From the Book jacket:
Another horse stops suddenly. Everyone gasps. The rider flies over his head and lands on the other side of the jump. But she lands on her feet, smiles, and shrugs. Lily knows if Beware does that, she will not land on her feet. She smooths Beware's neck with her hand.
"I'm not going in this," Mandy says suddenly. I'll get killed." She rides away toward the announcer's tent. Gramp scratches under his hat.
"She's prob'ly right," he says. Lily's stomach turns like a washcloth being wrung out.
"Next, the announcer says, "Lilian Gifford on Beware."
Why does competition have to be so competitive?
Last year, Lily and her friend Mandy took turns riding the same pony at the horse show, and everyone got ribbons just for taking part. This year everything's different. Lily's become a skilled rider on steady Beware, and so has Mandy on frisky Shane. Both girls sense a real chance of bringing home blue ribbons-and both feel surprisingly uneasy about competing against each other.
By the author of Beware the Mare and Be Well Beware