Happy #Buyahorsebookday! Today, Trafalgar Square Books is hosting a day dedicated to horses on the page, and we are launching our first literary roundup to celebrate. After hosting the HN Reads...
The renowned wildlife program Nature on PBS has produced several equine-centric episodes that span the planet. Julia Roberts rode with nomadic horse masters in "Wild Horses of Mongolia." In "Legendary...
Anyone who has ridden in the hunters has wondered at one time or another why one horse pinned higher or what mistake might have kept them out of the ribbons...
Who hasn’t had a horse who’s always “in your pocket”? The one who pushes and rubs and walks super close? We tend to either love on this horse because his...
Thelwell drawings transport me back to the age of five when my love of horses first took hold. Those unmistakable illustrations of fat little ponies remind me of going to...
For years, Andrea Kutsch filled stadiums with spectators as she demonstrated remarkable transformations in “problem horses” using the Natural Horsemanship training methods she'd learned from leaders in the field. But...
Horses and cowboys are ubiquitous to the romance genre. A good steed and a tough man is such a well-known trope that it seems impossible to separate "The West," and...
When you ride numerous horses over the course of your life, you’re bound to experience some with, shall we say, “challenging” behaviors. It is these horses, as much as the...
The Lone Star State doesn't have to be lonely… Headlined by New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors Jodi Thomas and Linda Broday along with Sharla Lovelace, The Cowboy Who Saved Christmas is a holiday-themed...
The fourth book in the popular The Christmas Tree Ranch Series, Santa's Sweetheart is a delightful and entertaining new holiday novel by legendary romance author Janet Dailey. This Christmas, visit...
Burnout isn't just a buzzword but a reality for millions. It is a state, defined by researcher Christina Maslach, of exhaustion in which we are often cynical and less effective at...
Growing up in a small Maine town, Chris Lombard had never ridden a horse—never even touched one. But on one fateful night, as what he'd thought was a happy twenty-something...
The editor of the new anthology Horse Girls: Recovering Aspiring and Devoted Riders Redefine the Iconic Bond, Halimah Marcus, once refused to write about horses, and no one ever questioned...
We horse people often have a bucket list of equestrian adventures we’d like to have. Trying different disciplines, visiting famous farms or venues, galloping along a beach—all of these are...
While I finished three-time Olympian Jim Wofford’s memoir, the three-day eventing portion of the Tokyo Olympics played in the background. Competitors completed dressage tests, leaped over Samurai sword-shaped logs in...
If the horse lover in your life has a bookshelf, it probably has at least one volume written by Elizabeth Letts. The author’s first book, 80 Dollar Champion—about Snowman, the...
For ten years, I did Pilates, loving the flexibility and tone and core strength I gained in an hour-long class that, for me, was the equivalent of meditation. Breathing, isolated...
“Heads up! Center oxer!” Amara’s voice echoes through the indoor riding ring as she and Silver Streak—a gorgeous, leggy black jumper—canter toward a wooden fence in perfect rhythm. Even their...
In the opening scene of middle-grade novel Horse Girl, Wills earns one of the most essential badges of honor for every budding equestrian—she falls off. Clyde Lee, her not-so trusty...
