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=﻿ Grand Prix=

(PRIX rhymes with FREE)
Yawning, stretching, Jackie brushed her horse, a 17-hand chesnut Thoroughbred named Ginger. Jackie's mind wandered, as it often did, to the Grand Prix competition at 3 this afternoon. It was still ten in the morning on Saturday, and Jackie had already cleaned out Ginger's stall and rinsed her, all the while thinking of the Grand Prix. Jackie had loved horses ever since she could remember, and being a Grand Prix champion had been her life-long dream. Now that she was here, getting ready, she thought of all the years she had worked hard to get here today. She started riding at just six years old, and now she wondered wether all her practice and hard work would make her dream come true. Jackie felt so happy about her accomplishments, that, when Ginger turned around, her hazel eyes welled up with tears of happiness. "Oh Ginger," Jackie said, smiling, "this is truly going to be the best horse show I have ever been in, especially with you as my companion!"

Jacke finished grooming Ginger, and decided to braid her mane. The long, chesnut colored mane made great plaits, especially with formal, black beads on the ends. Braiding all the way down Ginger's neck was hard work, but once Jackie finished, Ginger looked like the best horse ever. Around lunchtime, Jackie left to go to the Mexican restaurant down the road. After a delicious meal of enchiladas, Jackie noticed that it was raining outside, very hard. Jackie walked back to the stables in the pouring rain.

"Just my luck," Jackie dejectedly said to her horse once she was back in the stable, "it has to rain..."

"Rrrrbbit!" Jackie looked down, startled, and saw a bright green tree frog, which was glowing radiantly. "I can make it stop raining."

"You can? Wait... did you just speak?!?"

"Yep. All you have to do is tell me what you want the weather to be like, and I can make it exactly like what you said. Rrrrbbit!"

"Hmmm... The perfect weather for horseback riding is warm, but not sweltering. I want the weather to be 75 degrees Fahrenheit," Jackie stated. All of a sudden, the rain stopped outside, and the weather became, as she asked, 75 degrees.

"Thanks," Jackie said as the frog hopped away. Her watch read 1:30, which meant she had to get herself ready and get Ginger saddled. Jacke put on her knee-high boots on over her white breeches. Then she rolled her hair into a bun and secured her helmet. In order to saddle Ginger before she had to warm up at 2:15, Jackie needed to work fast. She set Ginger's show saddle on the white saddle pad, and tightened the girth. Next came the bridle, and Ginger was ready to ride. Jackie put on her jacket, grabbed her crop, pulled on her gloves and mounted Ginger.