More Horse and Pony Stories

Wild ponies, show jumping champions, and thorough-bred racehorses are all housed in this twenty-story stable full of winners, including extracts from favorites such as National Velvet and The Black Stallion.The white mustang / Edward McCourt --Golden the beautiful / Elyne Mitchell (from The Silver Brumby) --The firebird, the horse of power and the Princess Vasilissa / Arthur Ransome --National Velvet (an extract) / Enid Bagnold --The broken bridge / Reginald Ottley --A ride with Mark / K.M. Peyton (from Flambards) --Strawberry's adventure / C.S. Lewis (from The Magician's nephew) --A gaucho in the pampa / A.F. Tschiffely --The birth of a king / Marguerite Henry (from King of the wind) --The sentinel / Walter Farley (from The black stallion revolts) --The horse fair / Daphne Du Maurier (from Jamaica Inn) --The outlaw / Sinclair Ross --Phantom horse comes home (an extract) / Christine Pullein-Thompson --Animal farm (an extract) / George Orwell --Midnight Stallion / Patricia Leitch --Snow to the rescue / Gerard Raftery (from Snow cloud stallion) --A star for a lady / Diana Pullein-Thompson --Green grass of Wyoming (an extract) / Mary O'Hara --The midwinter gold cup / DIck Francis (from Nerve) --Billy Mosby's night ride (a New England legend) / retold by Robert D. San Souci.