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Nightstorm and the Grand Slam
Stacy Gregg
First published in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2011
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PONY CLUB SECRETS.
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Ebook Edition © MAY 2011 ISBN: 9780007435883
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Contents
Nightstorm and the Grand Slam
Chapter 1
It was day one of the Badminton Horse Trials. The…
Chapter 2
With the dressage behind them, the Laurels team were now…
Chapter 3
Mystic stamped a hoof impatiently against the gravel and looked…
Chapter 4
Issie felt like she had only just fallen asleep when…
Chapter 5
Issie and Avery arrived back at the horse truck that…
Chapter 6
There was a stunned silence in the horse truck and…
Chapter 7
After Nightstorm’s bout of colic, Issie was worried sick that…
Chapter 8
The last person in the world Issie had expected to…
Chapter 9
Oliver Tucker surveyed his surroundings, running a property developer’s eye…
Chapter 10
In the final week of the lead-up to Burghley, preparations…
Chapter 11
Issie’s hands were trembling at her throat as she tried…
Chapter 12
On the sidelines, the crowd who had seen Victory fall…
Chapter 13
Oliver Tucker unbuckled the sling and took hold of Victory’s…
Chapter 14
It was a moment of madness, but it was too…
Chapter 15
Back at the ‘hold box’, Avery did his best to…
Chapter 16
The prize-giving was preceded by a display by the Belvoir…
Epilogue
Spring weather in New Zealand is unpredictable. When Issie Brown…
Acknowledgments
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Nightstorm and the Grand Slam
In the glamorous and dangerous world of three-day eventing there are three super-elite competitions that together are regarded above all the rest as the very greatest test of a rider’s skill and courage.
These three events are: The Kentucky Four-Star, The Badminton Horse Trials and The Burghley Horse Trials.
Winning any one of these famous equestrian contests is considered a remarkable feat. Even more incredible, however, is the rider who can win all of them in a clean sweep. This three-in-a-row victory is, without a doubt, the most coveted title in the world of eventing: a phenomenon known simply as the Grand Slam.
Chapter 1
It was day one of the Badminton Horse Trials. The first crucial phase of the three-day event was underway and throughout the morning, one after another, elite combinations of horse and rider had performed their dressage tests with precision and elegance as the crowds in the grandstand looked on.
The
