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Snowman: The True Story of a Champion

Snowman: The True Story of a Champion

Montgomery, Rutherford
Hapka, Catherine

Paperback

AnimalsBiographySports & Recreation

Publisher Price: $8.99

ISBN10: 1481478133
ISBN13: 9781481478137
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Published: Aug 29 2017
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.50
Language: English
A chance meeting between a riding instructor and a run-down horse unveils a hidden talent and sparks a remarkable rise to fame in this nonfiction illustrated middle grade book 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 eighty dollars.

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.

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