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Smoke Rings
Dorothy Lyons

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Copyright 1960
222 pages
ISBN:
Young Adult
Out of Print

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(jumping) Ginny is given a horse with USET potential.

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Ginny Atkins's quick thinking saved a stranger and the horse he rode in on, but little did she know this act of kindness would change the very course of her life. After her courageous actions, Ginny found herself the new owner of Smoke Rings, the stranger's Thoroughbred hunter, and actually approaching her dream to be a member of the U.S. Olympic Equestrian Team. Illustrated by Wesley Dennis.

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Great book, by swgarasu on May 07, 2010

Difficult to find, but a wonderful read. A lot of interesting challenges in this for Ginny- she and her horse have talent, but she is inexperienced and a woman, and the USET hasn't really accepted women as equals in all equestrian sports at this stage in history.
Smoke Rings is a cool horse that Ginny lucks into, and she trains him for the Olympics. Things don't quite go as she plans in spite of doing well at the olympic trials...