prescott, alex

[`` alex prescott]

( alexandra lynn prescott )

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( basic )

full name: Alexandra Lynn Prescott
nickname(s): Alex
age: 20 / junior in collage
gender: female
role: boarder
riding level: intermediate - advanced
sexuality: hetero
play-by: Sophia Bush

( appearance )

At the height of about five foot five, Alexandra is an average size with all of her weight distruputed evenly over her frame. She is considered fairly slender and she works out in the gym often since weight is a sensitive topic for her. In her younger, childhood years, Alex was a little cubby. She wasn't actually fat, but I guess you could say she had a little extra baby fat. Thankfully, once puberty hit and she had her growth spurt, even if it was a small one, Alex's weight evened out and her fittness workouts have helped keep the extra poundage down. And whiles she wouldn't be called toned or muscular, there isn't flab either. As for her skin, Alex has inbetween coloring. She isn't chalk white, but she isn't coco brown either. Usually, her skin is lightly tanned that gets just a bit darker in the summer.

Alex has a narrow face that is softened by her brown hair. Her hair has a bit of a wave to it or it will curl more depending on whether she air dries or if she uses curling rolls. She likes to keep her hair length fairly long, past her shoulders at least. Though she has never dyed her hair, it has some natural highlights that are a reddish color that makes for a more aburn look in the summer when she is outside more often. Her eyes are a soft green, which is loves, and they draw attention fairly well. As for makeup, Alex has never been a 'clump on the goob' kind of girl. The most she has ever worn is cover-up if she has a bad break-out and some mascara to frame her eyes. Alex finds a natural look much more appealing. Who needs to pretty up for a barn, anyway?

( personality )

The side of Alex people usually see, her default facade if you will, is her being a confident and out-spoken girl. She can be loud and talkative, sometimes not leaving enough room for others to fill in, or for herself to breath. This isn't to say she is rude and cuts you off mid-sentence. That is, in fact, one of her biggest pet-peeves; rudness. She is actually pretty quick to correct impoliteness, usually with a sarcastic remark, especially if you are being rude to her. Sometimes people find her almost endless stream of talking annoying, but then again Alex finds it easy to make friends, so some people must not have a problem with it. When in the presence of people, strangers or friends, she is pretty forward, usually the first to make a comment or remark. Besides being outgoing, Alex has also been called charismatic. She is good at getting people to see her side, though she hasn't always been very empathic.

Alex is a very determined person. Now, it is pretty postive to perservre and all that, but she also has developed an annoyance for people who call it quits. She has no patience for this, or much of anything. However, the positive end to this is that she can be a good motivator, you know, coming up with a lecture to keep you going. Although, people don't always like her urging them like that. Determination isn't all that bad of a trait, but it can cross over to competitive. Alex strives for challenges and competitions, espeically with her horse riding, but not everyone likes that competitive edge. Thankfully, Alex isn't competitive enough to cheat or lie or something; she is too honest to even think of such things. Now, for her temper. She doesn't have the longest fuse, if you know what I mean. If she is angry, you'll know it, because she is usually pretty vocal about her anger. Now, Alex doesn't voice her issues to the world, but she doesn't shy away from comfrontations either - and she doesn't often think about the conciquences of telling a person off until it is too late.

Alex usually has a strong, out-going, confident front displayed for all to see that few people see her soft side. This side is most often brought out by animals, particuarly horses, and her friends or someone needing compassion. Alex likes to be helpful, and there are times where she gets so gentle and sweet, she seems like a completely, more quiet, different. That isn't to say she is usually mean and rotten, because she isn't. An example of such behavior by Alex could most obviously be with her newest horse, Faith. The young mare had been abused, and Alex always gets that soft-spoken, gentle, protective way to her when around the horse.

( history )

Alexandra Lynn is the third child born into the Prescott family, the youngest girl. When she was born to Madeline and Charles Prescott, there was a young girl on either side to welcome their new sister. Anastasia, the oldest, was seven, and therefore old enough to remember the day Alex was born. Melanie was four and her memory is a bit fuzzy. But all four were there, on that warm spring day, each reaching out for their chance to old the rosey cheeked little girl. Right away, Madeline and Charles knew they had their work cut out for them with his one. As an infant she was by far the loudest, what with her constant crying and random noises. Once Alex learned to crawl, then walk, someone had to have an eye on her at all times. She was everywhere, hands always grasphing out, as children do, or she'll venture somewhere hazardus - it is impossible to completely baby-proof a house hold.

So, it isn't hard to believe that Alex had a pretty care-free childhood throughout her infant and toddler years. She roamed the house, played to her heart's content, and didn't have to worry about issues her sisters had to deal with, including grades and popularity status had school along with the discovery of boys, at least for Anastasia, as they grew closer and closer to being a teenager. As for Alex, she was completely excited to start kindergarden when her time came. She was very socialable and the thought of meeting new children excited her. To Madeline and Charles' complete surprise, Alex seemed to find that school lived up to her expectations. She had fun, she liked playing and making friends, though she did get in trouble a few times when she was talking when she wasn't suppose to. Alex's parents were very pleased; their other two daughters were intelligant, yes, but they also complained endlessly about school.

So, as she got older and older, Alex's parents were focused on grades in school. Like any child, Alex would protest when she felt they were making too big of a deal of her grades, but she was a pretty good student. Madeline and Charles' attention was refocused when they had twin boys, Robbie and Nick, when Alex was about nine years old. Some children, espeically the youngest child, feel ignored when suddenly they aren't the baby of household anymore. Alex felt a little jelously, sure, but she was so talkative that it seemed to force attention from her parents. When Alex finally started middle school, she was beginning to explore extra activities. Such as band; say what you will about band geeks, but Alex played the clarinet for a couple years, though she choose jazz band in high school to avoid marching band. She was also trying out different sports; dance, for a little while, and volleyball and softball. But the most obvious one is the horse back riding.

Alex really got into the horse back riding in the fifith grade and she started taking lessons. It was a few years later that she started getting into the natural horsemanship stuff and she started reading about t-touch and join-ups and training methods. Her parents were shocked by how focused she was about riding. They were also surprised they learned about all the things she did on horse-back, that it wasn't just a simple trail ride. Alex really got into learning both english and western, and later some reining and jumping as well. Alex was sixteen before she finally talked her parents into buying her her first horse, a seven year old Quarter Horse stallion named Candy Man, or Willy. He had that calm, sane, gentle nature that is usually looked for in a first horse, and he was also very athletic and talented. Gracie came just two years later, and Alex bought Stan and Faith just recently.

As for her high school experience, it was pretty average. She and her friends giggled about boys and made goals to get boyfriends, and fooled around with them when they had them. She both envied and hated the people more popular than them, who were mostly cold-hearted matieral girls. They went to football games, which were always too long and the game didn't make sense, but they had fun screaming and cheering and then losing their voices for the next day. When she graduated, though she wasn't validvictorian, Alex was pretty high in the grade ranking, and she got a scholorship to a college in Virginia. She is majoring in animal sciences with the intent to become a horse trainer, along with an english minor on the side. When she was a freshman in college, she met a junior, Alyson Evan, who was also taking animal sciences. They became close friends and now live together in an apartment, sharing rent and all that.

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( Candy Man )

( basic )

registered name: Candy Man
barn/ nick-name: Willy
breed: Quarter Horse
age: 11
height: 15
gender: stallion
owner: Alex Prescott

( training )

disciplined: western, trail riding, jumping
training level: for advanced beginners and up
being trained: no

( in depth )

short description: Willy is an attention grabber. Most are attracted by his color, which is indeed beautiful. The stallion is a light buckskin; for the newbies to the horse world, Willy is a light carmel color with a long, black tall that Alex has to comb often to get rid of the tangles. His mane, long and thick, is equally as black as are the bottom portion of his legs. Willy has no white facial or leg markings. Those who spend time around Quarter Horses would appreciate the way his body is made. The buckskin has strong hind quarters and chest, and is obviously in shape from good training - shown by the well-formed muscle the stallion has.
short temperament:
Calm, collected, and gentle are words that often come up when talking about Willy. Born and trained by a man that hoped the horse would have good breeding qualities, Willy was never gelded, and no one has ever seen the need to. Alex would trust the stallion with her two year old neice, espeically since Willy has a thing for kids. He has always been the kind that enjoyed human companionship but is at the same time intelligant and knows when to focus on the job ahead. The one stand out vice with this guy is that he is afraid of plastic bags, and his rider has to focus and deal with his spooks calmly or they will get worse.
history:
Willy was born at a Quarter Horse breeding facility and was sold to a trainer as a two year old. He spent a couple years with this man, being trained mainly in reining, but his next owner worked on jumping with the stallion. By the time he was seven, Alex was looking for her first horse and Willy seemed perfect; young, but calm, athletic, and able to preform in both english and western, like Alex herself.


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[`` alex prescott]

( Southern Grace )

( basic )

registered name: Southern Grace
barn/ nick-name: Gracie
breed: Quarter Horse
age: 9
height: 15.1
gender: mare
owner: Alex Prescott

( training )

disciplined: western, trail riding, jumping
training level: for advanced beginners and up
being trained: no

( in depth )

short description:
Gracie is the more leaner, speedy build to Willy's somewhat stocky, muscular frame. Her shoulders and legs are still built and strong, fitting the mold of any Quarter Horse, but she is also taller and thinner, as though she was made for speed over strength. She is built more down-hill, so she likes to keep her head lower and she gets heavy on the reins. As for her color, well, it is as much as an attention grabber as Willy's coat is. She is a color that might be described as mousy by those who don't know their equine termology. In fact, she is a grullo or grulla, with darker points like Willy. Her only white is on the ankles of two of her legs. Her mane and tail are both black and Alex pulls her mane only because that is what Gracie's orginial owner did and it looks weird if she lets the hair grow out.
short temperament:
Gracie is a preformer who is eager to please her rider, whether it be Alex or some other human. When working, she puts her heart in 110 %; a very no funny business in the arena horse she is. Thats not to say she kids around before the work begins. Gracie will puff her stomach when the girth is being tightened, so you better now fall for that trick. On the trails, during relaxing time, she is more likely to get heavy on the bit and want to run. She is pretty well trained, and while she isn't bomb-proof ( is there even such a thing? ) she is pretty cool-headed in new situations or in new places.
history:
Gracie's past is very similar to Willy's; she was owned by two other people, including her breeder, before Alex bought her in high school.

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( Invictus )

( basic )

registered name: Invictus ( greek for "unconqured" )
barn/ nick-name: Strider
breed: Andalusian
age: 5
height: 16
gender: stallion
owner: Alex Prescott

( training )

disciplined: beginner jumping and dressage
training level: for advanced riders
being trained: yes

( in depth )

short description:
Although 16 hands isn't massive amoung equines, Strider could be considered a giant when compared to Alex's other horses. He passes them up by at least a hand, and he is built broad and muscular, with thick shoulders and hindquarters. He is very dark in color, normally a black color, but what can you say. When you let a dark horse out in the sun, especially in the summer time, his coat will lighten a bit, but for all intents and purposes, Strider is black, with no white markings what so ever. His mane is kept long, the ends reaching past his neck, and the hairs are pretty thick, especially up near his crest. His tail is just as long and thick, and it usually sports a knot or two.
short temperament:
The Andalusian is stereotyped as a cooperative horse, which isn't really the case with Strider. He is anything but calm, cool and collected. Instead, he is the power keg, the high strung stallion who would probably be better off gelded. He is like a little kid, easily distracted, and he enjoys looking for things to spook at. But there are rare moments where his intelligance shows and it is obvious he is using the thinking side of his brain; at moments like these, Strider would be unstoppable at competitions. But as said, such moments are rare and usually short lived. But, even though he is high strung, Strider isn't a mean horse. He likes a rub on the neck like the next horse, and he usually has a nicker of greeting when he sees Alex.
history:
Born at a small family farm as a result when their older stallion got turned out with some of the mares by mistake. Strider was unplanned and the family was not used to handling young, inexperienced, and high strung horses. They put up with him for a couple years, hiring a trainer to come out, so the stallion knows the basics of eventing and riding, but the family weren't experienced enough to ride him, so he was sold to Alex Prescott.

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( Broken Wings )

( basic )

registered name: Broken Wings
barn/ nick-name: Faith
breed: Tennessee Walking Horse
age: 4
height: 14.2
gender: mare
owner: Alex Prescott

( training )

disciplined: basic riding
training level: for advanced riders
being trained: yes

( in depth )

short description:
Though Faith wouldn't be called beautiful now, it is evident that she was once a beauty and that she could be again. To explain in simply, Faith had been abused by a previous owner and she shows it. When she was rescued, all of her ribs stuck up, thin and fragile looking as they expanded with each breath. Outlines of other bone structures were visible as well, such as her spine and along her hindquarters. Her chestnut paint coat had been matted and dirty, and it had taken Alex much sweat and work to clean it to the shine it is now. Now, the filly is still quite thin, but her ribs are harder to see, fainter, and the vet is happy with her weight gain for now. Faint marks on her neck and rump, which can only be scars, can be seen, but Faith is on her way to being beautiful again.
short temperament:
What else would be expected from an abused animal? It isn't surprising that Faith is an extremely skittish horse, who flinches a the slightest sudden movement or sound and is not trusting of strangers. In fact, just about the only human she is somewhat relaxed around is Alex. Faith is also head shy and you could forget getting a riding crop or lunging whip anywhere near her, not that you would need it. Faith is so sensitive that the few times Alex rode her, all she had to do was cluck - if she actually nudged, or even kicked, the filly's sides, she rushed forward. But, as mentioned, the horse is starting to relax around Alex and little traits are starting to emerge. Like how the horse loves apples but hates about every other treat, and she'll turn her nose up if you try to give her anything other than apples. How Faith loves getting a bath and tries to drink from the hose and that her favorite place to be rubbed is her whithers.
history:
Not much is known about her history expect that Faith was regesitered as a Tennessee Walking horse under the name Broken Wings by a man in Indiana, but she was found in a run-down shed in Virginia, obviously abused and abandoned. She was rescued than adopted by Alex, who is trying to use gentle methods to train the horse.

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