Free Rein: The Steeplechase Secret

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While I haven't seen the show, and wish I had read more information about Zoe's move to the island, the novelization stands up well on its own.

Seller has stated it will dispatch the item within 1 working day upon receipt of cleared payment - opens in a new window or tab . A. for the craggy cliffs, wild beaches, and mysterious moors of an island off the coast of England, it's not long before Zoe is drawn into the wonderful world of Bright Field Stables. They make up a team of three, rotating between riding the horse and running to cover a long distance. If there are people on either side of the horse, it cannot safely move away from whatever is bothering it and move away from you. Once this was achieved, the girls again switched positions with Geordie holding Dollar and Hannah getting the job of using a bucket of shampooed water and a sponge to go over Dollar’s body, mane and tail.Zoe's close relationship with her mother and her sister, Rosie, is especially nice to see, and she does still talk to her father via Skype, which is a reality with which many children have to deal.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Although she’d never washed a horse before, she had seen Bob hose over and scrape off his mare Venetian at Genesis.So I danced a jig on finding Free Rein last week, which turned into a full-on ballet of joy when it turned out that this wasn’t just a one-off film, but a 10-episode TV series starring people who could actually act. This novel features an original story about Zoe and her friends, including an 8-page full-colour insert packed with photos from the television show. What made it even better was that her two best friends were able to keep their ponies at her parent’s place. And it is a JOY to finally have non-white characters, plural, in the very white environs of pony entertainment, and even more so that this is never mentioned, it’s just a thing that is. They had reluctantly agreed to this, perhaps only because they were suitably distracted on Sundays with Geordie and Jacqui being at Church and on Wednesdays because it was a designated study day.

My friend H, who introduced me to hunting last year and is now cooling her heels on maternity leave, has also discovered Free Rein, and fired off a series of increasingly “WTF is happening? Anne finds her dream horse in a black gelding, and together they save people from fires, sinking sand, and all the usual stuff you do when you’re getting ready for the BHS Stage 1 exam. If you two can stay on the same side and have her head near to you, that’s the safest way to get the job done. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). They were to take turns in pairs; Jan pointed out that she didn’t want all three girls in her wash bay with a pony.Jacqui watched for awhile longer but it seemed that no one else was coming to ride in the arena for her to watch. The author is good at writing, it’s just that the source material is not the best at inspiring meaningful, sensible stories. If two people were washing, they were often tempted to be on opposite sides of the horse and the handler couldn’t be on both sides at once. It's a pleasant change to see a rich, mean girl portrayed as a human being rather than just a literary device, and it speaks well that Zoe tries to understand the other girl's perspective.

She sighed when the lesson seemed to come to an end, the instructor letting the group of three out of the arena where they disappeared from view.The riders are introduced to this new event at Riding Club and told they will be partnered up to compete against each other.