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CLINIC | The Education of the Young Horse with Philippa Rhodin Alex carefully balanced two steaming cups of coffee while he made his way through the rows of white chairs lining the arena. His eyes flicked between the uneven ground and Maria’s seat, planning every move.

Maria looked up just in time to see him dramatically slow his final steps. “That level of concentration is impressive.”

“These are hot beverages” he answered. “I’m not taking any chances. Here, fuel for the brain” he added, handing her a cup as he sat down beside her.

The arena hummed with focus and gentle energy. The clinic instructor encouraged calm riding, soft cues and clear communication. One by one the young horses worked through flatwork exercises; transitions, bending lines and careful circles. Some horses caught on quickly, their movement growing steadier with every round. Others needed a little more time. Every moment was a reminder that training young horses was as much about patience as it was about skill.

By midday, Maria’s notebook was filled with messy notes, diagrams and enthusiastic exclamation marks. Meanwhile, Alex had created a detailed ranking system for the “most dramatic spook of the day” which he defended with surprising seriousness.

Eventually Maria put the pen aside and closed her notebook. “Lots of info. We’re going to have some busy weeks ahead when we get back.” she said, tapping one finger against the brown leather cover.

Alex stretched his legs. “Good. I was worried things might get boring.”

“Thank you for the coffee, by the way.”

“Anytime.”

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shhh don't scare her off 🦌🤫

#ZHG Sambary #ts3 simblr #ts3 #sims 3 #equiality sims

Deck the halls

You want to hear about Kato? The epitome of a creature of habit. It’s like he’s convinced the world is ending every time something changes around him.

The staff decided to give the stalls a little festive makeover..tiny Christmas trees, stockings for each horse and even little acorn deer. Cute stuff, right? Oh no. Not for Khatou. He was in the furthest corner of his stall and i think he believed that if he moved closer, the decorations would grow legs and attack him. He kept snorting and flicking his tail but eventually, after a good half hour, he seemed to settle down..probably deciding that maybe, just maybe, the decorations aren’t so bad… at least from way over there.

But don’t worry, he’ll get used to it… maybe next year. For now, he’s safe in his corner. And honestly? That’s just Kato being Kato.

#ZHG Khatou #the sims 3 #ts3 #ts3 simblr #ts3 storytelling #equiality sims

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this picture because i tried a different editing technique and obviously edited a lot hahah. But here's Bert enjoying himself 🌻🧡

#sims 3 #ts3 #ts3 simblr #equiality sims #simblr #kullabergs berthez

#Alexander Gallagher #i'm so glad i spent the last few hours in-game #trying to update him #only for him to look exactly the same as he did before #he's lucky i love him #ts3 #ts3 simblr #sims 3

Olympics

I wish i had it in me to write stories for these entries but i don't. It took me longer than i'd like to admit to finish these and i'm so over it i don't even want to look at them anymore hahah 😂

#sims 3 #ts3 #ts3 simblr #Maria Jones #ZHG Sambary #Kullabergs Berthez #equiality sims

A collection of some low effort winter pictures around the barn ❤

Berthez, Ascalon (standing) & Beijinhos, Honeytrap, Khatou (left) & Adeline (right), Sambary (left) & Chesterfield (right), Valkyrie and last but not least Pippin (right) & Mathilda (left) our free-roaming mischief magnets

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A man and his horses

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This is going to be a ridiculously long post because i decided to answer the questionnaire, @ariadnew so kindly tagged me in, for all four characters at once. Why? Why not post them individually? I honestly don't know 🤡🤷‍♀️. So anyway, to everyone who's interested - i will put my answers under the cut to avoid any Tumblr dashboard spam. You can find the original post here! I'm going to go out on a limb and haphazardly tag some people i follow. If you decide to do this, please tag me! I love learning more about everyone's characters. If you want to ignore this tag; by all means please do so🙏. This is not mandatory and i don't want anyone to feel like they have to partake. This is supposed to be fun and it's totally fine if you're not up for it. ♥️ If you haven't been tagged but you would like to answer these questions, please feel free and please also tag me! @annoyingtyranthideout @satellite-sims @nectar-cellar @smallsimmer @studoffearless

#ts3 simblr #ts3 #Maria Jones #Rosy Emmet #Micah Johnson #Alexander Gallagher #Ask Game #tumblr ask game #Character development

#sims 3 #ts3 simblr #Maria Jones #there is no reason for this #i just love to dress her up #the dress is a scam #i merged 2 in-game dresses in PS and added the pearls

Since editing AE (advanced editing class at @equialitysims) is quite time consuming and i'm getting increasingly more frustrated that i usually only manage to enter one horse per show (it's ridiculous), i've been trying to include an unedited show entry every now and then. 1) i can enter at least two horses this way 2) i call it exposure therapy 😌 I'm hoping to get more and more comfortable with the look of my unedited show entries and to potentially even develop an appreciation for them. Until then, i'll keep trying 🫢

So here's Miss Valkyrie ♥️

#sims 3 #equiality sims #simblr #ctjl #Calpawald's Valkyrie #Rosy Emmett #ts3 #ts3 simblr

CTJL Ocala "Maria, congratulations on a fantastic round today! What's it like to compete at the top level at an international show?" "It's thrilling! The facilities and locations of these shows are always top-notch and the competition is always firece. It pushes us to raise our game." "That must be an incredible rush. This is your first season competing at the 1.60 level with Sambary. How did it feel to ride her at this level for the first time?" "It was a dream come true! Being able to ride a homebred horse at such a high level is a truely surreal experience. Not only have i had the privilege of watching her grow and develop over the years, but her great-grandsire was also the horse that started my career and my journey with Highgrove. It's a full-circle moment and definitely a highlight of my career. Samy is incredibly attentive and careful but powerful at the same time. She has a strong sense of independence and likes to take the lead in the course, which can be daunting at times. However she's consistently proven that she knows what she's doing and she always fights hard for me. I couldn't ask for more." "Well, it certainly showed today! What's next for you and your team?" "We'll be heading to Italy and Belgium next. Our goal is to make it to the finals in London." "That's ambitious! I wish you the best of luck for this competition and the upcoming ones!" "Thank you!"

#sims 3 #equiality sims #ZHG Sambary #Maria Jones #ctjl #ts3 #ts3 simblr #simblr

#sims3 #equiality sims #ZHG Sambary #obsessed with her #ts3 #simblr #ts3 simblr

The adventures of Dorothy Anne 'Dot' Lawley - hardcore follower of show jumping and professional autograph and selfie hunter. @ariadnew

#sims 3 #equiality sims #simblr #im well aware this show ended over 6 months ago #yes im ashamed #better late than never?#this is the last post about this show. I promise #collab #Dorothy Lawley #she's the cutest #CTJL Monaco

Honeytrap LX

Alexander continued to skim through the documents in his hands, having thus far noted two key things in particular:

The paperwork surrounding the purchase, history, veterinary records, importation and shipping of a horse from the US to Europe required the death of a forest, and

This particular set of documents was making for uncharacteristically interesting reading

He paused at the page headed PURCHASE AGREEMENT.

BUYER NAME: Maria Jones / Highgrove, AUSTRIA SELLER NAME: Caleb C. Quain / Lowmax Stud, USA

The next page: veterinary assessment.

GENERAL ATTITUDE AND DEMEANOUR: Bright, alert, responsive. APPETITE: Normal. BODY SCORE: 5. SKIN AND COAT: E. MANE AND TAIL: E.

Another page - VACCINATED: rabies, EEE/WEE, tetanus, West Nile Virus, strangles, equine influenza, EHV, potomac horse fever. NIL COGGINS VERIFIED: Y

Another -

Palomino mare; 5 y.o; foaled in the USA. SIRE: ESPIONAGE (Dark Dealings) DAM: MAROUSSIA (Koldovstvo II). MARKINGS: Head: small star; snip. Pastern LF; Half-stocking RF; Stocking LH; scarring (cosmetic) RH cannon to RH gaskin.

- until he stopped.

BREED: Anglo Arabian. “Interesting choice,” he murmured. His gaze shifted to the window overlooking the paddocks where the mare approached the fence in a trot so light-footed she seemed part of the wind, her tail swaying in the breeze as if she were proudly and purposely flaunting her Arabian blood in accordance with some greater cosmic cue.

She was a beautiful puzzle.

Alex was relatively in the dark about the new mare. Maria had met her during her trip to New York; she had made the decision to purchase her some time after the CTJL Monaco; the mare was now at Highgrove, prancing around the property like a little palomino princess. These and only these were the indisputable facts he had at hand. Under other circumstances, he might not have given the matter a second thought - the presence of a flighty desert horse amidst a herd of blue-ribbon European warmbloods was strange, sure, but had not stranger things happened at Highgrove in the past? History said they had; logic said it need not be considered further; he could leave it alone.

But as he watched Maria at her desk, absorbed in her phone, face bright, eyes alive, smiling a bit too smile-y at the screen -

Instinct was whispering otherwise.

He thumbed a few pages through the stack until he found what he was looking for: the pre-purchase exam, with that one particular field wildly piquing his interest. INTENDED USE OF HORSE: Three Day Eventing Maria had gone to New York - where Caleb was based - and gone to Monaco - where they’d bumped into Caleb - and had now purchased a horse - from Caleb - who was bizarrely out of place at Highgrove… unless Maria was thinking of venturing into eventing, which - curiously, conveniently, interestingly - was the basis of… Caleb’s whole career.

As far as Alex could recall, Maria had not once expressed interest in the discipline, neither personally nor financially, in the entire time he’d known her. This could well have changed, of course; changing her mind was her prerogative. But the change would be relatively new, relatively sudden, and that - - That was the interesting part.

He slid his eyes sidelong to Maria.

Hmm.

He leant against the wall next to the large window, continuing his show of perusing the hefty sheaf of documents sent over by the Lowmax administration.

“Who knew you had a hidden interest in eventing?” Maria's response was a nonchalant hum of agreement. Alex waited. A few seconds of silence passed between them before she finally met his eyes. “Eventing?” he prodded, raising an eyebrow. “Oh, yeah. I want to try something new,” she replied, flashing a slight smile before returning her focus to her phone. Alex said nothing, but continued to watch her. She must have sensed his lingering gaze, for she tore her eyes from the screen a second time. “What? What’s so funny?” “What?” “You have that -” she gestured about her mouth ‘- look on your face.’ That look consisted of glittering sea-green eyes and the corners of his lips curved into his familiar boyish smile; it hinted at trouble, with a capital T. He knew it, too, and his mouth curved even further.

“I’m not the only one with a funny look on their face.” She lowered her phone slowly into her lap. “You’re going to have to talk me through this, because I have no idea what you’re talking about.” “Oh, nothin’. Just looks to me like you went from average phone owner to forgetting there’s a world outside.” “What’s that supposed to mean?” “It means you’re using that thing all the time -” his eyes were laughing “and lookin’ mighty happy about it.” “I’m using my phone because I have work stuff to wrap up. I’m looking happy about it because it’s work stuff that’s going really well.” “Yeah, maybe a bit too well? A bit more well than most sales go?” There was a long pause. Alex shifted his weight, still smiling. Maria’s jaw tightened. “What are you insinuating?” “Nothin’. Just connecting a few dots,” he said, tapping his temple and dropping the sheaf on the desk. “Imaginary dots.” “Dots seem pretty real to me, and lots of ‘em.” “No dots to connect.” “Dots everywhere.” He ambled across the space between them, dotting at the air with his fingers. “And you know what they say?” “Alex is delusional?” Her voice was thick with sarcasm. “That there’s more than just “work stuff” buzzin’ on that phone of yours, love.”

He leaned down to tap the tip of his index finger on the screen, but Maria whisked it away. As she opened her mouth in retort, their attention was snatched - by her lock screen illuminating.

A text message.

Caleb Quain Now 😉

Alex shifted his attention back to Maria. “Interesting,” he said softly. “It’s not what it looks like.” She rolled her eyes, but spoke a bit too quickly. “No,” he drawled. “It never is, is it?” “I told you, it’s work.” “Very interesting,” he repeated, and turned for the door. “We’re talking about Honey,” she said, raising her voice. “About the horse he sold me. Work” “Dots, love,” he said, walking backwards and grinning as he dotted the air with his fingers. “No dots!” And then, for good measure, after he disappeared through the door, “And mind your business!”

His response was a sound rather than a word - a snort of laughter, if she were to guess. If she were to connect the dots.

-------------------------- A huge thank you to @ariadnew for co-writing the story with me and for collabing in general. It's always such a pleasure to work with you ♥️ And ofc thank you for Honey, i adore her. The poses i used for Maria are made by @sciophobis. Thank you again for allowing me to convert them! And last but not least. Thanks to @nectar-cellar Alex can wear that incredible shirt. I love it so much! Thank you for sharing it with me - i'll shamelessly use it in every picture now 😌

#equiality sims #Maria Jones #Alexander Gallagher #simblr #collab #storytelling #ts3 #the sims 3 #Honeytrap LX

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