Books with Spirit - Horse Riding

Yoshi is a handsome little pony lucky to have an owner as dedicated as 13 year old Mary is to his physical and emotional welfare.  They came in to the clinic with a bond already developing.  Even though in extreme fear, this plucky little horse had been careful not to hurt Mary.  In 4 short days of a Spirit of Horse clinic, the increase in that bond was absolutely awesome.

Mary won the Horseland Warragul competition for a Spirit of Horse clinic – that’s the clinic based on Bobby’s Diaries.  In her entry she said she wanted to give her ponies a better life by understanding them better and she certainly did achieve that objective – in spades!

Mary and Yoshi enjoyed riding at pony club together, but she mostly couldn’t catch him, he reared up when being saddled, was difficult and occasionally impossible to bridle, jumped around while she was trying to get on, wouldn’t stand still, he didn’t enjoy any touch on his body and severely disliked  anyone touching his legs or feet (forget shoeing!).  A simple bot fly caused him to bowl straight over the top of the nearest human.  Altogether the ideal pony club mount (yes, that was a joke!)

Click here for more about how Mary won Yoshi over.