Show Horse by Bonnie Bryant

Author:Bonnie Bryant [Bryant, Bonnie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-82506-3
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2013-02-06T05:00:00+00:00

CAROLE WAS SURROUNDED by her friends. Lisa was working on Prancer in the stall on one side of her. Stevie and Topside were on the other side. They were all grooming their horses in the temporary stalls that Briarwood had erected for the competitors. All the Juniors were in the same area. Fortunately for The Saddle Club, Veronica and Garnet had been assigned a stall two aisles away.

Carole glanced at Lisa. She was working very hard on Prancer’s grooming. The mare seemed to love the attention—as she always did—and the results were great. Prancer certainly was a beautiful horse, and her fine bloodlines showed to their best advantage with a good grooming.

On her other side, Stevie was also working hard. She chatted on and on with Topside as she groomed him. Carole tried not to listen, but it wasn’t easy.

“So the trick today, Topside, is going to be making it look as if I’m doing some of the work and not you. I know this stuff is all old hat—or should I say old bridle, since you’re a horse?—to you, but it’s new to me, and I’m pretty nervous. I can tell you are as cool as a cucumber. Well I’m not.…”

Carole decided that anything Topside could say to put Stevie at ease would be more comforting than anything Carole might say, especially since Carole herself was nervous. She wondered briefly if Topside might have any words of comfort for her. Then she realized it wasn’t words of comfort she needed, but her dandy brush, which she must have left in the van.

She gave Starlight a gentle pat on his rear to move him over and allow her out of the stall. He obliged. She slipped out, fastening the door behind her. She asked both Lisa and Stevie if they needed anything from the van. Both just shook their heads. They were concentrating very hard on grooming their horses. Yes, Carole thought. It is nice being surrounded by friends—even if they don’t know you’re there.

There were a lot of young riders. Carole saw quite a few that looked like beginners who wouldn’t be competing in her class, but she also saw more than ten others who probably were competitors. Then Carole remembered that one of them was Cam Nelson. But which one?

One girl was struggling to groom an ugly little pony. Carole knew that what a horse looked like really didn’t matter, but all the grooming in the world wasn’t going to make that ugly pony a winner. Still, she didn’t think the girl was Cam. The pony was a mare and Cam’s horse was a gelding. Then Carole noticed that the girl had put her horse’s name plaque on the door of the stall. “Grumpy,” it said. Definitely not Cam.

Then Carole spotted another girl who might be Cam. She had long braids, and her horse was a gelding. No, it couldn’t be Cam. She was just too young to be Cam Nelson.

Carole decided this wasn’t really a good time to be looking for Cam.

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