Fly By Darkness Y16 WorkoutBradley Corette on Fly By Darkness and Scotia Anderson on Seattle Lightning The dawn was just coming over the horizon as the two riders and their horses made their way towards the turf track. The birds began to chirp their songs as the day started to warm up. Bradley rode their new horse, a four year-old named Fly By Darkness, and Scotia was on Seattle Lightning. With Hailey and the rest of the training staff at The Wire with their three other racehorses, Scotia was the only one who could join him on the trip. Not usually the one who exercise rode the horses (she would like to do so, but the paperwork and day-to-day running of the stable kept her from doing so), but with everyone gone, she jumped at the chance to ride for the morning.
It was going to be a short ride, only eight furlongs. That was the max distance Seattle could run and they wanted to see how Flyby ran, so a short distance it would be. And it would be good for Seattle to finally get to run with a partner. They trotted around the track until they got to where they would start. At his signal, both horses were urged into a gallop. Flyby surged forwards while Scotia held Seattle back. While Seattle was a frontrunner, they'd agreed that it would be good to see how he'd do if he was in the back. The horse, of course, didn't like this and fought to get his head. With Flyby a couple of lengths ahead, Bradley slowed her down. They were running against a younger horse, and the last thing they needed was for Seattle to get frustrated and stop running well. So Flyby slowed down to a length ahead, allowing Seattle to catch up. The horses ran side-by-side for a couple of furlongs until they reached the seventh furlong pole and Seattle managed to get his head in front. The four year-old mare galloped along the track easily, not too concerned with the fact that the younger horse was in front. If she really wanted to, she could leave him in the dust. But as stated before, that wasn't what they wanted. Seattle needed some confidence, though he'd been doing much better in the past couple of weeks. She at least, seemed to listen to her rider. and was willing to be held back. Her easygoing nature made things that much easier for him. As the two horses passed the eight furlong pole, he pulled the mare up. He turned to see Scotia do the same, a grin on her face. "What do you think?" He asked. "That I should do this more often," she replied. "Maybe we could promote you to full-time exercise rider," he said with a smile. "I've got enough on my plate. But I wouldn't mind riding from time to time. In regards to the horses, though, I think they're ready. This workout felt like a good one. Though what do I know?" "I'd say it was a good one."
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