Catch Rider (9780544034303) by Lyne Jennifer H

Author:Lyne, Jennifer H. [Lyne, Jennifer H.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

I hope you’re alive. If you are, you might want to let me know, and you might want to feed your horses, because I ain’t driving over the mountain to do it every day. I’m riding Idle Dice in the Maclay class at the Charlottesville Horse Show on Saturday morning.

Sidney

TWENTY

ON SATURDAY MORNING, I woke up at dawn and drove straight to the show in Charlottesville. I was so worried about being pulled over, I drove under the speed limit the whole way. I figured I’d be lucky if I didn’t wind up in jail before I got my learner’s.

Edgar was there when I drove in. He gave me Kelly’s boots and a navy pinstriped coat that fit me nicely. He made me take off my hat and try again to pull my hair into a ponytail and flip it up into my helmet.

Wes brought me some coffee and a roll, and he hugged me hello, for good luck, I guess. I never thought about boys, or kissing, or anything like that, but if I did, it would have been right then. He smelled kind of sweaty, and like soap, and I could see that his brown eyes actually had green in them. He had big hands and short, filed fingernails. When he adjusted my helmet, I froze like a scared rabbit, and I was glad when it was over.

When the judges posted the course for the Maclay class, everyone flocked over to see it. I kept looking around for Wayne. Dutch walked the course with all the other trainers and riders. I followed him, but he only talked to Kelly.

The course looked kind of hard, with a weird coop coming off a corner. A lot of horses might shy at that one. Where was Wayne?

“What are you looking for?” It was Edgar.

“My uncle.”

He looked away, like he might know. “I’ve got to help Kelly in this class. Do you need anything?”

“I don’t know what I need. Let me ask you one thing— does this horse have a stop in him?”

I pointed out the weird jump on the course. I had to know if the horse would refuse a jump like that.

He chuckled. “This horse won’t stop at that fence.” He shook his head. “Ever.”

They posted the order, and there I was, tenth out of twenty-two. Kelly was first.

I watched her in the warm-up ring. Her mare was hot—jogging in place, pulling, shying.

“Did you lunge her?” asked Dee Dee.

“Yes,” Kelly answered.

Dee Dee leaned in toward Dutch trying not to be overheard but I heard her say, “Dutch, we don’t have time for Kelly to ride her down.”

I saw Dutch whisper to Kelly. She dismounted and they walked the mare back to the barn. I heard Kelly say to Dee Dee, “He’s going to give her a little something.”

“Where are they going?” I asked Edgar when he walked by. I wanted to hear it from him, but he didn’t acknowledge my question. He looked angry and defeated.

“Edgar?” I said, louder. He glanced at me.

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