Pull Yourself Together!

WOW I'm alive yes
school really eats time T.T

it said riding pants. it said riding boots. it said starting number to wear on one's back. but no one said shirt. hehe. woops. XD
bbuuut Ash even has a reason to be shirtless! He was wearing his jacket and shirt as usual wwhheen his super nice and friendly horse Titus thought it'd be a ggreeaat idea to throw his rider into the water within the very first practice jump. yeahj. xD and because leather jackets have the bad habit to get reeally heavy when being wet and the shirt wasn't the lightest as well, he just wrote the starting number on his back with some make-up or whatever and there you go.
also Ash would have preferred to ride Titus tackless in the water bbbuuut as the practice jump had proven it was not possible to control an angry-at-you-Titus without a saddle, so they better went with one.
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Story:

Ash grunted loudly. Another harsh landing. "Damnit, boy, pull yourself together!" Titus seemed to have a very grumpy day that day. Well, at least towards Ash. As always, to be honest. He'd dash from one obstacle to another, splashing through the water, some bucking here and there whenever Ash tried to hold him back a little more. It was a true wonder they hadn't crashed into some obstacle yet. The only thing Ash was able to do was to lead his stallion into the right direction. "Calm the f*ck downnn already!", he cursed loudly. But no cursing would help today. And with the constant bucking in between some jumps Ash had to pay more attention on staying on his back rather than holding him back. He really was doubting how Riley believed they'd make a great team one day... how should that ever happen if he wasn't able to tame his stallion?
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 Event: Summer Beach Cross Event hosted by Lunameyza
Starting Number: ?15
 Horse: NCS Titus
 Rider: Ash Dunning
Country: Austria
Extra: windflowergirl.deviantart.com/…
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