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Renegade Champion - The Unlikely Rise of Fitzrada (Hardcover)
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Renegade Champion - The Unlikely Rise of Fitzrada (Hardcover)
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"If you buy that horse, you're buying your daughter's death
warrant," Jane Pohl's father was warned at the army barracks in the
spring of 1941. But the potential that his teenage daughter Jane
saw in the small, temperamental Thoroughbred was enough to convince
him otherwise. Earlier that year, when Fitzrada arrived at the army
base where Jane's family lived, the horse was stubborn,
unpredictable, and dangerous. Any man who dared addle him up soon
found himself face down in the dirt. Jane, excited to ride any
horse and up for the challenge, had the most success with Fitz. She
was patient and consistent, and the horse responded well at last,
showing a great affinity for jumping. Then, inexplicably, a
terrible riding accident resulted in serious injuries for both Jane
and Fitz, and the army decide that it was time to destroy the
horse. Heartbroken, Jane pleaded with her reluctant father: the
only way to save Fitz was to buy him from the army. Jane Pohl's
foresight proved to be correct. Jane and Fitz went on to take the
Virginia show-jumping circuit by storm, winning 37 jumper and 6
hinter championships. At a time when women were rarely seen in
jumping classes at horse shows and were not taken seriously by male
competitors, Jane and Fitz helped to break down barriers against
women riders competing in the Olympics. In 1946, Jane and Fitz
found themselves at the Jumper Championship at the prestigious
National Horse Show in Madison Square Garden-the highest jumping
title in North America. The road there for horse and rider was a
five-year test of faith, patience, and understanding friendship.
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