Setting the Pace

This book starts where "DJ's Challenge" ends! Bridget is giving instructions on jumping. DJ needed to do it again. she forced herself to forget the wonderful feeling, & count the paces. Bridget told DJ that she would have more joy in riding the more she concentrated on what she was doing. DJ was thrilled to finally be jumping! Amy, DJ's friend, did her best to keep her out of trouble. Most of the people at the Academy took their tack home, but DJ & Amy kept theirs at the Academy because they biked there. DJ took care of her horse, Major, and looked over the hills of northern California's Briones State Park. The black trees reminded her of her mother's black mood if she didn't make it home by dark. When she got home & announced her show more arrival, her mom was home. Robert had asked her mom to marry him, but DJ felt like she just got kicked by a horse! show less