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called Elaine when she was eventing. Yes, I do. She’s ever so nice! Did you know she jumped round the Badminton three-day event? You’re going to have a brilliant time, Poppy – her camps are very popular. It was a great idea of hers, opening up the stables.”
Poppy started to feel a little better. She’d been looking forward to camp at the local riding school for months – she couldn’t let the wrong jodhpurs spoil it now.
As her mum continued to chat to Mandy, another girl came into the tack shop. She was taller than Poppy, with a swishy ponytail that she flicked over one shoulder. Her mum held a list too. To Poppy’s growing dismay, the girl headed straight for the jacket – her jacket – and slipped it on over her T-shirt, doing a twirl in front of the mirror.
“Lovely,” said her mum. “Pop it in the basket.”
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