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Thoroughbred #26
Sterling's Second Chance
Does Christina have the heart of a champion?
Christina Reese is sure she and her new horse, Sterling Dream, are ready for their first competition. Then Christina is injured in a fall and loses both her nerve and her spot on the team. Someone needs to ride Sterling, or the team will be disqualified.
When beautiful, self-confident Cassidy Smith is picked to ride Sterling in the show, Christina tries to be a good sport. But it's not easy. Cassidy is claiming that both Christina and Sterling are quitters. Will Christina and her horse get the chance to prove just how wrong Cassidy is?
Christina Reese is sure she and her new horse, Sterling Dream, are ready for their first competition. Then Christina is injured in a fall and loses both her nerve and her spot on the team. Someone needs to ride Sterling, or the team will be disqualified.
When beautiful, self-confident Cassidy Smith is picked to ride Sterling in the show, Christina tries to be a good sport. But it's not easy. Cassidy is claiming that both Christina and Sterling are quitters. Will Christina and her horse get the chance to prove just how wrong Cassidy is?
176 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1998
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May 5, 2024
****Skimmed****
I never did like this book and now as an adult I can see why.
Basically the adults know best and you better listen or else, the kids are all brats who want boyfriends at 12 (yeah nothing problematic about THAT), and this is just all around dumb. Boo.
I never did like this book and now as an adult I can see why.
Basically the adults know best and you better listen or else, the kids are all brats who want boyfriends at 12 (yeah nothing problematic about THAT), and this is just all around dumb. Boo.
May 7, 2016
Well, this was a disappointment and a poignant reminder of why I first gave up on the series back in 1998. The title is a bit misleading -- Sterling's second chance arrived a couple books back. When the title and the text don't match, that unbalances me a bit.
This is mainly about interpersonal relationships between twelve-year-olds instead about girls and horses. There is a strong message of "obey your elders because they know better than you do." What crap is that? I never liked reading that when I was a kid, let alone now that I'm one of those elders who supposedly knows better and doesn't.
I also didn't like how Mona had changed. She gives instructions that I question a real good riding instructor would give. A real BAD one, yeah, but not a real good one. Just too many whips for me.
This is mainly about interpersonal relationships between twelve-year-olds instead about girls and horses. There is a strong message of "obey your elders because they know better than you do." What crap is that? I never liked reading that when I was a kid, let alone now that I'm one of those elders who supposedly knows better and doesn't.
I also didn't like how Mona had changed. She gives instructions that I question a real good riding instructor would give. A real BAD one, yeah, but not a real good one. Just too many whips for me.
October 6, 2025
Childhood favourite series (haven't read in a long time) giving all four stars unless it was a favourite as a child.
January 16, 2026
If you enjoy books about horses then you'll definitely enjoy this book series. 7/10.
January 28, 2015
Grade: B-
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