dana - could you be thinking of this series by Linda Craig about a girl and her palomino solving mysteries?

I think that's probably them, sumi. Thanks! Googling for "palomino club" just brought up a whole bunch of results for strip clubs.

There's a reason that Almanzo Wilder's horses Prince and Lady were Morgans

Oh! What were his other team's names?

Man, when I'm done reading All of a Kind Family with Sara, I really want to start on the Little House books. Whether she likes them or not, to be honest.

I've read Black Gold --I read everything by Henry in every library in reach--but I don't remember it. I always liked King of the Wind best.

Is Sara liking All of a Kind Family? We've been doing some Junie B. Jones, but I think next we need to do The Penderwicks, which was a gift and which I haven't read yet.

I loved All of Kind Family growing up.

She LOVES it, flea. She loves how different it is, and she likes Charlotte and Sarah the best, because Charlotte is her age, and Sarah for the name.

The dusting/button game fascinated her.

::Pulling out my copy of These Happy Golden Years::

Well, there were the unnamed brown colts she helped him break so he could resell them for a profit. Best quote about them: "I am afraid to have you ride behind those horses," Ma said as Laura came in. Pa looked up from his paper. "Does seem like Wilder is trying to get you killed. But I'd say you are enjoying it the way your eyes are shining," he added.

Actually, no, the best quote about the colts was this:

[Laura said,] "I never rode in a lazy-back buggy before. The back isn't quite as high as the plain wooden ones, is it?"
"Maybe this will make it better," Almanzo said, laying his arm along the top of the back. He was not exactly hugging Laura, but his arm was against her shoulders. She shrugged, but his arm did not move away. So she leaned forward, and shook the buggy whip where it stood in the whipsocket on the dashboard. The colts jumped forward and broke into a run.
"You little devil!" Almanzo exclaimed, as he closed his hands on the lines and braced his feet. He needed both hands to control those colts.
After a time the colts were calmer and quieter, trotting again.
"Suppose they had run away?" Almanzo then asked her indignantly.
"They would run a long way before they came to the end of the prairie," Laura laughed. "And there's nothing to run against between here and there."
"Just the same!" Almanzo began, and then he said, "You're independent, aren't you?"
"Yes," said Laura.

And I give a big cheer for Laura every time I read that.

His other team was Barnum and Skip. They were the wildest of the bunch, especially Barnum. But, the first time Barnum ever walked when he was hitched up to a buggy was when Laura was holding the reins, not Almanzo.

Again, I cheer every time I read that.

does this mean that Morgans go back to Friesans?

They sure have similar qualities. I wouldn't be surprised if someone's already done DNA testing on the breed. I know you can get your mutt dog analyzed.

We owned Black Gold and I'm sure I read it, I can picture our well-worn copy, but I can't remember what it's about.

Is King of the Wind the one about The Godolphin Arabian? I probably read that almost as much as Medecine Hat. It's a tie between that one and The White Stallion of Lippiza. I can vividly picture the nightmare image of the stallion pointing to his dragging back feet with his bony dream hands.

Skip and Barnum! That was it! Thanks, Kathy.