Ponies and Parachutes
Lutterworth, 1975, illus Gordon King
The blurb:
“Jo and her friend Joe are looking forward to all the riding they will get in the
holidays on her uncle's Highland
sheep farm, and to the local show which includes
a gymkhana where along comes her strange Canadian cousin
Chris, to sneer at them and
apparently to stay for ever. As if there were not enough disturbance from him, there
is
a gang of payroll robbers supposed to be in the neighbourhood and everyone has
to take spacial precautions.
All in all it's a marvel that they come to take part,
in no small way, in the paratroops' manoeuvres ...”
Ponies on the Heather
Collins Seagull, 1966 (cover, uncredited, Geoffrey Whittam)
Collins Pony Library, 1973
Jo McKissock moves to Elderbraes, a Scottish hill farm. Though not keen at first,
moving
does mean she gets a pony.
White Hope
Hodder & Stoughton, 1978, illus Gordon King
TMany thanks to Cherie Goninon for the
photo.
Chas Bentinck has a famous grandfather who was a jockey, and that’s what he wants
to be too. His
parents are not at all keen on the idea, and he also has a disability
which makes difficulties too. There
is also opposition from a gang set on stopping
the horse White Hope from winning.
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