Summer Winters [& co.]

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Name: Summer Marie Winters
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Appearance: Summer isn't especially tall at 5'7", nor is she especially skinny. In fact, Summer is curvy, but more or less in the right places. Her skin is toned from hiking and riding almost every day, so there isn't an inch of muscle on her body that isn't put to use in some form or another. However, rather than show off her nice body, she likes to wear baggy flannel shirts with the sleeves rolled up and jeans. She doesn't like people looking at her and often gets very self conscious when wearing something out of the norm. Summer's hair is reddish-brown and relatively long, it curls gently around her face.
Personality: Summer is quite aware that her name is an oxymoron. She hated her parents for a good deal of her young life for choosing such an "idiotic, moronic" name. She's grown to appreciate over the years, though. If anything, it makes an interesting conversation piece. She's typically quite awkward in social situations, so this makes it more useful than you'd imagine. Despite being strong willed, stubborn as a mule, and having a gentle hand with horses, Summer is prone to panic attacks. When a situation gets too much to handle, her hearts speeds up, she begins to shake, and before long her body shuts down and she passes out. Obviously, this would make an interesting conversation piece as well - but she chooses to keep it to herself, for obvious reasons. Summer is also a die-hard At The Drive In fan. All three of her horses were named after songs by the band with their show names based on lyrics, and rather than acknowledging the fact that they broke up, she likes to pretend they're just taking a "recording" break.
History: Summer's parents were always extremely protective of her as a child because of her panic disorder, which only led to her increasing disrespect of authority and more panic attacks as she broke more rules. She hated restrictions, especially being grounded, as they kept her away from the stable. Her parents owned a small barn and several horses, and her mother always commented dryly how Summer seemed to be born in the saddle. She was winning barrel racing and pole bending competitions like nobody's business, and eventually her parents grew to respect her as an adult. Summer moved from America to Australia for college, attending classes in the winters and spending her summers in the mountains. Of course, though it was insanely expensive, her parents allowed her to ship two of her childhood horses with her, as well as her mongrel dog. Summer rented an apartment just off campus, making enough for rent by breaking young horses and the occasional mustang.
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Hut Stuff

Hut to Join: Cascade Hut
Occupation: Wrangler

Horse Stuff

Name: Enfilade (Call name: - - -, Show name: "Humor Me With This Request")
Gender: Stallion
Age: 7
Appearance: Standing tall at 16.3hh, Enfilade is not a horse to mess with. He is a big, barrel chested Warmblood with a startling white blaze that covers almost his entire face. Enfilade is a gorgeous animal and Summer's prized barrel horse.
Personality: Enfilade is extremely protective over his "herd," which contains Rolodex and Cosmonaut, Summer's other two horses. And, of course, Summer. He is a herd animal through and through and usually appears at a loss without his buddies, which is his one distraction in the ring. When he sees barrels, or anything that looks like a barrel, he gets extremely excited.
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Name: Rolodex Propaganda (Call name: Rolo, Show name: "Jigsaw Pattern Dominoes")
Gender: Gelding
Age: 4
Appearance: Rolo is a black and white paint with startling blue eyes. Summer often laments on the fact that the young Paint Horse was gelded, because eyes like that should not be put to waste. He is about 15.3hh, so he is not the largest horse around, but this suits him just fine.
Personality: He is a head strong horse with a typically sour temperament. Rolo often picks fights with Enfilade because he knows the older stallion will tolerate it. He's a pole bender in the making, and Summer plans on getting into some serious hard core training soon.
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Name: Cosmonaut (Call name: Cosmo, Show name: "Brass Knuckles for the Hissy Fit")
Gender: Mare
Age: 3
Appearance: Cosmonaut is Summer's pride and joy. She's a gorgeous shade of blue roan which darkens towards her face and hooves. Cosmo also has light hazel eyes that are usually curious and inquisitive. She is the youngest of the horses and still growing, but currently she is 15.2hh and in training to be a barrel horse. Summer hopes to breed her and Enfilade at a later date.
Personality: Cosmo is very high strung, as mares are prone to be. She is relatively good under saddle, but if another horse gets too close in the ring, she does not hesitate to pin her ears back and kick. Mares are rarely kind tempered, but Cosmo is pure mare at its worst.
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Dog

Name: Metro
Species: Husky
Gender: Male
Age: 6 mos
Appearance: Metro is a spunky ball of white fur with bi-colored eyes, right eye being brown and his left eye being icy blue. His tail has a signature curl to it, and his nose is black. There isn't much to say about the little ball of fur rather than he thinks he's eight times the size he is.
Personality: Metro is an independent ball of spunk with a big bark for such a little body. He's always sticking his nose where it doesn't belong and often runs about stealing the hearts of those he meets. Metro is adorable - and he seems to know it.
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