I read this before, but it was well worth reading again!

16 year old Trisha has just won her first race as a jockey. Her father, owner of the horse, had been able to be at the track for the race & the winner's circle, but her mother had to take him back to the hospital where he's being treated for lung cancer immediately afterward. Trisha didn't get to say goodbye because of all her school friends congratulating her! Another owner asked her to ride for him during the week, she told him that she couldn't ride during school, but agreed to ride after school without asking her parents...oops! ( )