Wood-Marsh Acres: History

The yard was officially owned by the Woodall family, so Christopher's parents, They didn't appreciate the beauty of this broken down yard, and they rented it out to people, whilst they lived in their mansion in Sunset Valley. When Christopher and his family went over to the yard, to see if it's not damaged or vandalised, Christopher saw Laurie admiring if from the other side of the road, Christopher said he had never seen anyone more beautiful, He went over to say hello, Few months after Christopher and Laurie were in love, they decided to live in the yard.

Laurie thought that it was quite a project, the house was very small, the stabled were breaking, the fields were full of brambles and weeds and the main arena was damp and flooded.

It took them around a year, but they had changed the house to a spacious 4 bedroom 3 bathroom, with a spacious lounge, library, kitchen, trophy room, and a downstairs living room.

The yard was equipped with 8 top of the range stalls, a feed room, tack room, 6 perfect fields with trees and scenery, an international sized indoor arena, a fountain, 2 wash stalls, and two smaller sanded arenas.

This is the story of the yard, but Laurie has a bigger history to uncover.

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Laurie's History,

Laurie grew up with animal loving parents, she lived on a small farm,

With one horse.

You see her parents weren't horsey, they preferred dogs and cats, and smaller rodents!

The farm had a very small arena, small fields, and three stalls,

When Laurie was eight her parents picked a horse up from going to slaughter,

Delilah, She was quite old and broken down, but she was very loving, and Laurie was overjoyed,

She rode her rarely, walking and trotting. They had a very special bond,

When Laurie turned twelve Delilah passed during the night, Laurie cried for ages, as Delilah had been her best friend. R.I.P Delilah,

When Laurie turned fourteen, she felt she had an empty space in her heart, she has just got over Delilah being gone, and she missed horses.

When she was walking home she passed a small farm. It was quite overgrown and looked a bit deserted, But it was then when she fell in love with horses again, She saw an elderly lady jumping quite high on a very feisty horse, She couldn't help but enter. She walked around the yard. It was quite neat on the inside, nice lush fields, five clean stables. The lady stepped out of the tack room, and Instead of shouting, she acted quite nice and sweet, and introduced the horses and said to pop by the next day,

The next day Laurie returned and had a talk with Angie (the elderly lady) told her about how everyone thought she was mean, and how she wasn't liked. She asked for some help around the place, as she had three horses to look after. So that's how Laurie Got her new love for horses, The three were Adagio (the Arab-like stallion), Sunnie (A palomino X Who was also Laurie's favourite) And Hespi (A young Warmblood type horse, who had just started his training),

Angie was an amazing rider and coach, who taught Laurie how to ride properly, Groom, muck out, feed, and practically all the horse and veterinary stuff she knows now! Laurie Spent everyday of the week round Angie's and she even spent nights occasionally.