A guide to riding, caring for, and showing ponies and horses that covers different breeds, tack, riding clothes, proper positions, jumping, handling, grooming, feeding, common problems, competitions, and much more. Includes 180 photographs.
In 1860, eleven-year-old Annie, who lives at the Red Buttes Pony Express station in the Nebraska Territory, asks Pony Express rider Billy Cody to help her find the person responsible for sabotaging her favorite pony Magpie.
Introduces routines for handling and caring for a pony or horse, providing step-by-step instructions and discussing safety, responsibility, horse clubs, and other community activities.
As she fearfully begins learning to ride and manage the horses she never wanted her family to own, Sophie Groves also begins to acquire friends on the Maine island she calls home.
A guide to caring for horses and ponies for young riders that covers all aspects of riding, from basic skills and starting out, through to horse and pony care and competing in shows and events.
Although her father assures her that the herd takes care of its members and her grandmother reminds her of mountain spirits' watchfulness, Anna worries while her pony is in the summer pasture.
