Chapter 186: Dawson

Dawson jumped off Bolt and rubbed him down, taking off his saddle and halter before giving him a small sugar cube that he ate eagerly. "Good boy," he crooned in his horse's ear as he curried the sweat and straw out of Bolt's mane. "You've been doing so good," he told him. Bolt's ear flickered. He may not understand what Dawson was saying, but he did understand that tone of voice.

While Dawson cleaned up his horse for the day – yet another first place win for Bolt and him – he wondered eagerly if Chloe and Tommy were going to be there that night. He'd asked Chloe to stay after the calf roping event was done, but she'd just shrugged and told him she'd think about it. He wanted to know; the suspense was starting to get to him.