Ashleigh #14: Ashleigh's Western Challenge

By Chris Platt and Joanna Campbell

Book Overview

Before Thoroughbred, Ashleigh Griffen lived at Edgardale, her family's farm in Kentucky. Nothing could be more perfect than life on the farm with her family, her favorite horses, and her best friend, Mona. Ashleigh loves helping with the horses -- and dreaming of becoming a jockey someday ... Is Ashleigh out of her element? Ashleigh doesn't know what to expect when she sets out west for a visit with her cousins. Everything works differently out there -- but the races are still exciting. For the first time in her life, Ashleigh gets to participate in rodeos and mustang roundups. But Ashleigh's soon faced with a challenge. Her cousin Kaitlin's favorite colt, Bold Ranger, isn't doing very well -- so Kaitlin's parents decide not to race him anymore. Kaitlin's crushed, which makes Ashleigh determined to find a way to help Kaitlin get Ranger back in racing form. But will she be able to do it in time?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060091452
• ISBN13: 9780060091453
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: HarperEntertainment
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Ashleigh's Western Challenge

About the book- Ashleigh Griffen is excited that she gets to visit her cousin Kaitlin out west in the mountains of Nevada. She and Kait make plans about riding and Kaitlin's horse, a thoroughbred racer named Ranger. Ranger hasnt been training well at all, and his maiden race is coming up. Ashleigh makes the mistake of challenging Shelby, the rodeo queen, to any event she wants. Now Ashleigh must take on a new style of riding, and different western events. And to top it off, Ashleigh finds out her mare, Stardust, is pregnant with a foal by Edgardale's stallion, Royal Renegade. My opinion: Great book! It was quite a change from the previous books. The only thing i dont like is the fact that Stardust is about 3 months along in this book, but in the next book she is near foaling (11 months). Ashleigh only stayed in Nevada for like 3 or 6 weeks (i forget which it was). So the time fram was off by a couple months.

Can Ashleigh help Ranger?

When Ashleigh Griffen goes out west to Nevada to visit her cousins, she sees rodeos, competes in gymkhanas, and even sees wild mustangs. There are even small races out there, but her cousin's racehorse is not doing very well. She is devastated that her parents tell her that the colt won't be racing anymore, so Ashleigh tries to help. Will she be able to do it? You also find out in this book, that Ashleigh's mare is in foal!

FANTASTIC!!!

This is a great book. I ride western, so it was a good change. I would love to see real, wild, mustangs. Ashleigh shouldn't of even thought about going home over Stardust's foal, when Stardust is barely pregnant. HORSE LOVERS- READ THIS BOOK!!!