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Whether you already have a horse or are thinking of buying one, you ll find plenty of practical advice and valuable information in The Backyard Horseman, a down-to-earth guide to raising and caring for horses on a small scale and a limited budget. Emphasizing ethics and economy, longtime backyard horseman Ron Rude covers topics such as buying, feeding, and training, as well as health, gear, facilities, pasture management, shows and events, and decisions...
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Free rein volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
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The riders of Bright Fields Stables are playing a game of Truth or Dare - or rather, Truth or Mare, since the horses are involved, too! All of the riders' fun dares end up on Becky's vlog, which she hopes will make it big. Meanwhile, there's a ghost dog that might be running around Pin's castle - and a treasure to be found. Lots is happening but above all, Zoe is beginning to question, is the island where she's supposed to be?
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Nancy Drew diaries volume 3
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 4
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When competition for lucrative prizes ranging from money to placement on the Olympic Team escalates to the point where one desperate participant drugs horses at the River Heights Horse Show, Nancy, Bess, and George track clues to identify the culprit.
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Maggie Atwood and Becky McCabe, mother and daughter, both champion riders, vowed to never, ever, go up against one another. Until the tense, harrowing competitions leading to the Paris Olympics. Mother and daughter share a dream: to be the best horsewoman in the world. Coronado is Maggie’s horse. An absolutely top-tier Belgian warmblood. Sky is Becky’s horse. A small, speedy Dutch warmblood. Only James Patterson could bring you such breakneck...
10) Out of my heart
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Out of my mind volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
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"Melody, the huge-hearted heroine of Out of My Mind, is a year older, and a year braver. And now with her Medi-talker, she feels nothing's out of her reach, not even summer camp. There have to be camps for differently-abled kids like her, and she's going to sleuth one out. A place where she can trek through a forest, fly on a zip line, and even ride on a horse! A place where maybe she really can finally make a real friend, make her own decisions,...
14) Rodeo challenge
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[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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Wade is staying at his uncle's ranch for the summer, but despite being athletic he has proved hopeless when it comes to riding a horse, much less the other skills demanded in a rodeo--but when Maria, sister of his new friend Javier, breaks her arm, she asks him to keep her horse in training, and Wade is forced to overcome his apprehension and really learn how to ride.
15) Horseback riding
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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"There are many steps to learning how to ride a horse. To mount a horse, riders grab the reins in their hands and face the animal's left side. Still holding the reins, riders grasp the saddle and step into the stirrup. They stand up in the stirrup and swing the other leg over the horse. Discover more about this activity in Horseback Riding, a title in the Outdoor Adventures and Sports series. This title covers the basics of horseback riding, going...
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"The most comprehensive single volume dedicated to horses, Original Horse Bible, 2nd Edition is a celebration of the long relationship that humans and horses enjoy, written by two highly regarded horsewomen, the late Moira C. Allen and Sharon Biggs. Covering an array of topics that span the world of horses, including evolution, domestication, horseback riding, training, competing, breeding, and so much more, making this complete guide is a must-have...
17) Horse Shy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
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After she and her Saddle Club friends return from an enjoyable overnight camping trip with other members of Pine Hollow Stables, Carole is delighted to be given the care of a thoroughbred stallion she's come to love.
18) Riding Lessons
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As a world-class equestrienne and Olympic contender, Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong, graceful animal. Then, at eighteen, a tragic accident destroyed her riding career and Harry, her beloved and distinctively marked horse. Now, twenty years later, Annemarie is coming home to her dying father's New Hampshire horse farm. Jobless and abandoned, she is bringing her troubled teenaged daughter to this place of pain and memory,...
19) Horse crazy
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Saddle Club volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
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Carole, Stevie and Lisa have made big plans for the overnight campout for the students of Pine Hollow stables. When Stevie's parents refuse to pay unless she improves her grades, she decides to start hew own business and raise the money instead.
20) The horse dancer
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When Sarah's grandfather gives her a beautiful horse named Boo--hoping that one day she'll follow in his footsteps to join an elite French riding school, away from their gritty London neighborhood--she quietly trains in city's parks and alleys. But then her grandfather falls ill, and Sarah must juggle horsemanship with school and hospital visits. Natasha, a young lawyer, is reeling after her failed marriage: her professional judgment is being questioned,...