A Pony for Sale

A Pony For Sale tells the story of a beautiful, elegant pony mare, Martini. It is written by four narrators. The first is Guy Beaumont who bred her from his New Forest pony mare who was sent to a Thoroughbred stallion. When Martini is four years old Guy, with the help of friend who is an expert at dressage, break her in using modern horse-training principles. She is then sold to a rather timid, young girl, Pip Cox, who takes her hunting with rather dramatic results. The third section of the novel is written by Lydia Pike, a formidable horse-dealer and hard-nosed show jumper, and after this Martini goes to Lettie Lonsdale, who is the real heroine of the story. This novel is a best-selling classic by Diana, one of the three legendary Pullein-Thompson sisters. It is one of the original pony books beloved by so many generations of horse-lovers. It is full of interesting information about how to train and ride horses all wrapped in a clever story that twists and turns through a world when horse-riding was a way of life in rural England.


Genre: Children's Fiction