finding books we read when young

When young I read a book that I thought was called The Red Roan. It was about a horse that was tamed and then stolen and forced to be in a rodeo. One rider wanted to win so badly that he pushed out one of the horse's eyes. The original owner finds him and takes him back. I thought it was an American "Black Beauty" centered around the worst of the rodeos rather than the cart drivers of Britain.
When I look for this book, I find ones that have similiar titles, but do not have the same story. Maybe it wasn't a youth book. Is anyone else familiar with this book? If so, what is the actual title and author?
Thank you

I don't have an answer for you, although I searched for it on the Web. The Horses group on LibraryThing may be able to help you. I "lurk" on that group and they know a lot about horse books.

The Red Roan Pony by Joseph Wharton Lippincott (1935)?
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=270371070&searchurl=sts%3Dt...

Also try the Name That Book group on LT