#jacegan: cowboy like me

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jacegan brokerback mountain 👀

cowboy like me

JACEGAN | WIP | 3K | COWBOYS & EQUESTRIANS

Cregan is a cowboy. Jacaerys is a hunter-jumper that moves into Stark Ranch so that he can train for the Olympics under the tutelage of Sara Stark.

He's gorgeous, and far younger than Cregan had expected him to be.

Oh. He also hates Cregan on-sight.

Blood pumps through Cregan’s veins as he steadies his mount in the box. He’s got one eye on the steer in the chute, the other on his partner as Cerwyn backs his horse’s ass into the corner of the heeler box. It’s the last run of the night and they’re up for the jackpot, meaning that unlike his partner’s mount, Cregan is more focused than he’s been all evening. It’s not much, but a thousand bucks is a thousand bucks.  The cowboy’s rope is ready; the extra coils stacked in his riding hand, the excess loop tucked around his back, and he’s got a good spoke set between his fist and the rope’s honda. People are laughing and drinking in the stands while country music blares from the speakers. There’s a row of cowboys lined up alongside the fence and it’s late enough, Sara probably already has her hand on the floodlights, ready to switch them off so the arena can be worked overnight.  She’s got some new Olympic hopeful in town for the summer. A rich guy from down south paying a shitload of money to train with the Sara Stark—Westeros’ leading gold medalist in three-day eventing.  (And from what Cregan has gathered, he’s pretty sure the ‘student’ is a middle-aged man having a mid-life crisis and using a sizeable trust fund to escape reality.)  But, all that valyrian-hunter-jumper-dressage-dance bullshit will have to wait.  Tonight, Stark Ranch is clinging to its roots; serving as a dusty western playground for midnight cowboys looking to make a little cash on a Thursday evening. 

SPOILER: THE 'STUDENT' IS NOT A MIDDLE-AGED MAN.

ha ha ha... wow this moodboard had no effect on me at all. zero. none. i did not sit at my computer this afternoon and write an entire chapter between screaming at solar and mayim about how i did not have time for this. i did not.

anyway...i guess a horse girl is gonna horse girl whenever the opportunity presents. ty for this beautiful moodboard and idea. i clearly have absolutely zero self-control.

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RAHHHHHHHHHHHHH PLEASE IM SCREAMING CRYING THROwing UP THIS IS THE BEST THIGN EVER 😭😭😭 i love how you captured all of the varied dynamics so well. like, you have his crash, the cowboy stuff, the rodeo stuff, the equestrian stuff, THEM in the middle? jfjdkdkffk i'm 😭😭😭 this makes me so emotional! tysm ilysm ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

cowboy like me

(brokeback winterfell)

by - cordeliacordate || modern au || 14/?, rated E!

“You don’t get it, Cregan. This is it for me. My entire life has been building towards one thing, and now, I’m terrified of it…but if I can’t figure out how to overcome my fears, there’s nothing left for me to live for.”

Cregan is a dusty old cowboy with more buckle bunnies beneath his belt than he’s got cattle in the back forty. Jacaerys is a young, uptight equestrian whose traumatic past haunts his every ride.

It’ll never work out—they’re from two entirely different worlds. But when Jacaerys moves to Stark Ranch to train under the tutelage of Sara Stark, they just can’t seem to stay away from one another.

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the horses

cowboy like me by cordeliacordate

CLM MASTERPOSTS the horses: part one | part two

Stark Ranch

BARN NAME: Blaze OWNER: Stark Ranch RIDER: Rickon Stark AGE & HEIGHT: 21 years | 14.2 hands COAT & GENDER: chestnut gelding BREED: unregistered quarter horse PRIMARY DISCIPLINE: Rickon’s bombproof kids’ horse

BARN NAME: Dottie REGISTERED NAME: Starks Bastard Daughter OWNER: Stark Ranch HEIGHT: 16.0 hands COAT & GENDER: bay mare BREED: Rhonyar Warmblood BREEDER: Stark Ranch SIRE: MTL Sunrise Dawn (Martell) DAM: Bastards Daughter PRIMARY DISCIPLINE: three-day eventing

BARN NAME: Bruno REGISTERED NAME: Starks Top Dawg OWNER: Stark Ranch RIDER: Sara Stark HEIGHT: 16.3 hands COAT & GENDER: red chestnut gelding BREED: Rhoynar Warmblood PRIMARY DISCIPLINE: three day eventing INFO: Bruno's ear is scrungly even though it doesn't show it here :)

BARN NAME: Al REGISTERED NAME: MDY Al Pacino OWNER: Stark Ranch RIDER: Sara Stark HEIGHT: 16.1 hands COAT & GENDER: bay mare BREED: Warmblood PRIMARY DISCIPLINE: three day eventing

HRH Targaryen Equestrians

A registered prefix, like HRH, is a unique way for a bloodline and/or a stable to be recognized in the very name of a horse. It's a sign of prestige and ownership.

Horses born downline from a heritage horse that remain at the Red Keep will include a secondary name (e.g. HRH Prince Caraxes.) It is not uncommon for people to pay large sums of money to be able to lease, buy, breed their own mounts to (if approved), and/or compete on these horses under the HRHTE umbrella.

A heritage horse will only have one name following HRH (e.g. HRH Vermax.)

All non-heritage horses in the Red Keep legally belong to HRH Targaryen Equestrians, including Onyx and Skiffy, although the original heritage horse's owner/rider will be given a percentage of ownership that is nontransferable upon death (e.g. HRH Seasmoke Skiff is owned by both Laenor and HRHTE.) Non-heritage horses are ridden at the approval of management, even by family members. In most cases, it means HRHTE decides when you ride, what horse you ride, how, where, and when you compete.

BARN NAME: Caraxes REGISTERED NAME: HRH Caraxes OWNER: Daemon Targaryen RIDER: Daemon Targaryen HEIGHT: 16.3 hands GENDER: red chestnut stallion BREED: Valyrian Warmblood BREEDER: HRH Targaryen Equestrians SIRE: HRH Spring Prince PRIMARY DISCIPLINE: show jumping

BARN NAME: Sissy REGISTERED NAME: HRH Dark Sister Caraxes OWNER: HRH Targaryen Equestrians, Daemon Targaryen RIDERS: multiple, including Jacaerys HEIGHT: 16.3 hands COAT & GENDER: seal brown mare BREED: Valyrian Warmblood BREEDER: HRH Targaryen Equestrians SIRE: HRH Caraxes PRIMARY DISCIPLINE: show jumping

BARN NAME: Prince REGISTERED NAME: HRH Prince Caraxes OWNER: HRH Targaryen Equestrians, Daemon Targaryen RIDER: multiple, including Baela Targaryen HEIGHT: 16.2 hands COAT & GENDER: bay stallion BREED: Valyrian Warmblood BREEDER: HRH Targaryen Equestrians SIRE: HRH Caraxes PRIMARY DISCIPLINE: show jumping

Other

BARN NAME: Bally REGISTERED NAME: Balerions Ballerina OWNER: Aria Sport Horses RIDER: Natalia Aria HEIGHT: 16.2 hands COAT & GENDER: black mare BREED: Valyrian Warmblood BREEDER: HRH Targaryen Equestrians SIRE: HRH Balerion DAM: Dancing Reach PRIMARY DISCIPLINE: dressage INFO: artificial insemination breeding

NOTE: some information has been omitted because of spoilers or lack of relevancy ☆ thank you (again) to @heliophytes for all of his help and support <3

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jacaerys and his baby boy 💕

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i know it’s bad when i want to add old country music songs to the top of each chapter…

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“Vermax chooses the rider he was born to choose.”

If Jacaerys had never been born, Vermax never would’ve been born, either. The horse was bred, raised, and trained for one, specific person—and for one person, only.

cowboy like me | chapter five

Nøkken som hvit hest & Gutt på hvit hest (Kittelsen)

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the horses

cowboy like me by cordeliacordate CLM MASTERPOSTS the horses: part one | part two

Stark Ranch +

BARN NAME: Smoke REGISTERED NAME: Starks Smokin Gun OWNER: Stark Ranch RIDER: Cregan Stark AGE & HEIGHT: 8 years | 16.2 hands COAT & GENDER: roan stallion BREED: Westeros Quarter Horse BREEDER: Stark Ranch SIRE: The Stark Side DAM: Gunmetal Motte PRIMARY DISCIPLINE: team roping, ranchwork

BARN NAME: Ice REGISTERED NAME: Frosty May Stark OWNER: Stark Ranch RIDER: Cregan Stark AGE & HEIGHT: 10 years | 15.3 hands COAT & GENDER: palomino stallion BREED: Westeros Quarter Horse BREEDER: Stark Ranch SIRE: The Stark Side DAM: Frosty Blondie PRIMARY DISCIPLINE: team roping, ranchwork

BARN NAME: Solar REGISTERED NAME: Solar Flash OWNER: Cerwyn Cattle & Quarter Horses RIDER: Edric Cerwyn AGE & HEIGHT: 10 years | 15.3 hands COAT & GENDER: bay roan gelding BREED: Westeros Quarter Horse BREEDER: Cerwyn Cattle & Quarter Horses SIRE: Flash Criminal DAM: Sunrise Sommelier PRIMARY DISCIPLINE: team roping, ranchwork

BARN NAME: Dottie REGISTERED NAME: Bastards Daughter OWNER: Stark Ranch RIDER: Sara Stark AGE & HEIGHT: deceased | 16.0 hands COAT & GENDER: bay mare BREED: Rhonyar Warmblood BREEDER: Manderly Sport Horses SIRE: Bastard Of The Sea DAM: MDY Trident Shield PRIMARY DISCIPLINE: three-day eventing INFO: Dottie passed away years ago, but Sara now rides her daughter; a spitting image of the horse's sire (information available in part two)

HRH Targaryen Equestrians

BARN NAME: Vermax REGISTERED NAME: HRH Vermax OWNER: Jacaerys Velaryon Targaryen-Strong RIDER: Jacaerys Velaryon Targaryen-Strong AGE & HEIGHT: 8 years | 16.2 hands COAT & GENDER: grey stallion with a bloody neck/shoulder BREED: Valyrian Warmblood BREEDER: HRH Targaryen Equestrians SIRE: Karys Zaldrizes (great dragon in High Valyrian) DAM: HRH Syrax PRIMARY DISCIPLINE: three-day eventing INFO: Jacaerys' heritage horse. While a Targaryen might saddle countless horses from the "royal bloodlines" in their lifetime, they are only ever given the opportunity to earn one heritage horse.

BARN NAME: Skiffy REGISTERED NAME: HRH Seasmoke Skiff OWNER: HRH Targaryen Equestrians, Laenor Velaryon RIDER: Jacaerys Velaryon Targaryen-Strong AGE & HEIGHT: 12 years | 16.0 hands COAT & GENDER: dappled-grey stallion BREED: Valyrian Warmblood BREEDER: HRH Targaryen Equestrians SIRE: HRH Seasmoke DAM: Eglivys Aohys (your highness in High Valyrian) PRIMARY DISCIPLINE: three-day eventing

BARN NAME: Onyx REGISTERED NAME: HRH Onyx Balerion OWNER: HRH Targaryen Equestrians RIDER: Jacaerys Velaryon Targaryen-Strong AGE & HEIGHT: 16 years | 17.0 hands COAT & GENDER: black gelding BREED: Valyrian Warmblood BREEDER: HRH Targaryen Equestrians SIRE: HRH Balerion DAM: Zirtys Perzys (frozen fire, dragonglass in High Valyrian) PRIMARY DISCIPLINE: dressage, three-day eventing

NOTE: some information has been omitted because of spoilers or lack of relevancy ☆ thank you for being my moral support buddy for this fic @heliophytes <3