Jinny is worried about her pony being taken away to the circus.

"Shantih flew over the first jump in a burst of speed. At the brush Jinny turned her in mid-air to land and then soar straight over the poles. In two strides they were at the big spread then they must stop dead, spin round, and after only one stride clear The Joker. Jinny felt the Arab gather herself for the all-but-impossible leap, sink down on her quarters and spring vertically upwards ..."