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Post by Breanna Longhenry on Apr 1, 2018 20:21:59 GMT
______________________________________________________________________________________________R E B E C C A M A T T H E W S______________________________________________________________________________________________Full Name: Rebecca Louise Matthews
Nick Name: Becca, Becky, Becs
Gender: Female
Birth Date: February 6th (35 y/o)
Birthplace: Ballinasloe, Co. Galway, Ireland
Residence: Claran, Co. Galway, Ireland
Partner/Spouse: None
Children: Lilian Forbes
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| Career: Owner
Discipline: Retired from Show Jumping
Current Tier: -
Current Level: -
Total Wins: -
Records: -
Horses: n/a
Stable: Riddermark Equestrian Center
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T H E H I S T O R Y . ________________________________
For all intents and purposes, it would seem that Rebecca had a very happy childhood. She had a loving father and grandparents. She was also surrounded by horses which is, lets face it, every little girls dream! However, there was always something missing from her life, a hole that just wouldn't be filled. When she was five years old, Rebecca asked her father why she didn't have a mother like the other little girls in her class. Not knowing what to tell her, Jacob just skirted around the subject and for the next seven years when Rebecca would ask, he would change the subject. When she was twelve, Rebecca once again asked him about her mother and it was then that Jacob told her the whole story.
It broke her heart to know that her mother didn't want her but at the same time, knowing the truth didn't help the emptiness she had felt for all those years. A few months after she turned eighteen, Rebecca hired a private detective to track down her birth mother. It took him about a year, but when he found her in Bridgeport, New York, Rebecca decided to fly out there with the hopes of meeting her. Rebecca showed up on her mothers doorstep, unanounced and much to Rebecca's disappointment, her mother refused to acknowledge that she even had a daughter and proceeded to slam the door right in Rebeccas face. Because of how distraught she was, Rebecca missed her flight home to Ireland and took that as a sign to stay in the United States.
New York was not Rebecca's ideal place to live so she decided to purchase a bus ticket and ended up in Twinbrook, Georgia. Rebecca turned her time, effort, and frustration into establishing herself at a local Eventing stable called Rosenthal. Under the tutelage of Ana Rosenthal herself, Rebecca soon became one of the top riders in the USA, with a focus in Show Jumping. She was even short-listed for the Olympics at just nineteen years old. While training at Rosenthal, Rebecca was able to make lasting friendships. One "partner in crime" was none other than Ryan O'Neil himself. The two were notorious for pulling juvenile pranks that drove Ana crazy. At age twenty-five, Rebecca was horribly injured when both she and her mount went down during an event - her right leg shattered due to the horse rolling onto her. After she woke up in the hospital, Rebecca was informed that if she had another fall like that she could end up paralyzed and that it was within her best interest to discontinue riding horses. Needless to say, she decided to follow the doctors orders, albeit unhappily. Thankfully, Ana thought of Rebecca as family and allowed her to live at Rosenthal while she pursued a Business Management degree.
Rebecca met a man named Keith while on a business trip to Florida. Keith happened to be from Ireland, just like Rebecca, so she was excited to be around somebody from her home country. After only a few weeks, Rebecca was in love. They had a "whirlwind" romance that spanned about a year and a half. Keith would fly in and out of Florida every couple of weeks because he was on the hunt for an equestrian property to expand his families one in Ireland. At the time, Rebecca didn't know that this man was married, if she had, things might of ended up differently. When Rebecca ended up pregnant, Keith hightailed it back home to Ireland, never to be heard from again. Heartbroken, and three months pregnant, Rebecca packed up what little she had in her apartment and decided to fly back to Twinbrook to say her final farewells to both Ana and Ryan before heading home to Ireland.
After sixteen hours of labor, Rebecca was able to finally hold her baby daughter in her arms. Although she didn't know how to contact him, Rebecca gave her daughter the name Lilian after Keiths mother, whom he had spoken fondly of. One rainy afternoon, while breastfeeding Lilian and looking out her hospital window, Rebecca's best friend growing up knocked on her hospital door to congragulate her on having a baby, and to welcome her home. Little did either of them know that the man her best friend, Paige, was married to was Lilians father. Shocked at seeing Keith again, let alone in her hospital room, Rebecca broke down. Keith fled the room, making up some excuse about needing to check something at the nurses station. While he was gone Paige tried to console Rebecca. Rebecca, not wanting to hide anything from her best friend who was like a sister to her, told Paige everything - In her mind, even if it ruined their friendship, at least Paige would know the truth.
Four years later, Paige and Rebecca are still good friends, despite everything. Rebecca and Keith have a decent business relationship when it comes to horses, tolerate eachothers company when it comes to Lilian, and argue most of the time if they speak on the phone. Keith adores Lilian, just as he does his other children, George and Leanne, and the Riddermark Equestrian Center is doing well, all things considered.
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Post by Breanna Longhenry on Apr 5, 2018 13:16:39 GMT
______________________________________________________________________________________________P A I G E P R I C E______________________________________________________________________________________________Full Name: Paige Charlotte Price
Nick Name: -
Gender: Female
Birth Date: January 6th (35 y/o)
Birthplace: England, UK
Residence: Claran, Co. Galway, Ireland
Partner/Spouse: None
Children: Leanne & George Forbes
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| Career: Yard Manager / Competitor
Discipline: Retired from Show Jumping
Current Tier: -
Current Level: -
Total Wins: -
Records: -
Horses: n/a
Stable: Riddermark Equestrian Center
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T H E H I S T O R Y . ________________________________
Starting out like most budding apprentices, at seventeen Paige worked hard to fit into as many different stables as she could, with the hopes to expand her knowledge of different disciplines. She didn't stay long at any one place, but enjoyed moving around to different stables, grooming and working hard, until she landed at a Dressage center, where she trained with the owner and honed her riding skills. A part of her was always with the thrill of eventing, and she bought an unruly horse from an auction, named Larry. It was a long road, but he propelled her into the top of the sport.
Although like chalk and cheese she hired a new rider for him, a man called Luke, who took the horse to the top. Larry was a "mans ride" afterall, and this gave Paige the break she needed to develop her livery and training center at home. It was here, at the Broudein Stud, she met her future husband Keith Forbes, through a mutual acquaintance and his need to board his horses for a short while. He didn't leave, and the rest is history - However, two children, the strain of a bulging business, and Keith's infidelitey, they ended up divorced. Paige's beloved Larry's heyday was over, and the retired stallion passed - she never managed to keep any offspring from him as her own, selling them to keep her business afloat - but she lost everything.
She left for France shortly after hers and Keith's divorce was final, with two children in tow, one less than two years old. A few years later, once the dust had settled, she returned to work with Keith because he offered her a deal - a chance for them to both see the children and get her business off the ground. They were able to make friendship work around that business for about a year before Paige couldn't take the hassle anymore. At the end of 2017, Paige decided to sell her half of Balloo Farm (Keith ended up buying her out) and insteaded moved onto the Riddermark Equestrian Center's property to help her best friend, Rebecca, manage her large equine center, and to start competing agian - probably in the midst of a midlife crisis - but we shall see, she may make a triumphant return!
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Post by Breanna Longhenry on Apr 5, 2018 13:18:26 GMT
______________________________________________________________________________________________C A I N D E L A C R O I X______________________________________________________________________________________________Full Name: Cain Alexander Delacroix
Nick Name: -
Gender: Male
Birth Date: January 6th (42 y/o)
Birthplace: Twinbrook, Georgia, USA
Residence: Claran, Co. Galway, Ireland
Partner/Spouse: None
Children: -
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| Career: Show Jumping Trainer
Discipline: Retired from Show Jumping
Current Tier: -
Current Level: -
Total Wins: -
Records: -
Horses: n/a
Stable: Riddermark Equestrian Center
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T H E H I S T O R Y . ________________________________
Raised by Mariah Delacroix, a distant cousin of his deceased mother's and a Richmond, Virginia socialite and philanthropist. Mariah, having never truly been interested in having children for herself was more comfortable expressing affection for her young, unsociable new ward with money rather than emotional closeness. As a result, Cain grew up without much physical contact or affection and developed a preference for controlled social interactions, uninterested in invading another's space during conversation.
He prefers to keep to himself, as do most Introverts. Cain took readily to studies of music, became particularly fond of the violin and through his tendency to focus somewhat singularly on a topic became an accomplished violinist, although he continues to prefer to play written pieces rather than compose his own works. Approaching the sport with the same intense dedication that he had directed towards mastering the violin, becoming a skilled rider quickly became the young man's life.
An exceptionally gifted equestrian, Cain was considered to be a prodigy when he began competing at the Advanced level of 3-Day Eventing when he was only 18. Eat, sleep, ride. His work ethic and focus paid off - if somewhat at the cost of personal balance and wellroundedness. By 20 years of age he found himself contending for an Olympic slot on shortlist. However, a serious accident at the Burghley Horse Trials ended his career as a competitor only a few short years later, leaving the man embittered, grumpy, withdrawn and with a permanent limp. The accident, however unfortunate, did open the door for Cain to become the head trainer for Ana Rosenthal herself, which is how he came to meet Rebecca and eventually move to Ireland.
Although cocky and self-centered before the accident, he has always been intensely focused, neat and nothing less than a perfectionist when to comes to his career - a trait that has become only more prominent as he's aged. However, his gift for reading horses and obvious aptitude as a trainer does not apply to his human students, his behavior nothing less than cynical, intolerant and short. Wisely, the staff of the Riddermark Equestrian Center learned early on, as the staff at Rosenthal Stud did that it would be best to allow Cain to be Cain and focus on training horses. To this day he refuses to offer riding lessons.
Although technically considered the show jumping team coach, Cain blatantly refuses to have anything to do with the team - and when dragged to shows can often be found in his director's chair petulantly working his way through a Sudoku book, much to the chagrin of Rebecca Matthews.
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