This short anthology contains three true stories about an old mare who becomes a superstar and her son who takes over where she leaves off. Contains the stories: Kelly: The Horse I Didn’t Want: Kelly was already eighteen years old when she arrived at my barn as a thin, nervous Thoroughbred ex-racehorse with a host of bad habits and behavioral problems. Little did I know she would become my equine soul-mate within six months of being given to me for free. She won numerous dressage, show-jumping, and eventing competitions until her death many years later. Kelly Comes Through: The story of how Kelly comes to the last minute rescue of a courageous teenage girl in the bid for her Pony Club badge, when her original mount went lame on test day. Kelly’s Son: After a rocky birth and a youth filled with accidents and injuries, Kelly’s son Cruz Bay develops into a consistent winner of blue ribbons. But not without more setbacks along the way!

Bridled Passion: A Horse Trilogy

By the time he was a yearling, his shoulder and back had healed. And then he went suddenly and horribly lame.


I’d been feeding him concentrates recommended by my vet, who now announced they contained too much protein. Cruz had enlarged growth plates.


A year-long diet of carrots and apples coupled with grass and hay enabled his recovery. By which time we had moved from England to the States and away from my trainer. I, who had never started a youngster in my life, would have to back him by myself.


Using Monty Roberts’ methods, I ‘joined up’ with Cruz and cemented the bond which had been forming between us while I nursed him during his early years. When I later backed him, he trusted me enough to go at once on trail rides alone.


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