That was fabulous. :yes: I read it a million years ago, but it was well worth clicking and reading. It’s Rudyard Kipling’s story about the polo ponies, so I am sure many here are familiar with it.
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Took me 30 years to be able to pick up Grapes of Wrath. :no:[/QUOTE]
I am currently reading THE GRAPES OF WRATH…well, I have been reading it every night for about 3 weeks now…it is a S-L-O-W-as-molassses read, but I quite find that I am enjoying it…and love all the vernacular speech. Who woulda thunk it!?!
On to one of these recommended horse books when (whenever!) I get through this Steinbeck!!!
Is anyone else irritated with Fiona Walker’s books??
I just finished both French Relations & Well Groomed and I want to know what happens to Tash & Snob!!! I can’t find anywhere that Tash’s story is continued in any of Fiona Walkers books.
Anyone know anything???
One of my favorites is “Renegade Champion” by Richard R. Rust. It is based on a true story and is very interesting. Some interesting stories of the early days of showing at the Garden.
Ah no, the rose gray arabian books included “Arabian Cow Horse” and were written my John Richard Young, who was a real horseman and wrote two horse training books: The Schooling of the Horse, and Schooling for Young Riders. Schooling for Young riders reads like a story, as he purchases, trains and teaches his daughter to ride a large pony.
Updating this thread:
Natalie Keller Reinert. She has the Eventing series (about eventing, obviously), the Alex and Alexander series (racing), and this shorter show barn series that I haven’t read yet. I am OBSESSED with the eventing series though, and the racing ones are really good too. They seem to be fairly realistic. And, they are on kindle unlimited!
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well, I remember that one too. I loved Arabian cow horse! And I also read the schooling for young riders as well. Putting his young daughter on a stallion!
I read Riders years ago - it was supposed to be loosely based on real riders so part of the fun was trying to figure out who was who.
Black Beauty - My dad read me Black Beauty when I was about five years old. It was our nightly time together as he
was the horsey one in the family. It made such an impression on me I still cannot be hard on a horse’s mouth or
treat it harshly and that has stood me in good stead all my life. I hope I did my part in stamping out the “come to Jesus”
expression on this board because a horse rarely would need to be hurt or frightened. To this day I am an advocate for
lightness and use a Nathe or Trust plastic bit all the time.
I am planning to read my version of Black Beauty, which has lots of colour pictures, to my grandsons this summer - 5 and 8 years old.
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This is an OLD thread lol
I don’t typically read “horse” books but I have really enjoyed the ones below:
- Horse Heaven
- Tami Hoag’s 2 mystery books set in Florida (I forget the names)
- Sweet Williams (that one made me cry!)
- the 80 dollars champion
- and many of the Dick Francis mysteries.
Also (not really horses, and teen lit, but fun) : The Scorpio races.
And of course when I was a kid I read ALL of the Walter Farley books (the black stallion et al)
@Foxtrot good for you. It is never too early to instill compassion for other animals in a human.
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A few years ago, I was riding down the barn driveway, and my horse put his head down like he wanted to scratch or sniff something. I loosened the reins, but instead of stopping and doing whatever it was he wanted to do, he kept walking and tripped over his own big feet. He stumbled badly and went all the way down. I was able to kick clear. He got up with a “What happened look on hi face - or perhaps it was more like, ‘I meant to do that.’” In any event, he scraped both knees quite badly. After I got over my initial OMG, I realized that while it was awful looking, it wasn’t serious and he was sound. His knees puffed up a bit so I restricted it to walking for a few days, but he was never lame. when it was all healed, he had scars and still does. All I could think was, “You’re lucky you’re not a 19th century carriage horse at a fashionable home like Black Beauty, or you’d be going down the road!” (Just kidding, of course!)
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Natalie Keller Reinert. She has the Eventing series (about eventing, obviously), the Alex and Alexander series (racing), and this shorter show barn series that I haven’t read yet. I am OBSESSED with the eventing series though, and the racing ones are really good too. They seem to be fairly realistic. And, they are on kindle unlimited![/QUOTE]
I really liked her books too. Read quite a bit while in Arizona this spring.
Nancy
