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Post by SydneyandStorm on Feb 10, 2013 11:31:17 GMT -6
.Sparky.
Show Name: None Barn Name: Sparky Breed: Pony of the Americas Height: 13.3 Gender: Gelding Age: 17 Color: Black Leopard Markings: None Rider Age Level: 10+ Disciplines: English - Dressage level 3 Personality: Sparky is charming and cute, though spoiled rotten by little girls who wanted to give the pretty pony extra attention. He can be mischievous and stubborn, and he usually gets away from it. In the ring, he's pretty good about obeying commands unless it's something he doesn't want to do. If that's the case, he'll usually pitch a minor fit. History: Sparky's history is mostly uncertain, though he likely ended up at NYRS like most of the other ponies: once a child's pony, then given to the stable when outgrown. He was surrendered by an adult man just two years ago and knew very little about the pony's history. Owner: NYRS Student/riders:
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Post by maidinmisery on Jul 21, 2013 11:18:39 GMT -6
"Afternoon Sparky," Mark greeted the pony giving a friendly smile as he walked over towards the stable Sparky was within. In his hands he held a bucket of grooming supplies and carefully he approached the horse setting the bucket down.
Picking out a hoof pick, he entered the stable carefully giving the horse a nice pat. Running his hands down the horse leg he gave a slight squeeze just above the pastern.
"Hoof," Mark spoke only to see the pony wasn't going to give him his hoof. "Come on Sparky, I've got other horses to groom today." Finally after a few minutes the pony gave up and Mark was able to pick out the dirt within the hoofs. The process was repeated for the other hoofs and when he was done he walked over towards the gate. reaching down he grabbed the bucket from the side and pulled it up into the stable so he had better access to it.
Grabbing a curry comb and started on the left side of Sparky. He did circler motions with the comb loosening up any dirt or mud caught within the ponies coat. when coming to the boney areas of the horse he went a bit softer not wanting to hurt the pony. bothis process went down till he had done a sweep of the whole pony's body twice to make sure he got all the dirt and dust.
Back to the bucket, he grabbed out a mane and tail comb. Starting with the mane, he splinted it within sections as he started to brush each section from top to bottom till he could run the brush through Sparky's mane without a problem. Once completed with that task he moved onto the tail. Gently he pulled the tail to the side where he stood beside the horse not wanting to get kicked. He started to comb the tail going from top to bottom until he was able to comb through the tail completely just like he had done with the mane.
Smiling at his work he went to the bucket once more and got a body brush. Once returning to the pony, he noticed it was getting a bit tired of the grooming.
"Almost done, I promise." He spoke up softly to the horse giving it another friendly smile. He started to brush the body, he did sweeping strokes as he followed the direction on where the hair growth. Once done with that, he went and got the finishing brush. Just like he done with the body brush he did sweeping strokes on Sparky's ears, and throat being careful as he groomed these parts.
Lastly when he had done that, he got a cloth and damped it a bit with a water bottle he brought with him. He cleaned around the eyes and muzzle of Sparky for the finishing touched.
"This will be the last thing, okay?" Mark spoke softly to the pony as he finished up with him. Once completely done, he took a step back and admire his work on the horse.
"Bye Sparky," Mark said as he petted the pony once last time before grabbing the bucket of supplies and headed out.
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