Customer Reviews

Riding School Rivals (Treasured Horses Collection)

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4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this book! I've read it a million times and I'm still not sick of it! It's the first book that I've read from the series and it's inspired me to read the others. This book is realistic to me because every young girls can really relate to wanting that one special horse. Also, this book has a part inwhich Cassie is in her riding lesson, so readers can learn more about good posture and tecniques when they ride.

When I heard about the title of this book and the breed featured I ordered it. I was disappointed to read the book and discover that the riding school was not the Spanish Riding School and the horse featured really could have been any other breed. To add insult to injury it was not a dressage horse. If I had written the book I would have made it more historical and with a cavalry/dressage focus instead of hunter/jumper.

I gave the book three stars because I thought that it was a cute story but I would have rather seen it not proclaimed as a "story of a majestic lippizan(er) horse."

I love this book, although I have a 13+ reading level. It is fun to read, and nobody will get sick of it. When Cassie falls in love with Birchwood's new horse, she is horrified to learn that snobby, highly self opinionated Hillary also likes the horse. Hillary demands to ride him, but she isn't right for Majesty. Who will ride this great horse? I find this series, espcially this book, inspiring. It is great for those with dreams to lease of own a horse, and who love to ride. It is modern, so I could relate to it. It is impossable to explain the great read it is, so just buy it or check it out yourself!

When a beautiful, white lippizan(er) comes to Birchwood Cassie is thrilled. She's also dissapointed that snobby Hillary (a girl from her riding class,) also is interested in the horse. Cassie and Hillary already don't like each other, but when Majesty, the new horse comes,the girls are total enemies. This book is quite good, but I feel racing is more exciting, so I perfer the "Thoroughbred" and "Ashleigh" series.

I've read many good horse-books and this is one of them. I've read many other books in this series as well as the "Saddle "Club" series and the "Thoroughbred" series. I think this book is better than all the books in the "Saddle Club" series, but "Thoroughbred" books are my favorite. If you like jumping this book would be good. I like racing more and enjoy the "Thoroughbred" books, but this still is a good book.

When Cassie hears of Magesty, a Lipizzan new to her stables, she marvels at the beauty. But when Hillary also notices him, her jealousy grows and she immedietly demands the horse to be hers - and hers only - to ride. Who will be able to win Majesty? A good Treasured Horses addition...but somewhat predictable. Still a good read for children 10 and under. Since I own a horse myself, I found this book a fun read in school. Also, this has a bunch of cool facts for the young horse owner. Personally, I like the Treasured Horses: Pride of the Green Mountains somewhat more than I did this book. But, don't let my opinion stop you. See what you think after reading Riding School Rivals for yourself. : )

Cassie is an excellent rider and jumper. When she hears that a beautiful Lipizzan named Majesty arrives, she's sure that he would be perfect for her. But when another rich and self-centered girl, Hillary, also sees the horse, only one girl will get him. Who will win the right to lease this fallen angel?

Ok. Maybe The plot is A LITTLE predictable. A LITTLE! But, I thought this was one of the best in series! (They're all good.) I wish there were more books about Lipizzan horses. I think it's good that the girls become friends! This book shows how you should keep trying to be friends to someone who doesn't like you. Oh, and the book does have horses in it. Most of the time everything happens at the stable. A nice, horsey book!

This is the only book I've read of this series, but I think that both "The Saddle Club" series and the "Thouroughbred" series are better. If you are looking for a book about Lipizzan horses, then read it. But if your looking for books all about horses and fun things in them, then read the "Saddle Club" series. All in all, it's not a bad book, but I have definatly read better ones.

This latest entry in the Treasured Horses was a far cry from the adventure and historically accurate backgrounds of the first three titles. The previous three volumes were set in early 1900s Oregon, Revolutionary War Virginia, and Civil War Vermont. Riding School Rivals is set in present-day Maryland, and is characteristicized by a weak, wavering, and predictable plot. The book goes from being about two girls fighting over a horse (who gets the horse is pretty much obvious from the start) to being about their ridiculous, petty, pathetic arguements over who's a better rider. To make it worse, the ending was terrible - the two actualy become friends! This was a terrible book and why they stuck it on the otherwise great Treasured Horses series I have no idea. But it has almost ruined a near-flawless series - supposed to have been, according to an add by the publisher, Scholastic, in a summer add in Publisher's Weekly, "Thrilling horse stories in historical settings." That does not describe Riding School Rivals, which is not set in the past, and is certainly not thrilling. Even if you loved the first three books, don't read this one. It's terrible.