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Thoroughbred #18
Glory's Rival
Will Shining ruin Glory's chance for victory?
Cindy Blake wants Glory to win the Breeders' Cup Classic more than she's ever wanted anything in her life. A win will make him a legend like his famous grandsire, Just Victory. Cindy has been training Glory for months, and she's determined to show the world what a winner he truly is.
But Cindy wasn't counting on the fact that Samantha McLean would enter her horse, Shining, in the same race. Shining has beaten colts before, and it's possible she could steal the trophy right out from under Glory's nose.
Now Cindy has to decide which is more important to her: keeping her friendship with Samantha or making sure Glory wins the biggest race of his career!
Cindy Blake wants Glory to win the Breeders' Cup Classic more than she's ever wanted anything in her life. A win will make him a legend like his famous grandsire, Just Victory. Cindy has been training Glory for months, and she's determined to show the world what a winner he truly is.
But Cindy wasn't counting on the fact that Samantha McLean would enter her horse, Shining, in the same race. Shining has beaten colts before, and it's possible she could steal the trophy right out from under Glory's nose.
Now Cindy has to decide which is more important to her: keeping her friendship with Samantha or making sure Glory wins the biggest race of his career!
208 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 11, 1996
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Did Not Finish
April 27, 2024****DNF/Skimmed****
Basically Cindy’s a brat for 98% of the book and only cares about winning no matter what, plus we get the stupid Townsends causing problems. Hurray.
Basically Cindy’s a brat for 98% of the book and only cares about winning no matter what, plus we get the stupid Townsends causing problems. Hurray.
October 29, 2024
The title and cover are completely misleading. That's nothing new for the Thoroughbred series, but here it was particularly egregious. The scene on the cover never happens. If that's supposed to be Shining, she's depicted in the wrong color. Exercise riders wear jockey helmets, not basic hard hats as pictured here.
Glory and Shining never wind up competing against each other, so not much of a rivalry there.
This book was so stupid, it was depressing. You could see the solution to the "problem" a mile away.
Want to read the Thoroughbred series? Don't. It's not worth the bother. Stop at Wonder's Sister.
Other horses in this book include Storm, Townsend Princess, the intriguingly named Secret Silence, Champion, Mr. Wonderful, and Limitless Time. There's another Whitebrook horse called Crimean Summer that just vanishes from the series.
Glory and Shining never wind up competing against each other, so not much of a rivalry there.
This book was so stupid, it was depressing. You could see the solution to the "problem" a mile away.
Want to read the Thoroughbred series? Don't. It's not worth the bother. Stop at Wonder's Sister.
Other horses in this book include Storm, Townsend Princess, the intriguingly named Secret Silence, Champion, Mr. Wonderful, and Limitless Time. There's another Whitebrook horse called Crimean Summer that just vanishes from the series.
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 14, 2017
I really like this book. Cindy could not stand the suspense of waiting for Samantha to decide whether she was going to enter Shining in the Distaff or the Classic. I almost hoped that they would have run against each other. But in the end, Glory was as amazing as ever and Shining was too!
April 30, 2015
A great series for tweens that love horses and/or are interested in horseback riding or racing. Teaches about the struggles of working with animals and the benefits.
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