Horses and Heartbeats
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
In Horses and Heartbeats, Polly Thompson brings you into the lives of the elegant contestants at a hunter-jumper show; the schooling mounts at a boarding stable; and the horses in various states of conditioning that come through a Connecticut auction. One of these, a young mare fresh off the Dakota plains, is destined for Bailey Mason, a green but gutsy teenager. In a summer filled with upsets and success, Bailey and her friends cope with each others and the horses idiosyncrasies and pool their resources to make ready for a challenging gymkhana. The practical details of horse-handling woven into this story give it the realism that will appeal to who ever has wished for a horse.
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Customer Reviews
a note from the author:
Forty years of hands-on experience, confirmed by certified schooling in the arts of balanced-seat horsemanship and stable management, authenticate my story. I boarded horses and helped run Pony Club events in Greenwich, Connecticut; taught dressage and jumping at Boulder Brook Riding Club in Scarsdale, New York; coached show riders and bred, broke, and trained nine of my own sport horses in southwest Minnesota--some going on to prove their worth at important shows. What everyone connected to these wonderful creatures would like to, and really should, know runs through Horses and Heartbeats to make it read like the next best thing to having your own horse.