Contents

Helping Hands

The Horse Whisperers’ Secrets

The Great Meddler’s Cause

Great Horses in Small Packages

To the Rescue!

Horses Are Therapists, Too

Good Grooms

Tack and Feed

Hay Is for Horses

The History of Horseshoes

Boot Camp

The Almighty Stirrup?

Saddle Up!

Island Equines

The Original Mistys

Born Free

Horses of the Dunes

Horses in the Wild West

The Bandit Queen

Rein ’Em In

Bad Boys (and Girls) of the Rodeo

The Wildest Show Behind Bars

Who’s Got Mail?

Fame and Fortune

Big Red2

Off to the Races: The Godolphin Arabian and Eclipse

Perfume and Ponies

Off to the Races: Citation and Ruffian

The Shoe

Horsing Around

You Know You’re a Horse Person When

Cowboy Jokes

Don’t Forget Your Corset

Training Day

Murphy’s Horse Laws

Dude, Where’s My Horse?

For Horse Lovers Only

Horsing Around

Horse Power of a Different Kind

Equine Intelligence

Conquer with the Mongols

Horsey Humor

Horsing Around the World

The Winners’ Circle

And They’re Off!

Royal Races

And the Trophy Goes To

“Where the Turf Meets the Surf”

The Thunder Down Under

Puzzles and Quizzes

The Horse Lingo IQ Test

Track Duty

Singing Their Praises

Horse Sense

Good Breeding

Tackle This!

Horses in History

From Eohippus to Horse

Horse Myths

The Little Iron Horses

Military Mounts

The Lucky Horseshoe

Unfinished Masterpiece

Mythconceptions: Pumpernickel

The Mongol Express

More Military Mounts

Life in the Pits

Did You Know?

Believe It or Not

Ask Away

More Believe It or Not

So You Want to Be a Jockey?

A Breed Apart

Mighty Mustangs

Lost Breeds, Part 1

Lost Breeds, Part 2

The Rise and Fall (and Rise) of Draft Horses

Clop, Clop, Clop

Przewalski’s Horses

Mixed Bag

Just the Stats

Lessons Learned

Take a Cab, Not a Horse

The Name Game

The Hidden Language of Statues

The King of Games

For the Record

Equine Expressions

A Nice Day for a Ride

Hold Your Horses

Tails to Inspire

The Will to Win

Inspiring Horse Tails

Donkey Down Under

Entertaining Equines

They’re Ponylicious

Canada’s Royal Horsemen

Rockin’ Horses

A Horse, Of Course

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