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Born To Trot
Marguerite Henry

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Copyright 1951
221 pages
ISBN: 0528821350
Young Adult
In Print
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(harness racing) The true story of Rosalind, world champion trotting mare

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Young Gibson White, son of the great harness racing driver Benjamin Franklin White, is aching for his chance to drive in a real race. However, his health is poor and he must go away to a hospital. To encourage his recovery, Gibson's father gives him a fine standardbred filly who will grow up to be a world champion.

While in the hospital, Gibson reads about the story of Rysdyk's Hambletonian, one of the foundation sires of the Standardbred breed.

This is a true story. It is children's literature, but it is worth reading as an adult also.

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Classic Henry, by ponydom on January 29, 2009

One of the thinks Marguerite Henry does best in her works is integrate history and reading and research directly into her stories, as something the reader might like to do also. Here, Gibson is laid up in the hospital, separated from his beloved horses, and all he can do is read, read, read. Through Gibson, Henry makes not only the delightful Rosalind come alive, but also the two hundred year old books that directly describe the founding of the trotting breed.