In this heartwarming and instructive book of horsemanship, highly-respected horse trainer Mark Rashid shares what he learned from a very special, and very challenging, horse. Through a lot of hard work, Mark comes to understand the potential for powerful communication that exists when two beings take the time to understand each other. Although his realizations are inspired by work with horses, readers will discover that Rashid's six guidelines for...

The Pony Girls are ready for their first summer at Storm Cliff Stables! Horses, swimming, camp life, and most important, friendships. If she's not riding a horse, Gabriela is reading a book. She has so many, she even starts a lending library at camp! But after she reads a book about Bigfoot, the Pony Girls start seeing signs of the giant creature around camp. Can they set aside their fears and solve the mystery of whether Bigfoot is real? Translated...

Summer special chunky read 2-in-1 edition of the third and fourth books in the 'Pony Club Secrets' series: 'Destiny and the Wild Horses' and 'Stardust and the Daredevil Ponies'. 'Destiny and the Wild Horses': Issie and Blaze were hot favorites to win the Chevalier Point Pony Club dressage competition, but now they have to spend the summer on her aunt's farm instead! When Issie finds out Blaze can go with her - and she'll be helping to train horses...

A true-life novel about Lily Casey Smith (the author's grandmother) who at age six helped her father break horses, at age fifteen left home to teach in a frontier town, and later as a wife and mother runs a vast ranch in Arizona where she survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy--but despite a life of hardscrabble drudgery still remains a woman of indomitable spirit.

Lyle and his siblings are living on the cusp of the future in the New World. Their step-mom is American and their Dad is Dutch, like most everyone else in the city of Holland where the Dutch immigrants have settled. Now, the fall of 1871, smoke has been blowing through the town for days. Contained forest fires are not so much contained anymore. Worst of all, their step-mom, Winny, is about to have a baby, their horses are separated because the filly...

"A gripping look at the great duel between Affirmed, the last horse to win the Triple Crown--comprised of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes--and his archrival, Alydar. More than sixteen million Americans watched the 2013 Kentucky Derby, and the three Triple Crown races combined drew more than thirty million viewers. But most people might not realize that it's been thirty-five years since one horse won the US Triple Crown--Affirmed...

While searching for a sleek, fast, and spirited pony to own, a young girl comes to realize that the "perfect" pony is actually very different.

Ranch owner and operator John Hauer celebrates these remarkable hybrids through essays, articles, stories, and beautiful full-color photographs and illustrations. The pieces in this collection draw attention to many of the mule's most impressive characteristics, including its agility, strength, grace, longevity, disposition, conformation, and loyalty. Contributors to this collection range from recognized professionals in the mule community to those...

This is not a book about horses, nor is it a book about husbands and it is certainly not a book solely about cancer. Though that condition is the core reason for this work it does not make this some sort of self-help book for those suffering from this illness or yet another set of pages condoning positive thinking and attitudes to try to overcome despair and fear. Elaine was my wife for the last twenty-five years and six days of her life, in all...

Competition is fierce at the All-Stars Academy - can the new girl outshine her rivals? The Blainford 'All-Stars' Academy is the most elite horse riding school ever and it's auditions time for next year's new students! The hopefuls must battle for a place against the most talented riders from around the world. Friendships are quickly made, but with rivalries hotting up inside AND outside the arena, who will stay focused and outshine the competition?...