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A girl groom has a wonderful job ...
But Janet sometimes wondered whether she would ever be anything more than a dreary, horsy peson, remaining a groom all her life, and never achieving her ambition to become a champion rider.
Then the accident happens, just before the Big Event. Miriam is injured - and Corrymeela riderless. The cry goes up "Janet must ride!"
"For a moment I sat quite still picturing myself in the dressage area. Would I ride enought to satisfy Major Fuller? Worst of all, would I let down the family, or their beautiful mare, Corrymeela ... ?