“Riding instructor Harry DeLeyer was looking for some inexpensive mounts for his students when he spotted the broken-down plow horse already loaded onto the knacker’struck. Despite the horse’s scars and blemishes, Harry liked the calm confidencethat the horse exhibited, and, against his better judgement, paid out $80 to takethe big white horse home. Snowman, as the horse was soon dubbed, had spent his life on a farm trudging behind a plow, pulling heavy loads. He settled into hisnew life at the riding school, placidly carrying the most boring students aroundthe ring. Placid, that is, until one day when circumstances drove Snowman to reveal his true nature to a stunned Harry: Snowman was a jumper. And not just any jumper, either, but the kind of horse who could be a champion. The Eighty-Dollar Champion is a wonderful story about a man and his horse who work together to overcome the prejudices of others, winning one show after another, until their story became an inspiration to the whole nation.”–Kristine, The Snow Goose, Stanwood. Buy The Eighty-Dollar Champion from your local indie.
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The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation by Elizabeth Letts
August 29, 2011