horses

An introduction to Przewalski's horses that covers the history of the breed and describes their physical traits, temperament, habitat, and conservation.

An introduction to mustangs that covers the history of the breed and describes their physical traits, temperament, and unique talents.

An introduction to Clydesdales that covers the history of the breed and describes their physical traits, temperament, and unique talents.

Horses is an A-Z companion to perhaps the most loved of all domesticated animals. The book's entries include a wealth of unexpected, fascinating and serendipitous information, from horse-slang phrases to horses in British pub signs, and from the horse in advertising to the horse as a food item. Themes such as the horse in warfare and the horse in folklore abound. These features add up to a richly satisfying accumulation of information about the horse's role in human culture and society over two millennia. Horses will not only be a helpful reference source and congenial bedside book for those who work with or enjoy horses, but also a satisfying and browsable companion for the inquisitive general reader.

Inspiring true stories of how horses teach humans and heal their hearts. Horses are sensitive creatures with hearts ten times larger than humans and much more to share with us than meets the eye. Life Lessons From The Heart Of Horses offers poignant short stories about the trials and tribulations of befriending horses. Equine expert Kathy Pike brings you on a healing journey that includes lessons a wild horse taught her, how horses teach humans in her equine facilitated learning programs, and personal insights about living off the land and engaging with the dynamics of a herd each day.

A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.

Sonnia desperately wants to have enough money to buy Ricochet, the horse she adores at the king's stables, but her family barely makes enough money from their struggling pony-ride business to send her and her sister to school. Everything changes when Ricochet is moved to a racetrack across town, and Sonnia gets a job taking care of the horse there. With the opportunity to earn more money to help support her family and save up to buy Ricochet, she thinks everything is falling into place. In addition, Sonnia's selected to join the junior racing cadre, a group of young riders training to become jockeys, but things get complicated when she learns some of the riders are participating in the Night Ride, a dangerous and illegal race that takes place in the middle of the night.

Twin sisters Liv and Sophie set out to find a precious colt that has wandered off the Lucky Star Ranch, and their search leads to a shocking discovery that could change everything.

Discusses horses and introduces the different kinds of horseback riding.

"Nine [questions and answers] on horses answer elementary inquiries about care, behavior, and body language"--Provided by publisher.