A LOT if you were me. My 2nd or 3rd grade teacher made me stop reading horse books even though I had the highest book count in the class.
In Jr high I would ‘hide’ a book behind my binder during class. I say ‘hide’ because while I thought I was getting away with something, years later as a teacher myself, I realized my teachers must’ve allowed me to get away with it. I wasn’t hurting anyone…I still got As…and I wasn’t disruptive, so no harm, no foul?
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In “For Love of A Horse” by Patricia Leitch, our heroine gets the horse of her dreams when a trailer accident releases an Arab mare (later named Shantih) onto the moor, where she subsquently runs wild with a herd of Highland ponies. Girl has to track the horse down and tame it with the assistance of a helpful blizzard. The mare is initially seen in a Brutal Circus (book is highly, highly socially aware and conscious and sorta tedious) where her name is different, don’t recall if it was Gypsy) Very, very British, it was available in the US through Scholastic’s school book sales in the 1980s, but the host of sequels by Leitch are pretty much impossible to find in America.[/QUOTE]
Thank you thank you thank you! That’s it. (:
The Thoroughbred series was my crack as a kid…I have the whole series collecting dust somewhere in the attic.
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There are two I don’t think I’ve seen mentioned. One called “Born to Trot” about a foal that grows up and wins the Hambletonian, overcoming all kinds of odds in the process.
Another is “Black Gold,” which may have been written by Marguerite Henry. I read this book when I was in 4th grade. My teacher was really boring, and I snuck it to school and read it under my desk. Kept getting caught and going right back to it. How much trouble could I get in for wanting to do extra reading? :-)[/QUOTE]
Yup, those are both Marguerite Henry. (: I used to always get in trouble for reading in school too… I read like a fiend…
Horse Fever
I inherited a book from my older horse-crazy cousin when I was a kid called, “Horse Fever”. It was an orange, hard cover book with a picture of a girl (in her showhunter attire) and her horse. It was from the early 60’s and as an adult I rumaged all through the stacks of old things my parents had saved but could never find it.
After reading this thread, I got inspired, looked on ebay and lo and behold I found a couple of copies and bought one! It arrived last night and I was really pleasantly surprised at the beautiful photos and text. It covered different show horse breeds, but focused primarily on foxhunting and hunter jumpers. It was great looking once more at all the pictures that I once looked at a thousand times as a dreamy kid.
Does anyone else remeber that book?
Re: Horse Fever
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I inherited a book from my older horse-crazy cousin when I was a kid called, “Horse Fever”. It was an orange, hard cover book with a picture of a girl (in her showhunter attire) and her horse. It was from the early 60’s and as an adult I rumaged all through the stacks of old things my parents had saved but could never find it.
After reading this thread, I got inspired, looked on ebay and lo and behold I found a couple of copies and bought one! It arrived last night and I was really pleasantly surprised at the beautiful photos and text. It covered different show horse breeds, but focused primarily on foxhunting and hunter jumpers. It was great looking once more at all the pictures that I once looked at a thousand times as a dreamy kid.
Does anyone else remeber that book?[/QUOTE]
Yes - I loved that book! It had been on my mind the last couple of days, thanks to this thread. I was thinking about ordering a copy too!
I still have that book! I got it and another called Horse Show from my parents for Christmas, way back before I was a horse owner. Great books!
I was surfing book sites to see if any of our “old friends” are available and many are but at some major prices!
What a great thread 
As with every horse crazy kid, my book shelf was loaded with horse books.
My faves,
National Velvet,
Big Jump for Robin,
The Monday Horses,
Saddles for Breakfast.
BAC: That is so neat! I remember reading that book in the library in elem., school and WISHING so hard that was me! What a great story that was. Hanover Shoe Farm was recently in the news:
[I]Hanover Shoe Farms will be honored with the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ (AAEP) 2008 award for outstanding service in equine welfare, the Lavin Cup. The Lavin Cup, named for former AAEP President A. Gary Lavin, VMD, will be presented to a representative of Hanover Shoe Farms Dec. 9 at the AAEP’s 54th Annual Convention in San Diego. www.thehorse.com has the rest of the story…
When I was a kinder
Fritz and the Beautiful Ponies
Mumpkin
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses
The King of the Wind
Jame’s Herriot’s Bonnie’s Big Day
A little older it was the Saddle Club, Skye Ryder,
The Perfect Distance was the BEST by far, one of my favorites, I still read it sometimes!
There is a book I remember very fondly but can’t recall the name or author to save my life. Anyone?
It was a big, oversized board-type book which was very short, intended for beginner readers. Most of the book was photos - I think each page was a photo, with some text at the bottom to tell the very basic story. The story was a little boy wakes up and goes out to ride his horse, a chestnut mare. They have a long ride, and return home at dusk. I seem to recall that the lights in the house are on when they get home, and that the whole effect is very 1970s, with slightly reddish tinged photos. I had it as a kid in the 1970s, so it was at least that old, and probably no older than the mid 1960s, based on the clothes, etc.
Does Hanover Shoe Farms have any connectin to this story? Hanover had been connected to trotting horses in the past but Karen Ann wanted to add it to Wishing Star’s name since it was the Hanover Bank that was giving her the horse.
If you want I will email you copies of the photos she sent me.
The Red Pony
How about The Red Pony by Steinbeck. My mom was a librarian so she got me this classic to read. Great book, but very sad too. I was paranoid that my pony was going to get strangles!!
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What was the beautiful hardcover book with each breed in it? The pics were I think copies of paintings. I remember the lipizzan pic of one with a Spanish guy on it doing airs above the ground. Was that The Album of the Horse? Gorgeous book. Wish I still had it.[/QUOTE]
I still have mine! And I even have the companion piece that has full-color prints of the pictures from the book that are suitable for mounting.
How about Little Vic? That was one of my favorites. And my favorite CW Anderson was Afraid to Ride.
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How about The Red Pony by Steinbeck. My mom was a librarian so she got me this classic to read. Great book, but very sad too. I was paranoid that my pony was going to get strangles!![/QUOTE]
My teacher suggested it to me when I was in 4th grade. It was a classic, you see. And about horses. What could go wrong?
I swore never to read Steinbeck again, I was so upset.
Took me 25 years to get over it and try another novel of his.
I think they had a connection to the story, I least all these years I thought they did! Please correct me if I am wrong…I would love to see the photos you have…
djd1321@yahoo.com thank you!
I don’t think so, Hanover Bank bought the horse for Karen Ann, his name was Gadfly and they changed it to Hanover’s Wishing Star at Karen Ann’s request. He was at Ted Wahl’s Round Hill Stable in Greenwich, CT and she was boarding him there, the book ends with them planning a barn at home for him. That name was not mentioned in the book.
The Hanover name has a connection to harness racing though.
Aww, I forgot about both of those! I had a signed copy of “The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses”–beautiful artwork in that.
Not a horse book, but…
“Champion Dog Prince Tom”, a true story of a Cocker Spaniel…it was that book that prompted me to have spaniels all these years…anyone else read this one?
Thanks for the correction!
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I don’t think so, Hanover Bank bought the horse for Karen Ann, his name was Gadfly and they changed it to Hanover’s Wishing Star at Karen Ann’s request. He was at Ted Wahl’s Round Hill Stable in Greenwich, CT and she was boarding him there, the book ends with them planning a barn at home for him. That name was not mentioned in the book.
The Hanover name has a connection to harness racing though.[/QUOTE]
Thank you for that bit of info. I don’t recall where I got the notion that it was related to the Standardbred Farm…
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