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REVIEW: Phantom Rider by Janni Lee Simner

Published by GHC • Jan 8th, 2008 • Category: Books and Writing, Previews & Reviews, by Madelaina

Author: Janni Lee Simner
Title: Phantom Rider (series)
Category: Books
Genre: Fiction
Reviewed by Madelaina, age 12
Though I’ve only had the chance to read the second title of the series, I am eager to finish the other two books. It’s a completely different experience. If you like reading a bound of unpredictable adventure and advanced vocabulary, than the [...]



Hidden Hope

Published by GHC • Dec 28th, 2007 • Category: Gift Horse, by Madelaina

Ponder this: Is the horse looking toward you or toward the light?
by Madelaina, age 12
Being allowed to get a horse is all too exciting for you! You’d get to ride it everyday, groom it everyday, play with it everyday, bond with it everyday, train with it everyday and so on… But the best part is, [...]



Flying Without Wings

Published by GHC • Dec 11th, 2007 • Category: Riding Advice, by Madelaina

by Madelaina, age 12
We’ve all heard the common saying horses fly without wings. To other people, they would just go ‘you must be joking yourself — people these days, reading too many fairy tales’ if you told them that. But for people in the horse society, you wouldn’t ever get an answer that is so [...]



Seabiscuit: A Long Shot Becomes a Legend

Published by GHC • Dec 1st, 2007 • Category: DVD and TV, Junior Bloggers, by Madelaina

by Madelaina, age 12
After watching this heart-warming story of such a magnificent horse I decided to dedicate this blog to the movie, and ease off all those goosebumps on my arms!
The film is based on the award-winning book by Laura Hillenbrand and tells the true story of Seabiscuit, a bay stallion sired by Hard Tack, [...]



Why I am Thankful for the Equine: My Whole New Journey

Published by GHC • Nov 19th, 2007 • Category: Gift Horse, Junior Bloggers, by Madelaina

by Madelaina, age 12
Throughout the years I’ve loved the equine family. I gawked at every sight of a horse, sighed at every memory and gasped at every whinny. There isn’t a word to describe what horses have done for me or how I feel about them. But one thing’s definitely sure — horses are never [...]



Feeling Blue on a Rainy Day

Published by GHC • Nov 11th, 2007 • Category: Riding Advice, by Madelaina

by Madelaina, age 12
Us horse girls absolutely detest it when the weather turns against us and rains. For when the droplets start to fall, it means no riding. That is extremely depressing since you’ve waited a whole week for your few hours to spend with horses! And to add to your troubles, horses and ponies [...]



Our Horseshoe Luck

Published by GHC • Oct 21st, 2007 • Category: Gift Horse, Junior Bloggers, by Madelaina

by Madelaina, age 12
Have you already gotten a horse in your backyard and are still hungry for more? Or have you begged for years and years to get a cell phone, and when you finally did, started wanting something else like an iPod?
This is a common reaction triggered plainly by greed — greed that sprouts [...]



The Golden Horse

Published by GHC • Sep 5th, 2007 • Category: International Horse, Junior Bloggers, by Madelaina

by Madelaina, age 11
“Hey, I just saw a golden horse!” your friend calls to you. You shake your head. “Do you mean palomino? Or dun?”
Her face looks tuned out, but regardless of that she keeps going. “No, I don’t think so. But really, it’s gold, as in…gold!”
You’re confused, but as your friend points to a [...]



Knowing When You’ve Won

Published by GHC • Aug 25th, 2007 • Category: Competitions and Giveaways, Junior Bloggers, by Madelaina

by Madelaina, age 11
It’s a girl’s dream to create her own Int*l Horse, but there is a great chance you might not. Out of many fantastic entries, only one is chosen. The competition is tough, especially when all of our writing abilities are off the scale!
I understand how much it means to each of you, [...]



When You’ve Fallen

Published by GHC • Aug 17th, 2007 • Category: Riding Advice, by Madelaina

by Madelaina, age 11
So you’ve bruised yourself after a bad fall in one of your lessons or trail rides. You find yourself in fear of mounting a horse again, so does that mean you want to give up riding as a result of one little accident? When you’ve fallen you must overcome it, otherwise you [...]