Pony Jumpers 2- Double Clear by Kate Lattey

Author:Kate Lattey [Lattey, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: E, YA
Published: 2015-05-02T04:00:00+00:00

Our classes weren’t until later in the day, but AJ and I got sick of standing around, so we saddled Squib and Puppet and took them for a ride, leaving Forbes to devour his haynet and chat with the big chestnut horse in the yard next to him. Squib was his usual exuberant self, walking as though his legs were on springs, spooking at every little thing that moved and winding Puppet up so much that by the time we’d been out for twenty minutes, our legs were sore and bruised from being cannoned into by one another’s ponies.

“Let’s never ride these two together again,” I grumbled as a kid rode past on a bike and Puppet leapt into Squib, slamming my ankle into AJ’s stirrup iron for what felt like the thousandth time. Maybe bringing Puppet along for the outing hadn’t been such a brainwave after all.

“They’re as pathetic as each other,” AJ agreed. “Oh for goodness' sake Squib, it’s a piece of cardboard, it’s not going to eat you.”

Squib didn’t believe her, stopping dead and snorting loudly, his neck arched like a stallion as he pretended that the crushed paper cup on the ground just ahead of us was the most terrifying thing a pony had ever faced.

“I don’t see how he can jump the scariest jumps without batting an eyelid, but he can’t handle a bit of rubbish on the ground," AJ grumbled as Squib blithely ignored her attempts to kick him on past it.

“He’s deeply offended by litter,” I grinned, trying to get Puppet to lead the way forward, but he was easily influenced and had decided that if Squib said it was too dangerous to proceed, he was probably right. “He thinks we should be tidier Kiwis.”

AJ snorted. “Any excuse to be an idiot, more like,” she grumbled. “Come on Squibward or I’ll take you home right now and you won’t get to do any jumping today.”

Squib took one step forward, then spun on his hocks and bounded across the grass with his head in the air, fleeing the terrifying paper cup. I managed to keep Puppet from following him, but not without having to sit a few frantic pigroots and a half-decent attempt at a rear.

“Honestly Puppet, I thought you were a good boy,” I muttered. “You’ve made your bed now. I don’t care if we’re here for hours, you are going up to that bit of stupid trash and sniffing it if it’s the last thing you ever do.” I sat down in the saddle and shortened my reins, keeping my contact firm but gentle, and closed my legs around his sides.

“One step at a time,” I told him. Puppet threw his head from side to side, then tried to turn around and look for Squib. I resisted the temptation myself, confident that AJ would’ve got her pony back under control by now, and focused on getting Puppet to walk forward. Slowly, one hoof at a time, Puppet crept reluctantly towards the paper cup.

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