And some samples of the story chosen at random:
(From Chapter 10):
"Dumbray. Come here!" she snapped.
Heart pounding, the gentle, brown racer rose to his hoofs, flicking
a glance at Nicoy as he did so. The trainer’s glance swung to the
end of the table as well. "You keep out of this Nicoy! I’ll have
my say to you later." Grabbing Dumbray by the mane the moment
he approached close enough, she hauled him out into the corridor.
Instantly there was a clatter of hoofs and a screech of wood on stone
as every horse made to rise and follow.
"Sit down!" Nicoy
ordered. "The first horse to leave this room will lose all free
days for a season."
No-one was at all sure she
would be able to enforce such a ruling, but no-one was willing to
take the chance so they all stayed glued to their seats listening
to the voices from outside. It was mostly Zaras they heard; Dumbray’s
soft spoken replies were swallowed by the thick stone wall.
(From Chapter 27):
Ric, a magnificent yellow horse, had six mares
and something like fifteen offspring in various stages of growth and
was related by blood or marriage to almost every horse in the camp.
Morday hoped he would take a liking to Ta Ashi the same as he had
with Chadu because if he did there would be no trouble. Ta Ashi would
be accepted immediately by all the horses, none of whom would dare
to oppose the strong willed and well-muscled Ric. But if Ric took
a dislike to him there would be trouble. It could easily happen. Ric
was not used to being confronted with horses as handsome as himself;
he might see him as a threat. If it came to a fight the big, powerful
yellow horse would without doubt defeat, perhaps even kill the younger,
lighter Ta Ashi. (From Chapter 27)
(From Chapter 35):
"Is that what you want?" she asked.
"To train Sierra for
the Big Race? Yes, why not? Mostly I want to get him away from here,
but if it will give you something to do while you're in hiding, then
why not prepare for the race? I'm sure you'd enjoy it, and he will
need to get back into racing one day. He made his initial appearance
in the Big Race, why not his return?" He grinned at the growing
look of excitement on Nicoy's face. "You and he once took Rynn
up by the heels and shook it; you can do it again. It would be a marvellous
way to have him re-enter racing, and think of the money you could
put on him."
Nicoy turned suddenly and
punched Jon’s arm. "All
right, enough! You remind me of a sly old rug seller at times, you
do- wheedling with your words. All right, I'll do it. I'll take Sierra
to the farm and train him. Thoje and Ki can cope with the rest of
the training schedules here. But there's one condition ... you have
to come with us, for protection."
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