was happy she’d been missed too. It was easy for life to go on when someone left, especially when they led a busy life and there was always that worry she’d find it difficult to slip back into her old life after being gone for so long. She let out a laugh when Ben slapped Jake. ”Now now boys. . let’s not cause an accident, we’re almost home.” She knew it would be rare for Ben to lose concentration on the road but still. "Go wrestle the passenger for their drink instead!" She grinned and moved her coffee out of reach. ”Hell no. .I’ve been up since 4am, I need it.”
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"I hope you do not feel the need to hop fences for it however?" Riley let out a soft laugh and shook her head "Nope but i've had a few suitors jump over barrels for me" She joked with a playful grin. In all honesty she didn't have much experience with relationships. Growing up she had her own battles to focus on and now she hardly had the time for anything but if an opportunity came knocking she'd consider it. ""It might be worth adding a line of electric tape around the other fields, much like the stallions have" She nodded in response. "Yeah that could work. .hopefully there was just a railing down and she spotted a chance to explore." She would have to go and inspect the field and mention it to Lily if a fallen rail wasn't the case - she couldn't risk the mare escaping again. "He is fine, just a superficial cut - no harm done." She smiled, a look of relief on her face. "oh good, i'm glad." She'd have been pissed if her mare was put out of action - even if it was an accident. Riley gave the woman a smile as she gave the mare some attention "I'm Riley, houdini here is Nova. . have you boarded here long?"
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"Just a little field hopping, the grass is always greener. Unfortunately she decided to tease my stallion, who was most frustrated about the fence between them." Riley shook her head. ”I’ve been telling Lily those fences aren’t high enough for years. .ah yes that would be my mare, much like her mother, loves a good tease” She joked, smiling softly at the other woman. Her mare had a habit of field hopping if her companions didn’t suit her. Nova usually enjoyed the field mates she was turned out with but if she was out alone she would often take it into her own hooves to find a friend. ”Is your horse okay? Not too wound up I hope.” Stallions were tetchy at the best of times, never mind if a mare is flaunting around in their face. Luckily she wasn’t in season. . Riley did not need an unplanned pregnancy on her hands. She placed hand on top of the stable door when the chestnut nudged her, looking for a treat. ”No, you’ve been a trouble-maker, no treats for you” She chastised the mare gently, offering her a scratch on the nose instead.
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"he never drives more than ten miles an hour anyway!" she hid a grin and shook her head. Okay maybe ben was a safe driver but she’d take that over jake’s tendency to bend the rules of the highway code. . "you think she'd have let me come if she knew what i was planning? she'd have tied me to the radiator to stop me. "I don't think we need to hear about your sexual exploits." Riley snorted and pretended to cover her ears. ”yeah I definitely don’t need to hear about them.” "What happened to Blair?" She looked back to ben with a smile ”I love blair! I just meant I prefer carly over Jake when he’s being a dope.” She snorted and glanced back at Jake ”I think he was dropped on the head as a toddler too.” Riley glanced back out of the window as they started moving again, veering away from the traffic as they headed towards their town. She drank a little more of her rapidly cooling coffee and shifted in her seat to get comfortable. She saw Jakes hand reach the gap in the seats out of the corner of her eye and let out a snicker as Ben slapped his hand away. ”ah I’ve missed you idiots.” She smiled, a feeling of warmth spreading through her chest, glad to be home.
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Riley stepped back from the chestnut as the mare started to move, standing up with a groan, grumpy to be woken up from her afternoon slumber. She grinned and caught Nova’s nose, standing her ground as the horse tried to use her as a scratching post. ”nice try but you’re not knocking me into next week any time soon.” Riley gave the horse a rub between the eyes before running her hand along her sleek neck, stopping on her withers to give her a good scratch. She turned her head towards the door as she heard footsteps alongside a voice. "She's probably tired herself out after such a busy day, visiting other paddocks." Her eyebrows furrowed with a small frown at the information the stranger relayed and she glanced back at the mare. ”I leave you alone for a couple weeks and of course you get into trouble the day I come back. .what did she do?” She asked, looking back to the other woman, hoping it wasn’t anything too bad.
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Riley felt a grin cross her lips when Ben saluted, rolling her eyes playfully. She took another sip of coffee while the car was at a standstill, not wanting to swill herself when the car jolted forward. Sensing movement to her right, riley looked over just as jake popped his ugly head through the seats. ”surprise.” the brunette jumped and almost choked on her coffee, the liquid in the cup swishing around, violently threatening to splash out of the small opening on the lid. Thankfully she’d managed to put a finger over the hole as she gripped the cup. She glanced over at Ben who hadn’t been so lucky and now had a coke stain on his trousers. ”Jake! We could have crashed, idiot. ” She narrowed her eyes slightly, more so at the after comment about blair and turned in her chair to smack him on the forehead. ”yeah well right now I much prefer carly. . .such a buffoon.” she muttered the last part as she placed her coffee in the cup holder, biting back a grin. Now that her heart rate had calmed, she was happy to see her dope of a brother, even if he’d tried to give them a heart attack.
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riley turned off the engine and put on the handbrake as she pulled into a parking space at the stables. she stepped out of the car and grabbed her things from the boot before heading towards the stable block. she was almost giddy with excitement. she hadn't seen her horse in two weeks and she couldn't wait to see the mare. she looked around as she walked, trying see if there had been any changes to the place in the past six months she'd been gone. as she entered the stable block she saw a few new name plates on stable doors, other than that everything looked relatively the same. she dumped her bag outside of her horse's stable, underneath the saddle rack that was attached next to the door. "nova?" she looked over the door to find the mare lying down having a nap. she opened the door with a smile and moved inside, closing it behind her. "hey girly" she crouched down next to the mare's chestnut head and gave her a kiss on the muzzle. "I missed you! hope you've enjoyed your time off"
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She couldn’t help but smile when he rolled his eyes at the use of his nickname - true her and Jake had used the nickname to tease him as a child but over the years it had stuck and she barely called him anything else. She smirked slightly and shook her head ”tell me about it. .the tap water in some places was disgusting.” she knew he was probably looking for any lingering signs of a relapse, just as she would check him for any signs of his leukaemia coming back. Although she had relapsed a couple of times whilst abroad, it had been a while and any signs had long gone. A broad grin spread across her lips as Ben pulled out the goods from the back seat. ”ah you’re a life saver! she took hold of the warm cup and brought it to her lips, inhaling the scent as she took a sip. it was the perfect temperature too. one thing she loved about Ben was that he was always thinking ahead. at least now she wouldn’t have to go through the whole car ride like a bear with a sore head.
She nodded in agreement ”true, then we’ll have warm rain with the odd ray of sunshine” she couldn’t wait for the days when they had all four seasons in a day. She reached forward and cranked up the heating a little, letting her free hand hover in front of the fan - her hands were always cold whatever the weather. ”I have no idea what you’re talking about” She looked over at Ben and batted her lashes, smiling sweetly ”at least you both only have on favourite sister.” She took another sip of coffee and almost choked as she held back a laugh when she heard what he said. ”what!? how did that happen? And wow seriously. .I don’t know whether he’s ballsy or pathetic” she grinned and shook her head. she had to take her hat off to leo, if anybody could pull off a party like that it would be him.
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