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Article: FALL TOPPLES GLAMOUR OF HORSE SHOWS.(COMMENTARY)(Review)
- Article from:
- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- September 1, 1996
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Byline: BERNICE GROHSKOPF
FALL
KAI MARISTED
Random House. 275 pp. $23.
The equestrian show circuit is a closed circle of devotees, as unique and treacherous as the race-track setting that Dick Francis employs in his mysteries. Fall, a new novel by Kai Maristed, is peopled with the ardent, competitive and occasionally obsessed people who show horses. Maristead not only captures the glamour and elegance of the horses and their young riders, whose parents must be rich to finance this expensive sport. She also takes us behind the scenes.
Erica Habbrecht is a dedicated young trainer with an innate understanding of horses, as well ...