by Winter, Mary
“It wasn’t your fault. The Stewards said that his heels had been clipped and that’s what sent him into the rail. You had nothing to do with the accident.”
Ace turned to look at Jay to search his expression and see if maybe he was just humoring him. Jay hadn’t ridden Topper that day; he had. And he had gone over the accident in his mind a zillion times or more. A leg cue with his inside leg, maybe a tug on the reins, and the horse would have gone into the middle of the track instead of into the rail. Except then, most likely he would have taken out other horses, caused more injuries. “I keep trying to tell myself that,” he answered at last. “Thanks.”
“Cody needs me inside, but if you need to talk afterwards, you know where my office is.”
Ace nodded again. “Thanks.”
He glanced over his shoulder to make sure that Jay had gone back to the house, and then focused his attention on Topper and the rider. Not even a scar marred the horse’s lower legs, though there was evidence of the bowed tendon that had ended his racing career. The aftermath of the accident. Both horse and rider had damaged legs, only one of them had gotten up immediately after.
Lost in his thoughts, he didn’t realize Topper had slowed to a walk and then came to a halt on the other side of the fence. Automatically, he reached out to pat the horse’s shoulder, and the horse tried to nuzzle the top of his head through the fence.
“Ace?”
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The Quarterback and the Dressage Queen
Copyright © Mary Winter, 2017
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