Onyx was getting tired running full out and he knew that Saphyre would be too so Raoul eased up just the tiniest bet to where his horse was still running but not the flat out pace of before.  He reached down stroking the horses neck gently with a smile as he watched Josephine "beautiful isn't she?' he asked the creature that nickered in response though he knew that the animal didn't understand him and even if he did would have been speaking of Saphyre.  Josephine beat them by a hairsbreadth and he laughed getting off the horse and shaking his head breathing hard since he had had to hang on tight with no saddle.  He moved over to her and reached up to pull her down "I know surely when I have been out classed by a natural horseman," he said with a smile.