Showjumpers
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“Riley, I don’t know what I’m going to do.” Georgie’s eyes filled with tears. “The only reason I’m at Blainford is to become an eventer and if I can’t ride cross-country…”
“Well then,” Riley said, “I guess you’re just gonna have to find a way to get back in that class again.”
The way Riley said this, as if it were the easiest thing in the world, made Georgie suddenly realise that this wasn’t over. Kennedy might have taken her place from her in Tara’s class – but it was up to Georgie to take it back.
“You’re right,” Georgie said. “And Belle is so much better – we both are. You should have seen the way Belle jumped back over the school fence, Riley – she took a metre-sixty as if it wasn’t even there.”
“That mare of yours is a special horse,” Riley said. He paused and then he said, “Hey, did Kenny tell you that Talisman won his race the day after you rode him?”
“Really?” Georgie couldn’t believe it.
“Dad and the boys down at Keeneland are calling you the good luck charm,” Riley said. “He wants to know if you’ll come back and ride track again next weekend.”
Georgie stopped dancing. “Is that why you’re here? Did your dad send you?”
Georgie wrenched herself free from his arms and stood there on the dance floor, staring at him defiantly.
“Oh, come on, Georgie!” Riley pleaded, “Don’t be crazy!”
“I’m not being crazy,” she said. “Why are you here, Riley?”
Riley raked a hand through his hair and stared at the floor. “Don’t make me do this, Georgie. I’m no good at this romance stuff.” he mumbled uncomfortably. “This was a mistake, me turning up here like this. I’m sorry, I…”
But he didn’t get a chance to finish because Georgie suddenly shocked everyone in the hall, including herself, by planting a kiss on him.
“I’m no good at the romance stuff either,” she breathed as she pulled away and stood in front of him once more, her heart racing.
Riley smiled. “Well then,” he said, putting his arms around her and drawing her close. “I guess we just need to practise.”
About The Author
STACY GREGG grew up training her bewildered dog to showjump in the backyard until her parents gave in to her desperate pleas and finally let her have a pony. Stacy’s ponies and her experiences at her local pony club were the inspiration for the Pony Club Secrets books, and her later years at boarding school became the catalyst for the Pony Club Rivals series.
Pictured here with her beloved Dutch Warmblood gelding, Ash, Stacy is a board member of the Horse Welfare Auxiliary.
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