Chapter 12
Josh frowned and hunched his collar against the rain as Zoe bumped around the ménage. ‘Not like that.’
‘How then?’ she asked.
‘Just ride properly.’
Zoe pulled on the reins. Cobber continued his shambling trot for a while and then came to an abrupt halt. Zoe fell forwards onto his neck. ‘Josh, you can’t just say ride properly. You have to tell me how.’
A cloud of frustration darkened his face. He stared at the ground and kicked the base of a post.
‘Let’s try again,’ said Zoe. ‘What will I do?’
‘Go round,’ he said without looking up. Zoe kicked her horse into a trot again. Cobber angrily swished his tail and kept yawing to the left, aiming for the stable. Zoe struggled to straighten him, pulling on the right rein and trying to remember to rise to the trot.
Riding in the ri
