Chas Bentinck has a famous grandfather who was a jockey, and that’s what he wants to be too. His parents are not at all keen on the idea, and he also has a disability which makes difficulties too. There is also opposition from a gang set on stopping the horse White Hope from winning.
Publishing history
Hodder & Stoughton, 1978, illus Gordon King
Chas Bentinck has a famous grandfather who was a jockey, and that’s what he wants to be too. His parents are not at all keen on the idea, and he also has a disability which makes difficulties too. There is also opposition from a gang set on stopping the horse White Hope from winning.
Many thanks to Cherie Goninon for the photo.
Frances Murray
I’m a freelance writer, editor and proof reader. I’ve written Heroines on Horseback (2019), a gallop through the pony book in children’s fiction, and have written the world’s largest website on equine literature.
I've now started up a publishing company dedicated to bringing classic pony fiction back into print.
