Equestrian Sports

In this illuminating book, brain scientist and horsewoman Janet Jones describes human and equine brains working together. Using plain language, she explores the differences and similarities between equine and human ways of negotiating the world....

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend. “Fascinating . . . Vivid . . . A first-rate piece of storytelling, leaving us not only with a vivid portrait of a...

Discover the brain behind the horse—and transform the way you connect, communicate, and train. Horse Brain Science is the definitive reference on equine neuroscience, offering both depth and clarity for anyone who works with horses.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER November 1958: the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Into the rarefied atmosphere of wealth and tradition comes the most unlikely of horses—a drab white former plow horse named Snowman—and his rider, Harry de Leyer. They were the...

“When you ask your horse to do something it should be his idea he wants to do it, he likes to do it, he understands how to do it, and he does it.” These words are typical of the way Ray Hunt expresses his philosophy of the ideal relationship between man and horse.

In 2008, 26-year-old Tik Maynard faced a crossroads not unlike that of other young adults. A university graduate and modern pentathlete...

“As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own ...

In the late 1980s, a spectacular three-year-old female racehorse named Winning Colors was being groomed for success under her famous Hollywood trainer D. Wayne Lukas and the billionaire owner of the San Diego Chargers pro-football team Eugene Klein....

Monty's father, a traditional horse trainer, had taught his son to dominate a horse in order to "break" it. But when he was 13, Monty made a discovery: As he watched a mare tame a rebellious colt, Monty saw that she was speaking to it through eye and body movements....

Dick Francis, the bestselling master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing. In the middle of the night, two masked men break into Neil Griffon’s home and abduct him....

After more than twenty years in print, an updated edition of the evocative and transformational classic about the powerful bond between women and horses When Linda Kohanov wrote The Tao of Equus over twenty years ago, she posed questions that few were asking: Do horses make choices? How do they...

An intimate account—the first from a trail veterinarian—of the canines who brave the challenges of the Iditarod Few sporting events attract as much attention, or create as much spectacle, as the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Each March, despite subzero temperatures and white-out winds...

Equestrian writer Lawrence Scanlan has written a tribute to an exceptional man that is also a backroads journey to a corner of the racing world rarely visited....

SHORT DESCDid you know there is an area of your brain known as the "Lizard Brain" that thinks only about the immediate moment and your means of...

Carleton Brooks and Traci Brooks share their decades of knowledge, expertise, and winning ways in their first book, With Purpose: The Balmoral Standard.

The dramatic true story of two brothers living parallel lives on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border—and how their lives converged in a major criminal conspiracy José and Miguel Treviño were bonded by blood and a shared vision of a better life. But they chose different paths that would end...

The riveting and suspenseful account of two young FBI agents in a pursuit of a drug cartel's most fearsome leader, Miguel Treviño. Drugs, money, cartels: this is what FBI rookie Scott Lawson expected when he was sent to the border town of Laredo, but instead he’s deskbound writing...

The extraordinary bond between Lissa Bachner, a young blind woman, and Milo, a neglected, frightened horse, helped them become one of America's most inspiring, successful riding teams in the world of show jumping....

Courtney Maum is thirty-seven years old when she finds herself in an indoor arena in Connecticut, moments away from stepping back into the saddle. For her, this is not just a riding lesson, but a last-ditch attempt to pull herself back from the brink....

In the bestselling tradition ofthe The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the propulsive, inspiring Cinderella story of Stymie, an unwanted Thoroughbred, and Hirsch Jacobs, the once dirt-poor trainer who bought the colt on the cheap and molded him into the most popular horse of his time and the richest...

Horse ownership provides companionship, stress relief, and increased happiness…but these things only happen when you’re able to form a complete bond with your horse....

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....

Enjoy this Listening to the Horse-inspired book, packed full of stories, lessons, case studies, and exercises for you and your horse. This book is the first book in the Equine Listenology trilogy....

Hope . . . From the Heart of Horses explores and celebrates the relationship and bond possible between horses and humans. Each chapter offers a life lesson about trusting one's instincts....

In August 1908, three unknown riders arrived in Cheyenne, Wyoming, their hats adorned with wildflowers, to compete in the world’s greatest rodeo. Steer-roping virtuoso Ikua Purdy and his cousins Jack Low and Archie Ka’au’a had travelled 4,200 miles from Hawaii, of all places, to test...

When a storm drives a tired, ordinary mare to the gates of the Royal Meadow, no one mistakes her for a princess. She is muddy, exhausted, and far too plain for a court built on pedigree, polish, and old rules. But Prince Rowanwood sees something no one else does: a quiet strength, a deep kindness, and a heart that notices suffering when others look away. Queen Bramble is not so easily persuaded. In a kingdom where bloodlines matter and appearances can decide a future, she sets in motion a secret test built around a single hard pea and an old horse in need of comfort. If the stranger mare is...

Elena Rossi knows how to sit a powerful horse, hold a polished smile, and bury every dangerous craving beneath discipline. In the glittering world of elite dressage, control is everything—and Elena has built her life on it. But when notorious trainer Marco Valtieri enters her orbit, all that hard-won restraint starts to fracture. He is too commanding, too perceptive, too skilled at drawing brilliance from both horse and rider. And when Valerius responds to him with explosive power Elena has only dreamed of unlocking, desire becomes impossible to separate from ambition. Marco doesn’t ...

Elizabeth Vance knows exactly what’s wrong with modern dressage: too much money, too little grit, and far too many people confusing luxury with talent. She’s spent years working herself to the bone, training horses, managing impossible clients, and scraping together a life in a sport dominated by wealth, status, and bloodlines. Then one late-night social media post changes everything. When Elizabeth’s brutally honest rant about rich riders goes wildly viral, she accidentally humiliates the last man she should have targeted: Julian Darcy, a cold, brilliant tech billionaire who has just...

Amber Browning has no time for aristocratic horsemen, European politics, or men who look at her like they’ve already judged the test. She has rent due, clients slipping away, a high-strung horse to ride, and exactly zero patience for Gregory Hartmann—the infuriatingly polished Grand Prix rider who keeps stealing her arena time, her groom, and, worst of all, her concentration. Gregory has spent years perfecting the art of restraint. Calm. Controlled. Untouchable. But Amber crashes through his careful diplomacy like a horse through a weak fence, exposing every crack in the polished mask ...

A herd of wild horses that shouldn’t exist. A scientist who dies before he can tell the truth. And a desert canyon hiding a billion-dollar lie. When equine behavior specialist Sofi Reyes is recruited to investigate a mysterious herd of Colonial Spanish mustangs discovered deep in the Davis Mountains, the find sounds like a miracle for wildlife conservation. A “ghost herd” untouched for a century could rewrite Texas history. But Sofi doesn’t believe in miracles. She believes in evidence. The horses’ behavior is wrong. Their movements are wrong. Even the soil beneath their hooves ...