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Valegro: The Early Years: The Blueberry Stories: Book Two
The second book in a series for children that tells the real-life story of Valegro, informally known as Blueberry.
Valegro! Everyone has heard of the most famous dressage horse in the world, star of two Olympic Games, known at home as Blueberry. The second book in The Blueberry Stories documents his phenomenal rise to fame, brought to life by his trainer and co-owner, Carl Hester, told to equestrian author Janet Rising.
The little brown horse has to learn his craft and it isn’t long before Carl has him entered for some important competitions. But will Blueberry be able to display his amazing potential? Will Carl be pleased with his pupil and continue training? Or will the prejudices of the other horses he encounters, who look down on him because of his lack of height, affect Blueberry’s confidence? Valegro – The Early Years continues Blueberry’s story in his own words and not only tells his life before he became famous, but gives an insight into one of the world’s top dressage yards, together with all its inhabitants. Follow Blueberry’s amazing journey as he works hard to follow his dream of becoming the best dressage horse the world has ever seen.
This book continues the series and includes learning and technical aspects to pass on some equestrian knowledge and morals in a fun and friendly way, edited to Key Stage 2 making them suitable for use in schools and learning programmes. Ideal for readers aged 7-12, the young at heart and all animal lovers.
Valegro! Everyone has heard of the most famous dressage horse in the world, star of two Olympic Games, known at home as Blueberry. The second book in The Blueberry Stories documents his phenomenal rise to fame, brought to life by his trainer and co-owner, Carl Hester, told to equestrian author Janet Rising.
The little brown horse has to learn his craft and it isn’t long before Carl has him entered for some important competitions. But will Blueberry be able to display his amazing potential? Will Carl be pleased with his pupil and continue training? Or will the prejudices of the other horses he encounters, who look down on him because of his lack of height, affect Blueberry’s confidence? Valegro – The Early Years continues Blueberry’s story in his own words and not only tells his life before he became famous, but gives an insight into one of the world’s top dressage yards, together with all its inhabitants. Follow Blueberry’s amazing journey as he works hard to follow his dream of becoming the best dressage horse the world has ever seen.
This book continues the series and includes learning and technical aspects to pass on some equestrian knowledge and morals in a fun and friendly way, edited to Key Stage 2 making them suitable for use in schools and learning programmes. Ideal for readers aged 7-12, the young at heart and all animal lovers.
107 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 23, 2017
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April 22, 2021
The Blueberry Stories continued with “Valegro: The Early Years” by Carl Hester. The reader follows along with Blueberry as he returns to Hester’s barn and continues with his training.
This chapter of the story focuses on Blueberry’s early training, culminating in his first show. The other horses in the stable play a bigger part this time, adding Regency and Uthopia to the cast. Blueberry also makes friends with the cats Bonnie and Clyde as he learns more about the world around the barn. Finally, he goes to his first competition with his stablemate Uthopia, the black stallion who is a year older.
This book really focused on building the foundations of training a horse. It was definitely written more for a budding horseman rather than the casual reader. Hester tries to keep it entertaining with the introduction of Regency and the cats and somewhat succeeds. I personally enjoyed it as it went into detail about the training that Hester does at his barn. One note I will make is the difference between the British terms that he uses that the reader picks up.
The series continues to be a great read for horsey kids in explaining the foundations of training a dressage horse. I enjoyed it and will be finishing the series, but for those who just want to learn about Valegro, you may want to pick up the adult books about him instead.
This chapter of the story focuses on Blueberry’s early training, culminating in his first show. The other horses in the stable play a bigger part this time, adding Regency and Uthopia to the cast. Blueberry also makes friends with the cats Bonnie and Clyde as he learns more about the world around the barn. Finally, he goes to his first competition with his stablemate Uthopia, the black stallion who is a year older.
This book really focused on building the foundations of training a horse. It was definitely written more for a budding horseman rather than the casual reader. Hester tries to keep it entertaining with the introduction of Regency and the cats and somewhat succeeds. I personally enjoyed it as it went into detail about the training that Hester does at his barn. One note I will make is the difference between the British terms that he uses that the reader picks up.
The series continues to be a great read for horsey kids in explaining the foundations of training a dressage horse. I enjoyed it and will be finishing the series, but for those who just want to learn about Valegro, you may want to pick up the adult books about him instead.
January 14, 2021
I love the who series of these but this one and the last one is amazing :)
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