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  • By: Clare Balding
  • Narrated by: Clare Balding
  • Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (160 ratings)

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The Racehorse Who Wouldn't Gallop

By: Clare Balding
Narrated by: Clare Balding
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Summary

Puffin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of The Racehorse Who Wouldn't Gallop, written and read by Clare Balding.

Charlie Bass is a horse-mad nine-year-old who dreams of owning her own pony. So when her eccentric parents announce that they are going to buy a racehorse, Charlie is thrilled.

The horse they buy, Noble Warrior, looks the part: strong, fit and healthy. There's just one problem - he won't gallop. In fact he won't even trot round the field without his best friend, Percy, a naughty palomino pony, at his side. But Charlie is convinced that Noble Warrior has what it takes to be a champion - he just needs the right motivation....

A classic, funny animal story perfect for fans of Dick King-Smith and My Family and Other Animals.

©2016 Clare Balding (P)2016 Penguin Audio

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👍Great book👌Very interesting and exiting.
Good for old and young!
Well done Clare Balding GREAT book!!!🏆

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I love horses 🐎🦄🤜🐴🐎

I loved it because I love horses and I love to ride them🐎 fantastic.

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Funtastic read

My 10 year old daughter loved this book, factual as well as fun. Easy to listen too on audible,

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Amazing

One of the best books I’ve ever listened two amazing I have read all 3 books and there all amazing

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The racehorse who wouldn't gallop

The story was impeccable and the performance quality was completely amazing.🐎 I loved it.🐴

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The racehorse that would not gallop

I liked it because it is fun and funny
I like the fact you use enfaces

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Best book ever

I love this book it was so life like it was amazing I would give this book to anyone how loves horses
So that is why I gave it this rating thank you so much

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what a great kids book

really enjoyed listening to this together with my little girl. Great fun story but gripping to. really good fun.

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Surprise

I bought this book after hearing Claire talk about it on the radio, a children's book I thought but could be OK. Well, what a surprise! It was wonderful, the story is brilliant making me (a grown woman of rather mature years) laugh and cry in equal measure. Claire is fabulous as the narrator and her joy in her writing as well as her knowledge shines through. If you want a good time read, whether you love horses, dogs , cows or not, this is most definitely one to listen too.

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it was brilliant and and piers cleverly was meen

the narrator was brilliant and I really really really liked the narrated because of her voices

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