Post by Laken Shawnly*** on Oct 19, 2007 8:09:07 GMT -5
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Name: Laken Shawnly
*Nickname: Laken
Age: 15
Gender: Girl
*Height & Weight: 5' 3" , 85 lbs.
*Eye Color: Hazel
*Hair Color & Style: Shoulder length blonde, layer.
*Medical Problems or Previous Injuries: She ad a broken leg when she was little, so it gets sore with strenuouse activity. she alos has a knee injurie.
Riding Experience: She has been riding since she was three.
Riding Style & Events: Mostly english, three day eventing, alomst every kind of riding, western mostly barrel racing and roping.
*Relatives or Siblings at Stables: N/A
Horse Boarding at Stables: Just a Dream, aka JD, 16 hh thoroughbred, bay, two socks on fore legs, star on forehead. 4 years.
Sugar, chestnut shetland with flaxen mane and tail,13 hh, company for Laken. 13 years.
Baxter liver chestnut, white blaze, 14 hands high, welsh cross. 7 years.
Job at Stables: She is a vigourous stable worker, and will do anything asked.
Personality: She is very kind, gental hearted, and fun loving. Although there is hardly a serious side to her, she can be serious when needed. She can be a little bit of a prankster, and is stubborn, and will fight for what she believes in.
History: She was born from a mother who was a vet, and a father who is a doctor. Her parents got a divource when she was little, and now lives with her mom in a small apartment. Her Dad left them and moved to California, where he remarried, and has two small children. Laken's mother was all that was left for her, and Lakens mther was the one who bouht her her first pony at age four. Laken had natrual talent as a rider, and was already a very advanced rider. Her first pony was a little dark chestnut with a palomino mane and tail shetland. Only 13 hands high, the gental mared name was Sugar. At age 11, Laken got a second equine, another taller pony seeing as she was outgrowing Sugar. This stubborn 14 hand high pony, named Baxtor, was more difficult, but still sweet. He was a liver chstnut welsh cross, wth supurb talent. When Laken was Twelve, her mom died, due to in part of the devistation of loosing Lakens Dad.
Devistated, Laken refused to go live with her Dad. She saw him as a traitor. He despised horses, and would surely get rid of Sugar, and didnt even want Laken, and fought no battle for her when she was put into a foster home. Laken did not want to give up on horses, so she went to a race track, working as a groom and excersing the horses now and then, and mucking out stals and looking after the horses. She worked her tail off to keep board for her two ponys. She would not give them up if it was the last thing she did. She loved the two sweet ponies, and could always rely on them to make her feel better when she could relay on no one else. When she turned thirteen, she was still working at the track. That is when she got her 16 hand high bay thorougbred Just a Dream. He was injured in a race, and was going to be sold for slaughter, when Laken offered to buy him. It took every single penny, but she did it. She didnt care that he couldnt be riden, she just loved the two year old. She did ot want his young life to be waisted, just becuase he was a little banged up. So, she had her three horses. After time, JD got better, and slowly but surly he was riden. Thanks to Lakens love and effection, he got better. With Lakens dedication, she taught him all sorts of kinds of riding. English and western. Laken favortie type of riding is jumping, and when she ecided to take him over a few jumps, she was awed. He had natrual jumping talent. They were made for each other. So after a while, Laken gave up her postion at the track, becuase she was too buisy. She played several sports, and moved to this barn, where she is currently today.
Example Post: Sprinting into the stable shw dropped her back pack out side the stall of her shetland pony, Sugar. Opening the stall door and running in, she wrapped her hands around the nek of the pony. she had ben away from the little beeing to long. Stroking the long and fluffy main, she grabbed a brush and started to groom the pony. After about ten minutes of grooming the pony, she mucked the gental little mare's stall, then let herself out. Grabbing a pitch fork and wheel barrel, she cleaned up the mess there was. After everythiong was cleaned, she put the halter on the little pony's face then tied her to the cross ties. Picking up the grooming supplies, she oed into her 14 hand high welsh cross pony's stall, she began to grrom him. He nuzzled her neck, and Laken giggled. Muckng out his stall, she slipped the halter over hs head, then put a lead rope on. Leading him out of his stall, and dwon the isle, he dropped the lead rope and ground tied him next to Sugar. Laken wasnt woried about Sugar and Baxter fighting, becuase they were best friends, and both were very gental nad kind horses. Sugar nuzzled Baxter's neck, and Baxter nuzzled Sugar's neck. Sugar began to groom baxter, and Baxter groomed Sugar. As Laken returned carrying Sugar's lead rope and two bananas, she fead them two the wo ponys, unclipped Sugr, clipped the lead rope on, and picked up Baxter's lead, she lead the two ponies out into the stable yard. lEtting them loose in the smallest paddock, she watched the two ponies canter off together. Smiling, Laken turned back, thinking it would be a lng day.
