Cross Country Pony

by Patricia Leitch

Cynically Harold regarded me, a gleam in his wicked little eyes. I was absolutely at his mercy. It was merely a question of what he decided to do with me.

Jinty and her sisters have set up a pets' holiday home. It's the only way they can think of to make enough money to buy their very own pony. When Harold turns up, they think their dreams have come a pony for them to look after, and they'll get paid for doing it.

But Harold is no ordinary pony. He has his own opinions on just about everything, and Jinty and her sisters don't have much success changing his mind. The one thing Harold and Jinty agree on is cross country. Harold is brilliant at it, most of the time.

Can Jinty persuade Harold that he can do just as well at gymkhanas as he can cross country?

This is a reprint of the 1965 original, and is one of Patricia Leitch's earlier books. If you like ponies with a mind of your own, then Harold is the pony for you.

142 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 30, 2023

About the author

Patricia Leitch (July 13, 1933 - July 28, 2015) was a Scottish writer, best known for her series of children's books about a girl named Jinny Manders and her wild, traumatized Arabian horse Shantih, set in the Scottish Highlands.
The 12 books in the Jinny series were published between 1976 - 1988 by Armada. They are currently in reprint by Catnip Publishers.
Two more of her novels, Dream of Fair Horses (1975) and The Horse from Black Loch (1963) have been republished by Jane Badger Books.
Leitch has also written under the pseudonym Jane Eliot.