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The Rider (2018)
Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over, after a horse crushes his skull at a rodeo. Back home on the Pine Ridge Reservation, with little desire or alternatives for a different way of life, Brady’s sense of inadequacy mounts as he is unable to ride or rodeo – the essentials of being a cowboy. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.
Fergus and the Greener Grass – Jean Abernethy (2017)
"Everyone loves Fergus!" say reviewers, and now the opinionated cartoon horse and bona fide social media star is back in an all new comic adventure. In his third book, Fergus catches a glimpse of what could be, and leaving his life of comfort behind, sets off on a hilarious journey. His exploits lead him over, under, and through all manner of obstacles as he strives to reach the bigger, better prize that beckons, always just a little farther away...and on the other side. Featuring the talented Jean Abernethy's hysterical illustrations and scenes replete with supporting characters as amusing as their endearingly awkward hero, Fergus and the Greener Grass promises to entertain any reader with big dreams and an insatiable appetite for life's little surprises--whether age 5 or 95!
All the Queen’s Horses (2017)
In this documentary, Filmmaker Kelly Richmond Pope investigates how a city comptroller was able to steal $37,000 a day for two decades. Rita Crundwell was the formerly appointed Comptroller and Treasurer of Dixon, Illinois from 1983 to 2012, and the admitted operator of what is believed to be the largest municipal fraud in U.S. history. She was fired in April 2012 after the discovery that she had embezzled $53.7 million from the city of Dixon for over twenty-two years to support her championship American Quarter Horse breeding operation. Crundwell's Quarter Horse breeding operation, RC Quarter Horses, was one of the best-known in the country; her horses won 52 world championships and she was named the leading owner by the American Quarter Horse Association for eight consecutive years p...
Free Rein (2017 – present)
This Netflix series follows Zoe, a 15-year-old LA resident as she spends her summer at her grandfather’s house on an island off the coast of England. While there she forms an undeniable bond with a wild horse named Raven. And this new connection helps Zoe find new friends and resolve issues that she has been facing all her life. First episode date: 23 June 2017
Training Horses the Ingrid Klimke Way – An Olympic Medalist’s Winning Methods for a Joyful Riding Partnership (2017)
This book is the closest most of us will come to spending an extended period of time in the Klimke stable. Ingrid Klimke details her personal programme of bringing a horse along through the stages of progressive development and, in doing so, explains her training philosophy. She provides guidelines and exercise to ensure success without stress at each milestone. It's a wonderful insight into how Klimke customises the work to suit the individual horse. The result is surely a joyful partnership between rider and horse that will go the distance.
Lucky’s Treasure (2017)
A story about family, faith, love, tradition, and keeping a grandmother's dream alive. When a college-bound girl discovers that her grandmother died while searching for a hidden treasure, she takes on her grandmother's mission and sets out to find the gold.
