Snowman: The True Story of a Champion
Animaux et faune, Sports (biographies), Sports et jeux
Audio avec voix de synthèse, Braille automatisé
Résumé
A twist of fate brings a man and horse together in this remarkable true story now available in a new version adapted by the author of the Marguerite Henry&’s Ponies of Chincoteague series.Snowman, an Amish plow horse, was bound for… the meat market when Harry deLeyer, a Long Island riding instructor, spotted him at auction. After making eye contact with the gentle giant deLeyer decided to purchase him for $80. At first, Snowman was just a horse that children rode during lessons, but when deLeyer sold him to a neighbor, the horse had other ideas. He would jump the high fences so he could return &“home.&” Harry then began training Snowman as a show jumper. Less than two years out of the plow fields, Snowman won the 1958 horse show jumping Triple Crown—the American Horse Shows Association Horse of the Year, Professional Horseman&’s Association Champion, and Champion of Madison Square Garden&’s Diamond Jubilee. Snowman was inducted into the Show Jumping Hall of Fame in 1992.