Horse Sports

Each year on the first Saturday in May, the world turns its attention to the twin spires of Churchill Downs for the high-stakes excitement of the "greatest two minutes in sports," the Kentucky Derby. No American sporting event can claim the history, tradition, or pageantry that the Kentucky Derby holds. For more than 130 years, spectators have been fascinated by the magnificent horses that run the Louisville track. Thoroughbreds such as Secretariat and Barbaro have earned instant international fame.

Are you tired of spending countless hours and dollars on your horse care routine? Do you want to learn how to manage your barn more efficiently while still providing the best possible care for your equine companion? Look no further than this comprehensive guide full of barn cheats, hacks, hints, tips, and tricks.

The dramatic true story of two brothers living parallel lives on either side of the US-Mexico border - and how their lives converged in a major criminal conspiracy.

The last thing Bree Connor expected after being diagnosed with a terminal illness was a second chance at life. But somehow, that's exactly what she got.

Congratulations on deciding to take the step of adding a horse to your life! By now, you’ve made plenty of hard decisions, such as choosing the right horse and finding an ideal environment for him. But now it’s time to interact with your horse. Interaction can be intimidating regardless of how much equine experience you have.

As humans, we have relied upon horses for transportation and as work partners for years. While horses aren’t essential to our everyday survival now, they are still stunning companions who can provide endless enjoyment for their human caretakers. At the same time, horses can be very complicated, especially for novice owners. Attempting to research horse care can be very overwhelming if you’re new to horse ownership. It’s all too easy to find complicated or conflicting advice. How do you determine what’s right for your equine companion?

In a mere twelve months, between May 2020 and May 2021, horse racing's most recognizable face—Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert—had five horses that failed postrace drug tests. Among those was the 2021 Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit. While the incident was a major scandal in the Thoroughbred racing world, it was only the latest in a series of drug-related infractions among elite athletes. Milton C. Toby addresses the historical and contemporary context of the Thoroughbred industry's most pressing issue.

In Praise of Famous 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.

Reduce your horse's stress - and yours - with smart ideas you can apply at home to get ready for an initial show, community ride, trip to an instructor's facility or hopeful fun time with friends. It can be nerve-wracking for anyone (professionals included) to venture off the property with a horse for the first time. This becomes more challenging for novices who don't have the benefit of drawing from decades of experience. Know you're not alone - everyone has some doubts, anxiety and excitement associated with that first public appearance.

Travel to Mongolia, Georgia, Poland, South Africa, and more as you embark on countless adventures in the saddle. In this audiobook, you will find what your truly made of as you tackle countless obstacles and overcome hardships while abroad on horseback. You’ll encounter wolves in the wilds of Georgia. You’ll discover the true kindness of people after facing an injury that will change the course of your life, forever. 

Vi's kept a job for nearly one year and is sure she's going ride off into the sunset with her trust fund, but ghost horse Wastrel has plans that put everything she's worked for in jeopardy....Viola Parker knows old wounds can fester. What she doesn't know is how deeply they can cut or to what lengths people will go to recover. When she returns to her roots to solve her mentor's murder, nothing and no one is what they seem and no amount of whipped cream makes sense of it.

Die Fahrschule fürs Pferd richtet sich in erster Linie an Freizeitfahrer ohne Turnierambitionen, die auf dem Kutschbock ein entspanntes und sichereres Freizeitvergnügen suchen. Dieses Buch erklärt den logischen und schrittweisen Trainingsaufbau zu einem wirklich verlässlichen Fahrpferd, denn Sicherheit erwirbt man nicht, indem man das Pferd für vier Wochen zu einem Profiausbilder gibt. Es ist nicht nur möglich, sondern sogar unerlässlich, dass der Pferdebesitzer zuhause Vorarbeit leistet und die Grundlagen für das spätere Anspannen legt. Diese Anleitung hilft ihnen dabei.

If you want to learn how to raise miniature horses, then get How to Raise Miniature Horses, written by a person who has real life experience growing up raising miniature horses. This is a guide on how to raise miniature horses. It's an overview of all that's involved in the raising of miniature horses, plus extra information for your knowledge on them. The methods expressed in this guide work for most miniature horse owners and breeders around the world.

This book brings together material written by G.H. Sutherland MD and John Lyons certified-trainer Keith Hosman. It is published in two sections. The first is a collection of dozens of classic tricks you can teach your horse, and was written in 1861 by Dr. Sutherland. The second contains five "feats", written by Keith Hosman after finding them to be quite popular at his training clinics.

Isaac Murphy, born enslaved in 1861, still reigns as one of the greatest jockeys in American history. Black jockeys like Murphy were at the top of the most popular sport in America at the end of the nineteenth century. They were internationally famous, the first African American superstar athletes—and with wins in three Kentucky Derbies and countless other prestigious races, Murphy was the greatest of them all.

Tilly Redbrow lives, breathes and dreams horses. The only thing missing from life with her adoptive family is a pony of her own. But on the day Tilly helps rescue a terrified horse from the roadside, her dreams begin to come true. She quickly forms a special bond with Magic Spirit, the beautiful grey horse that is now being cared for at Silver Shoe Farm. It's the start of a partnership with a horse that only she can ride to stardom, but they both have a lot to learn along the way.

The home run horse, the runner that makes your fortune and changes your life, can come from anywhere. This book will explore the quest for the superior thoroughbred, who takes up the search for a life-changing horse, and why they do it with limited success.

Are you a middle or high school student who dreams of riding at the college level one day? Written with insider knowledge of both the college admission process and the strategies employed by top coaches when assembling their teams each season, the goal of this audiobook is to help you understand not only how many options riders have after high school, but also how to choose the opportunities that are the best fit for your educational future.

Jesse Bauer has dreamed of being a horse trainer since she was a little girl. As soon as she graduated from high school, she took her first horse-training job. But the Arabian horse industry is a cutthroat business, and Jesse is tired of disappointments and broken promises. She moves to Arizona to take a job at Twelve Palms Ranch. Then she meets Midnight Renegade, a troubled horse with a tough past. She feels a kinship with the horse and decides she is going to help him become the amazing show horse she knows he can be. Can Jesse save Midnight Renegade and find herself in the process?

There is no question that horses are fascinating, but diving in to the world of horseback riding can be daunting. There are so many options to starting to ride and so many conflicting sources of information from stables that it can make your head spin. Take a step back and get some unbiased answers. This book will look at how to go about finding a place to ride, the criteria to look for in a riding stable, questions to ask both your potential instructor and yourself, and how to think about your early riding lessons.