It sprawled through the whole thing, and even incorporated a water jump. I persuaded my dad to build me a cross-country course in our 100-acre game reserve. The best thing about growing up on a farm in the middle of nowhere is that there’s tons of space and free wood, and loads of people to help you with crazy ideas.
To me, Star was the greatest horse that ever lived and it was only a matter of time before we got to the Olympics.
We had eight horses, including my black horse called Morning Star, the son of a champion racehorse, who had been born in a rainstorm – I was there and covered him with my raincoat. Growing up on an African farm, I used to dream about winning the Olympic gold medal for eventing like Tatum O’Neal in International Velvet. A real life thriller that delves into the competitive and elite equestrian world from the 2011 Blue Peter Book of the Year award-winning author.The One Dollar Horse is a wish fulfillment book for me. Casey learns the hard way that no matter how high you jump, or how fast you gallop, you can never outrun the past. But she has reckoned without the consequences of her father's criminal record, or the distraction of a boy with melty, dark eyes, with whom she refuses to fall in love. When she rescues a starving, half-wild horse, she's convinced that the impossible can be made possible. įifteen year old Casey Blue lives in East London's grimmest tower block and volunteers at a local riding school, but her dream is to win the world's greatest Three Day Event: the Badminton Horse Trials. Casey learns the hard way that no matter how high you.
Fifteen year old Casey Blue lives in East London's grimmest tower block and volunteers at a local riding school, but her dream is to win the world's greatest Three Day Event: the Badminton Horse Trials.
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