Jenny Oldfield

When her beloved palomino horse, Lucky, contracts a mysterious and potentially fatal illness, thirteen-year-old Kirstie seeks out a legendary horse doctor who lives deep in the Rockies.

"Kirstie Scott lives for horses. While at a local rodeo contest, she is horrified to see how Rocky, an injured horse, is treated. Kirstie persuades her mother to buy him, but soon learns that training an ex-rodeo horse is not easy..."--Cover back.