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Post by Isis on May 20, 2007 10:07:43 GMT -5
Your banner is up. ^^
Amy has decided to come back home to the farm her mother had started those many years ago. Her sister Lou moved away with her husband and Heartland's vet, Scott, to raise their new daughter and their grandfather has died from just natural causes. With only Ty and Joni really left to take on the horses and the farm, Amy decides to come back to stay or at least help as much as she can during spring break. But after a few weeks of trying, the farm doesn't seem to have its magic anymore like it used to when everyone was together and helping the horses as one. Clients are dwindling and the farm starts to go downhill. In an effort to get the farm back, Amy decides to sell part of Heartland to the Grant family, who have always been rivals and weren't ones that believed in alternative methods. Plus, they were the only family interested in the land. Other farms didn't want to take on the responsibility of caring for the type of animals Heartland did, and believed that Amy selling was almost sinful. Heartland had always been able to hold its own, and everyone knew of the magic it worked.
With the newly gained land, Val Grant decides to expand her farm Green Briar, which is a top-notch training facility that trains push-button ponies. After a year of construction, Heartland was turned into a riding school. But because Amy was still part owner of the farm, she wouldn't allow Val to do everything her way and insisted that it was still open to horses in need and they would be treated by her mothers ways. Reluctantly, Val agreed so now Heartland wasn't only a top-notch riding school, it was also a place to learn about the true soul of the horse and of alternative methods. Seminars and exhibitions are given monthly to earn money and make other horsemen aware of these alternative methods. The riding students, also help by learning the join-up and of natural remedies and t-touch, but they also gain a sense of self-confidence on the back of a horse, in the show ring, and even just around the barn and also learn that it isn't just about winning, for most.
There are still those 'horse-snobs' such as the infamous Ashley Grant who won't look at a horse unless it can jump over five foot with room to spare. A majority of the students and volunteers are interested and excited to have an experience such as the one they can have at Heartland. Even though there are intense rivalries that go on between the students, strong bonds of friendship between horse and human are made even stronger.
With the new students, Amy and Ty are surprised to find that a few of the horses that they have helped over the years are returning to Heartland as the horses of the riding students. The change in them is amazing and they are now willing to jump obstacles, be tack up, and stand still. It gives Heartland back a sense of pride to know that because of their work, these horses have turned into great riding companions for these kids.
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