Delphine Ratcliff died at the age of 75 in 2005.
Sources:
Many thanks to Carol Hewson, Delphine’s daughter, for all the biographical information.
Finding the books: both the books are easy to find.
Short stories:
The Birthday Ride, Pony Magazine Annual 1974, illus Elisabeth Shallcross
The Golden Pony
Lutterworth, Guildford, 1966, 126 pp. Crown Ponies no. 8
The blurb:
“Sherry, a golden filly, is born and spends her peaceful early days on
a farm. Her adventures begin when she is sold
as a promising show pony. She passes
through the hands of several owners, good rider such as Miss Linton and
the Wests;
weak, difficult riders such as Ann Hughes and Fenella Fox and one kind but inexperienced
rider, Mary
Bell. An accident ends Sherry's career as a show pony; but it does not
matter as she has already found a happy,
lasting home with Robin West and his sister
Jane -
born.”
Clear Round for Katy
Lutterworth, Guildford, 1967, 128 pp. Crown Ponies no. 9
(Crown Pony Series)
Lutterworth, pb, 1976, cover photo Cedric E Bush
Katy wants to become an assistant instructress, and, lucky thing, her parents
and
the riding stable owner are sympathetic. As the school becomes busier,
the owner,
Anne, buys new horses. One of them, Bracken, teaches Katy not
to judge a horse on
its first awful appearance.
