Jasmine's First Horse Show
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Jasmine couldn’t be more excited for her first horse show. But when her pony Outlaw stumbles and falls during a ride, the Pine Hollow veterinarian says that he needs rest. Without her pony, how can Jasmine compete?
With the show approaching, Jasmine is a nervous wreck. Nothing is going the way she had hoped. But with the help of the Pony Tails, she learns that keeping it together under pressure can be just as important as beating the competition.
Bonnie Bryant
Bonnie Bryant is the author of over one hundred forty books about horses, including the Saddle Club series and its spinoffs, the Pony Tails series and the Pine Hollow series. Bryant did not know very much about horses before writing the first Saddle Club book in 1986, so she found herself learning right along with the characters she created. She has also written novels and movie novelizations under her married name, Bonnie Bryant Hiller. Bryant was born and raised in New York City, where she still lives today.
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Jasmine's First Horse Show - Bonnie Bryant
1 Jitters
Jasmine was embarrassed to read what she’d just written. But Corey and May were her best friends, and she had to be honest. Here goes,
she said with a groan. She picked up the sheet of paper that was marked Equitation Class.
Max Regnery of Pine Hollow Stables had asked all riders in the upcoming horse show to write down their goals for each class. The three friends were in Jasmine’s room discussing what they had written.
‘In Equitation I want to keep my wrists relaxed, my knees in, my heels down, my posture straight,’
she read.
That’s it?
asked May with a grin.
Jasmine felt herself turn from pink to red. There’s more. ‘I want to make sure I don’t post too high on the trot.’
In posting, riders move up and down in the saddle. A rider who rises too high can lose control and wind up bouncing. That was truly bad form. ‘I want my seat in the canter to be smooth, just an inch or two out of the saddle.’
It’s your first horse show!
said Corey. You can’t be perfect. Nobody is ever perfect, not even great riders.
May crossed her arms. I have a mission for you.
Jasmine groaned. Another goal!
I want you to throw away that list,
May said. And I want you to come up with one single goal for Equitation.
Jasmine’s heart sank. If she only had one goal and she missed that goal, she would be miserable. But she knew May and Corey were right. She closed her eyes, trying to think of the right goal. She found it and opened her eyes again. I don’t want to make a complete idiot of myself.
Put it positively,
Corey said. Max had told them all their goals had to be about hopes, not fears.
I want to be
—Jasmine took a deep breath—poised.
It sounded so stupid. It was like wanting to be beautiful, or a genius.
Good goal,
May said. Write it down, put it in the envelope, and seal the envelope so you can’t change your mind.
As Jasmine licked the envelope, her heart fluttered. Now she couldn’t take it back.
What about your goals for Showing and Sitting and the Pony Pleasure Class?
asked Corey.
Jasmine grinned. Those were easy. I want to look relaxed even if I’m not. I want Outlaw to hold his head proudly. Of course, that means I have to give him something to be proud of. I want him to show his natural talent.
May nodded. And what about the Relay Race?
Jasmine had been thinking about the Relay Race for weeks. She had been imagining that she might save the day, bringing her team from far, far behind. She was ashamed to tell Corey and May that she had imagined the crowd on its feet cheering as she crossed the finish line.
May must have had some idea what Jasmine was thinking because she nodded and said, Don’t worry. The important thing is to have a goal.
Jasmine pulled a slip from another envelope. ‘My goal for the Relay Race is not to drop the egg and have it splatter all over the ring the way it did at the last practice,’
she read.
Outstanding,
said May and Corey together.
Max will like that one,
said May.
Not after I screw up,
Jasmine said. She licked the envelope and sealed it. Now her goals were set.
My goals are pretty humdrum,
Corey said. I want to keep Samurai interested during Showing and Sitting and Pleasure Class.
Sam got bored easily and showed it, which judges did not like. I want to keep my heels down and my wrists relaxed in the Pony Hunter Class.
This class was judged on style, rather than speed, so a rider’s form was very important.
May read her goals. ‘In the first two classes I want to be calm. Sometimes I get so excited I make Macaroni nervous. In the Pony Hunter Class I want to take my time and not rush. In the Relay Race I want to get the team keyed up without turning them into nervous wrecks.’
May groaned. In other words, I don’t want to be me. I want to be some nice, cool, calm, collected person.
Hey,
said Corey with a grin. You never know.
The girls sealed their envelopes. They had to give them to Max at the beginning of the horse show. He would use them in judging Best in Show.
We could win all the events,
Corey said dreamily.
May got a faraway look in her eyes. If we sweep all the events, we’ll be …
The Dream Team,
Corey and May said together. They gave each other high fives. They were about to say Jake,
which was what the Pony Tails did when they said the same thing at the same time. But Corey and May realized that Jasmine had fallen silent.
They looked at her.
I’m not dream material,
Jasmine said. It’s my first show.
You’re a natural,
said Corey with a grin. Say it. Dream Team.
Dream Team,
Jasmine said softly.
Louder,
said May.
Dream Team,
Jasmine said as May and Corey joined in. They gave each other a Pony