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Equestrian and horsey fiction and instructional or inspirational books that every equestrian needs – and where to find them!
Mary King – The Autobiography (2011)
A no-holds-barred story of what it takes to reach the top, and stay there, in the world's most dangerous sport - three day eventing. At the age of for...[Read More]
Jump! – Jilly Cooper (2010)
Jilly Cooper returns to horses in a fabulously entertaining romp through the world of jump racing. Etta Bancroft - sweet, kind, still beautiful - a...[Read More]
The Horse Dancer – JoJo Moyes (2009)
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Giver of Stars, a novel about a lost girl and her horse, the enduring strength of friendship, and ho...[Read More]
The Byerley Turk: The True Story of the First Thoroughbred – Jeremy James (2007)
This is the true story of one of the most remarkable horses in history. Foaled in the lavish Ottoman stables of the Topkapi Palace in 1678, this dark ...[Read More]
100 Ways to Improve Your Riding: Common Faults and How to Cure Them – Susan McBane (2006)
Riding in perfect balance with the lightest application of aids is something most riders strive to achieve. But without the help of an instructor by y...[Read More]
Flying Changes – Sara Gruen (2005)
There is a time to move on, a time to let go . . . and a time to fly. Anxiety rules Annemarie Zimmer’s days—the fear that her relationship with the...[Read More]
101 Dressage Exercises for Horse and Rider – Jec Aristotle Ballou (2005)
Dressage, the equestrian practice in which a horse makes highly precise movements in response to barely perceptible signals from the rider, has taken ...[Read More]
Riding Lessons – Sara Gruen (2004)
As a world-class equestrian and Olympic contender, Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong, graceful animal. Then, at eighteen, ...[Read More]
101 Jumping Exercises for Horse and Rider – Linda Allen (2002)
A 35-year equestrian veteran provides a logical and consistent series of exercises presented in a fun and appealing way, with clear arena maps and str...[Read More]
The Horse Whisperer – Nicholas Evans (1995)
A forty-ton truck hurtles out of control on a snowy country road, a teenage girl on horseback in its path. In a few terrible seconds the life of a fam...[Read More]
Gonda Betrix – Jumping to Success (1992)
In 1992, she wrote a part-autobiography, part training manual with Julia Attwood-Wheeler. Betrix, Gonda; Attwood-Wheeler, Julia (1992). Jumping to Suc...[Read More]
Polo – Jilly Cooper (1991)
In Jilly Cooper's third Rutshire chronicle we meet Ricky France-Lynch, who is moody, macho, and magnificent. He had a large crumbling estate, a nine-g...[Read More]
Riders – Jilly Cooper (1985)
Set against the glorious Cotswold countryside and the playgrounds of the world, Jilly Cooper's Rutshire Chronicles, Riders, Rivals, Polo, The Man Who ...[Read More]
My Friend Flicka – Mary O’Hara (1941)
The classic story of an aimless teenager, a demanding father, and aspirited horse -- now a major motion picture from Twentieth Century FoxA daydreamer...[Read More]
