Stud Muffin In Training

"Happy Birthday, dear Riiiikiiiiii! happy birthday to you!"



Vivian, Stephanie and Cecilia crowded around Riki as they sang happy birthday to him. He definitely wasn't quite sure what was going on, but he humbly accepted the attention as he watched the single flickering candle that had been stabbed into a Krispy Kreme doughnut.
"Blow out the candle, Riki!" Vivian laughed, holding the doughnut closer to the soft eyed colt. He looked at her expectantly and blinked. "Cumon boy!" Vivian began imitating the noise of a horse sighing and snorting. Steph and Cecilia watched for a moment before laughing out loud.
"He's not gonna blow it out, Vi," Cecilia laughed.
"You'd better do it before that doughnut begins to burn!" Steph giggled.
"No. Guys, he knows this. Hold on," Vivian insisted. She turned to the colt and continued to imitate the horse sounds. Riki bobbed him head up and down. "No, not 'yes.' You need to blow," Vivian chuckled. She snorted again, and Riki bobbed his head up and down again and again. "Ugh forget it," Vivian laughed, but before she could lower the doughnut Riki snorted loudly and blew out the candle in one mighty gush of air. The three trainers burst out laughing and patted the colt on the neck.
"Good boy, Riki," Vivian laughed, holding up the snotted doughnut.
"Did you actually train him that?" Decilia asked, scratching Riki's whithers. Vivian nodded enthusiastically, and Riki mirrored her, bobbing his head up and down. After another round of chuckles, Steph pointed a finger at the glazed doughnut.
"So who gets that one?" she asked. "It's been officially snot-i-fied."
"Riki gets it," Vivian stated in a 'duh' tone. She held out the doughnut to the colt who sniffed it warily, licked it, and then bit into the warm pastry.
"Vi! That's not good for him!" Cecilia squealed.
"Aw! It's his birthday! It won't kill him," Vivian laughed, offering the second half of the doughnut to the colt.
"I'm the vet here," Cecilia pointed out as Riki downed the second half.
"Well, it's too late now," the dressage trainer laughed. Riki nosed at Vivian for more, and she pushed his nose away.
"You heard the doctor, Riki," she chuckled. "No more. But happy birthday, big guy." She wrapped her arms around the silky colt's neck.

In the past 6 months, Vivian and Riki had become incredibly close. Riki was partial to her now, but he tolerated mostly anyone. It did seem as if men irked him. The one time that Clarke had been asked to turn him out in his pasture, Riki had pinned his ears all the way to the pasture. Vivian excused the behavior as him being a "momma's boy." Secretly she was flattered that the beautiful colt had deemed her worthy of his adoration. After their show at Brighthelm Stables, Vivian decided that halter wasn't going to be his thing. She had planned his breeding around creating an ultimate cross country horse, but he also showed promise in show jumping. He was too young to begin training of any kind, but Vivian loved to play with him in the pasture and worked on desensitizing him and getting him used to puddles, balloons, umbrellas, flags and plastic bags. Riki was difficult to focus, especially at this age, she Vivian struggled to keep his attention for more than 10 minutes. Which is why she had purchased a very specific gift for him for his birthday.

"I got you something special for your first birthday," Vivian told the colt as she rolled a large present into his stall where they were celebrating his birthday. The colt snorted excitedly and nosed at the wrapped paper which crinkled under his black lips.
"Are you gonna tell us that he knows how to unwrap a present too?" Cecilia asked with a chuckled. Vivian laughed and began opening the present for Riki. She pulled back the blue and yellow party wrapping paper to reveal a huge yellow and red soccer ball.
"Tada! You're very own soccer ball!" Vivian laughed, collecting the wrapping paper out of the stall. Riki extended his neck tensely and smelled the ball warily. He pulled back, snorting and bobbing his head. He approached it again and began rubbing the ball with his lips and then nipping at it.
"You'd better take him outside before he tries to wrestle that thing in his stall," Steph giggled as Riki began trying to paw at the ball.

Vivian let Riki loose into a paddock and then rolled the ball to him. He snorted and pranced away from it, flicking his tail up into the air. He eventually approached it and bit at it, satisfied as it rolled away from him. He chased after it eagerly, striking at it with his front legs and knocking it around with the side of his head. The three trainers stood outside of the paddock and laughed as he struggled to pin the ball down. This process of chasing and nipping continued for 15 minutes before he figured out how to hop up on it and roll it under his belly. The ball would then pop out from underneath him and roll away, he would rear up and charged after it squealing and striking out at it. Vivian ran to the barn and grabbed her camera, returning just in time to snap a shot of Riki hopping up on the ball.

"His behavior is very... interesting," Cecilia noted with raised eyebrows.
"What do you mean?" Vivian asked innocently. Steph and Cecilia exchanged glances and then began giggling.
"Little stud muffin," Steph laughed hysterically as Riki jumped up on the ball again.
"Oh my gawd!" Vivian huffed with exasperation. "Get your minds out of the gutter!" She glanced back at Riki and bit her bottom lip in though. 'Well... Yes... It did look that way.' Meanwhile Steph and Cecilia were doubled over, holding their sides as they laughed uncontrollably. Clarke happened to be walking past at that moment with a saddle on his hip. He glanced at Riki on the ball and then at Vivian with an eyebrow raised.
"You need to get that colt gelded," he chuckled as he passed by. Vivian sighed and then allowed herself to chuckled as the ball escaped from under Riki and bounced across the paddock. he squealed and took off after it, nipping it and striking at it with his front legs. She had been struggling for the past few days wondering whether or not to have him gelded. He was going to be such an amazing horse, but if he was going to be such a... studdly colt, she wasn't sure if she wanted to deal with that. She told herself she would wait a little longer to see how he was after his hormones settled. If he settled down, she'd leave him a stud. But if he was going to be a squealer, she would have him gelded. Only time would tell.

But for now she was satisfied to watch as he galloped gracefully around the paddock, chasing the ball and squealing at it. Steph and Cecilia recovered from their laughing fit and retrieved the box of glazed doughnuts which they all enjoyed as they watched Riki playing.
"Desert and a show!" Steph chuckled as Riki bucked and kicked the ball into the paddock fence. the ball bounced back and hit him in the hip which made him jump and take of galloping, just to round about and chase the ball around the paddock once again. Best birthday present ever, Vivian had no idea how she'd ever top it.

ALL ARTWORK © ME, ~walktrotcanter7
Riki, Vivian, Cecilia, Steph, and Clarke © me, ~walktrotcanter7
Brighthelm Stables © =femalefred

No reference used AT ALL! Woot! It kinda shows, but OH WELL! I'm so happy with the pic. lol I lurv my Riki!