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L R Trovillion
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False Gods: The Show Jumper's Challenge
Teens
Author Insight
There're No Days Off on a Farm
Mucking stalls is not a glamorous job. No matter, stalls have to be cleaned and horses have to fed 365 plus days a year, no matter if you're sick, it's Christmas, or a violent storm is raging outside. It's the reality of horse farm owner or rancher. What do you do if you're sick or need a break? Recently, I've heard there's also a dearth of "barn rats" --meaning those teens who gladly work at the barn in exchange for a chance to ride. In my area, many talented horse trainers are advertising for a working student and offering free board, training, and more...without any takers. What's happened to these kids? Sure, it's hard work, but most horse owners would agree it's all part of becoming a great horseman. And without help on a farm, you just can't afford to get sick! EVER!
Book Excerpt
False Gods: The Show Jumper's Challenge
CORY STOOD IN the stall looking at her hands. Red welts were already forming at the base of each finger and she had a huge blister filled with some disgusting fluid in the crook of her thumb. She kept meaning to get some gloves, like Jack told her to do after the first day on the job, but it had already been a week and they hadn’t paid her yet. How stupid it was to agree to a job without first negotiating the terms.
She plunged the pitchfork into the dirty bedding, drove it in deeper with a jab from her foot, and lofted another forkful of wet shavings and manure into the wheelbarrow. A band of muscles along her back tightened. Days had passed of doing not much else but stalls and cleaning tack. She had hoped she would be working more with the horses, like grooming and turnout. And the money thing. She had to say something.
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