Thoroughbred Series [Ashleigh]

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 some day...

Thoroughbred [Ashleigh] - Ashleigh's Promise
C. Platt, J. Campbell (creator) / Paperback / Sept 2001

Ashleigh Griffen has a mysterious new neighbor, a teenage boy with a natural talent for understanding horses. Ashleigh has watched him work, but the rumors flying around town about the boy keep her from speaking to him.

When Ashleigh bids at auction on a neglected racehorse named Majestic Promise, her parents are furious. Promise is distrustful of humans and in terrible physical shape. Ashleigh know she can't keep Promise, but if she can win his trust and get him fit again, she can sell him to a loving home.

Ashleigh needs help, and if anyone can help her, her new neighbor can.

* Thoroughbred [Ashleigh] - Winter Race Camp
, J. Campbell (creator) / Paperback /

Thoroughbred [Ashleigh] - The Prize
C. Platt, J. Campbell (creator) / Paperback /Jul 2002

Ashleigh needs a new saddle, and the prize for champion on the local show circuit is a beautiful new one. But Ashleigh has never been confident in the show ring --- does she dare even try? Her best friend, Mona Gardener, loves to show and promises to help out. Ashleigh decides to go for it.

As the show progresses, Mona becomes more and more competitive, trying to score points and win the saddle herself. Ashleigh doesn't know what to do. Will a friendly competition put an end to a lifelong friendship?

Thoroughbred [Ashleigh] - Ashleigh's Western Challenge
C. Platt, J. Campbell (creator) / Paperback / Nov 2002

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 mustant 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?

Thoroughbred [Ashleigh] - Stardust's Foal
C. Platt, J. Campbell (creator) / Paperback / May 2003

Ashleigh Griffen's beloved horse, Stardust, is actually going to have a foal. Ashleigh prepares Stardust for the birth, the Griffens take in Ashleigh's cousin, Emily, a girl about Ashleigh's age whose dad is recovering from a long illness. Emily claims she loves horses, but she's awfully clumsy around them --- and her careless mistake results in Stardust's being exposed to strangles, a horse disease that endangers both Stardust and the foal she carries! Will Stardust be strong enough to deliver the foal safely?

Our young heroine grows up before our very eyes in this heartrending conclusion to the Ashleigh series.

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