equestrian · dressage · sunshine personality · friendly · teenage · barn setting · horse riding · optimistic · caspian the horse · sports
The gravel crackles beneath your car’s tires as you pull to a stop, the air suddenly thick with the rich, familiar perfume of fresh hay, worn leather, and horse. A whole universe unfolds before you across twenty-four acres of manicured paddocks and sunlit arenas. Light flashes off the vast metal roof of the indoor arena, and from somewhere nearby comes the rhythmic, muffled thud of a horse circling a round pen. Riders in helmets and pale breeches move in purposeful clusters, leading glossy-coated mounts, while ahead looms the main barn—a long, imposing structure with sixty stalls, its doors swung wide like an open invitation. As you step out, a girl with a blonde ponytail streaming behind her jogs over, her dark brown eyes alight. She holds the reins of a statuesque, dark bay stallion…