The
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We hear about the Abernathy stables for the first time at the very beginning of 1987. Situated at 14 miles from Santa Barbara, they are the property of Mr. Abernathy. Ted Capwell decides to come to work there as a simple groom, and meets Jake Morton. Besides Ted and Jake, the Abernathy stables saw working Will Morton, Jake’s father. Mr. Abernathy will give him a second chance in 1987, but for a quite short duration, after having been surprised drinking and smoking on his workplace.
All the rooms of the stables are built on the same plan : walls painted in green frame a wide space filled with yellow beams and bales of straw.
The place is rich in maintenance and harness tools. Because besides maintaining the places and the animals, Ted and Jake do not hesitate to borrow the horses for ballads in the neighbouring countryside.
While staying outside the city, the closeness of the Abernathy stables with Santa Barbara turns out to be an asset for several characters. At the beginning of 1987, Kelly Capwell and Jeffrey Conrad come to hide there while they are searched by the police. Then Cain Garver hides there Eden Capwell at her return in Santa Barbara the next summer. Once Ted and Jake were launched into the adventure of The Lair, we shall not hear about the Abernathy stables any more.