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Are you frustrated because your dream hasn't come true? When you took actions that didn't work out did you get stuck? Are you tempted to abandon your dream forever? Don't! Another choice can lead you to ultimate happiness.
Author Janet Wolanin Alexander has been there and knows how you feel. In her memoir At Home on a Horse in the Woods she shares how alternating bouts of pursuit and denial became incredibly paralyzing. FInally, on the verge of...
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Go the distance into the history of New York's Triple Crown racetrack and the legendary horses who made their marks there.
Belmont Park is best known for the annual Belmont Stakes, the challenging final leg of racing's Triple Crown. But Belmont is also renowned because nearly every American champion Thoroughbred has competed on its grounds. Named for the illustrious Belmont family, the track has seen many exciting races since it opened in 1905. In...
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Pony club secrets. Main series volume 2
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The second adventure in this fresh, fun and accessible new series - perfect for all pony-loving girls out there. Issie and her friends have been picked to represent the Chevalier Point Pony Club at the Interclub Gold Shield - the biggest competition of the year. It's time to get training! But when equipment is sabotaged and one of the riders is injured, Issie and her friends are determined to find out who's to blame. With a little help from Issie's...
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Pony club secrets. Main series volume 11
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Saddle up for the eleventh Pony Club Secrets adventure! Issie leaps to new heights with showjumper Comet, but will she ride to victory on Liberty? The penultimate book in a best-selling pony adventure series. Issie and Comet have travelled to Lexington, USA to take on the best riders in the world at the famed four-star horse trials. It's Issie first experience of competing against adult professional riders and she begins to worry that she's out of...
385) Prince of Ponies
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War destroyed their worlds, now two young girls and their remarkable horses are fighting once more - this time to win. When twelve-year-old Mira stumbles across a white stallion in a forest in Berlin, she doesn't realize that this horse will take her on an incredible journey. Together, they're going to ascend the starry heights of Grand Prix show jumping, and sweep back in time to Poland in 1939 where another young girl is risking everything to save...
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François Baucher (1796-1863) was the center of one of the most famous controversies in the development of modern equitation. Baucher introduced the one tempi flying changes at the canter, but in nineteenth century France his circus performances and methods of haute école training were attacked. Attempts to introduce his theories to the French Cavalry were blocked, although he is now recognized as an outstanding horseman and exponent of classical...
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As anyone who has ever stepped foot into a barn knows well, riding, handling, and caring for a horse is no easy task. Learning how to correctly tie knots can make things easier, but with more than four thousand different types of knots out there, the choices can be overwhelming. Experienced trainer and breeder Dan Aadland is here to help with The Pocket Guide to Equine Knots, a compact guidebook filled with only the most useful and practical knots...
388) The Jockey & Her Horse: Inspired by the True Story of the First Black Female Jockey, Cheryl White
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Following in the hoofprints of The Flying Horse, this second title in the Once Upon a Horse series is inspired by the true story of the first Black female jockey, Cheryl White, who raced to the finish line on her horse, Jetolara
Cheryl loves horses. She's been studying thoroughbreds at her family's horse racing stables since she was old enough to ride on the shoulders of her father, a famous horse trainer. Cheryl wants to be a jockey. One problem-she...
389) The Fire Stallion
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Twelve-year-old Hilly has landed her dream job, riding on the set of Brunhilda, an epic film based on the fearless warrior of Icelandic legend. Norse fire ritual tells that on mid-summer's day, animals and humans can shape-shift and one night Hilly finds herself connected to the young warrior and her fire stallion. As the two girls' lives intertwine, Hilly soon realizes that they'll both have to risk everything for the love of their horses...Inspired...
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Pony club secrets. Main series volume 4
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Issie has landed her dream job handling horses on a real film set and with a group of frisky palominos to deal with, Issie asks her friends at pony club to help out too. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
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Rosenburg Riding Stables volume 1
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Rosenburg Riding Stables is receiving a new addition. When a famous French jockey wants to board his prize gelding, Fairydance, at the stable, horse-crazy Antonia is overcome with joy and excitement. Antonia immediately forms a deep connection with Fairydance, but no one else at the stable can get near him; he bucks them, runs away, and is generally cranky around anyone but Antonia. But while Antonia is fully capable of looking after Fairydance, will...
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Rosenburg Riding Stables volume 2
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Antonia's greatest love is riding horses. So it's no surprise that her dream is to become a successful show jumper. But when her riding instructor presents an opportunity for Antonia to realize her dream by entering her for a big show-jumping competition, Antonia's courage seems to fail her. After all, not only is Antonia the youngest entrant in the competition, but Elfin Dance, the wild gelding she rides, sometimes has a mind of his own. To make...
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In this beautiful collection, veteran travel writer Mark Bedor takes readers on a journey through twenty of the great ranches of today's Wild West. With over 200 stunning full-color photographs, reading Great Ranches of Today's Wild West is almost as good as being there. Take a horseback ride through the snowy woods at Vista Verde Ranch in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, or follow in the footsteps of Butch Cassidy on the Outlaw Trail at Utah's Tavaputs...
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An extra-special Christmas story about Issie and her friends at pony club. With gymkhanas to win, rivals to defeat, mysteries to solve and ponies in danger to save - these books are perfect for all girls who love ponies.
Issie had always wanted her very own pony, and perhaps this Christmas her wish would come true...
In this gorgeous Christmas special, Issie tells the story of how she first met Mystic - and how a little magic helped Issie and her...
395) Wind dancer
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
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Having lost her beloved pony in a traumatic accident, thirteen-year-old Ali is reluctant to help her parents care for a neglected, malnourished Appaloosa but working with Wind Dancer is a good distraction from problems surrounding her brother, who recently returned from Afghanistan with a missing leg and PTSD.
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"When Lola's grandmother Loretta takes her to Siena, Italy, for the summer, Lola learns of her family's history of heartbreak and adventure, stretching back to the Second World War. In 1945, Loretta's nickname was 'The Daredevil' due to her fearless competing in the town's famous Palio horse races - until war broke out and led to sadness and loss for Loretta. Lola jumps at the chance to enter the modern-day Palio on a beautiful horse called Nico -...
397) Catch Rider
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IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
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Tough-as-nails fourteen-year-old Sid may not have expensive boots like the privileged teen riders in Virginia, but she knows her way around horses. Working with her Uncle Wayne since childhood, she's learned to evaluate horses, break and train them, care for them... and ride like a professional. Amid turmoil at home, she dreams of becoming a catch rider-a show rider who can ride anything with hooves. In this salty, suspenseful teen novel, an unexpected...
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Pony club secrets. Main series volume 6
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When Issie's colt Nightstorm disappears in the middle of the night, she must travel to Spain to rescue him, and then compete in the Silver Bridle contest. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
399) The Thunderbolt Pony
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A dramatic and emotional story about one girl's determination to stand by her beloved animals - and her refusal to give up, even in the face of impossible odds. When a devastating earthquake hits Evie's hometown of Parnassus on New Zealand's South Island, she and the rest of the town are forced to evacuate. Evie's injured mum is one of the first to be rescued by helicopter and Evie will be next. But when realizes that she will be forced to leave her...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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"Camila wants to be a rodeo star! Her favorite event is bull riding. But before she can ride a real bull, or even a steer, she needs to ride the mechanical bull. Will Camila master the mechanical bull ride and take a big step toward her rodeo dreams?"--
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