Horse-Canada Book Stall

The Chronicles of the $700 Pony, by Ellen Broadhurst, Illustrated by Patty Naegeli. 200pp. Completely true, this laugh-out-loud funny book tells the story of how the author purchased a scruffy pony of unknown origins and abilities whose main attraction was her price tag.
That alone would be funny enough, except the author also sets the goal of showing said pony in competition within one year!
And while that would also be funny enough, she undertakes this task after being out of the saddle for several years while becoming a wife and the mother of two children under the age of three. Add to the mix a falling-down old farm with no fencing, 100 free-range chickens and a “fixer-upper” home, and you have makings of a very funny story.
Ellen Broadhurst lives with her husband, two toddlers, one slightly wacky dog, 100 free-range chickens and the $700 Pony on a “work in progress” farm in New Jersey. It’s quite a miracle she was even able to write this book, but readers will be glad she did.