"The long-awaited founding of Valdemar comes to life. Within the Eastern Empire, Duke Kordas Valdemar rules a tiny, bucolic Duchy that focuses mostly on horse breeding. Anticipating the day when the Empire's exploitative and militant leaders would not be content to leave them alone, Kordas' father set out to gather magicians in the hopes of one day finding a way to escape and protect the people of the Duchy from tyranny. Kordas has lived his life...

First released in 1975, this expertly organized guide to everything horsy has been substantially updated and revised for the 1990s and beyond, and includes chapters on selecting a horse, stabling, stable management, horse health, tack, apparel, equestrian activities, holidays on horseback, and equestrian organizations. Hundreds of helpful illustrations accompany the straightforward text and useful charts.

"You'll discover how to create the perfect balance of sensitizing and desensitizing exercises; move your horse's feet at the right time for the right result; choose the best horse for you; and the best job for your horse; and accelerate your horse's learning by allowing a mistake to happen, and then fixing it." --

A introduction to horses followed by chapters explaining horse and pony care, riding lessons, and breeds. Packed full of beautiful photographs of hoses and ponies -- showing how they look, what they do, and where in the world they are found.

Introduces routines for handling and caring for a pony or horse, providing step-by-step instructions and discussing safety, responsibility, horse clubs, and other community activities.

Baron Valdemar and his people have found a temporary haven, but it cannot hold all of them, or for long. Trouble could follow on their heels at any moment, and there are too many people for Crescent Lake to support. Those who are willing to make a further trek by barge on into the West will follow him into a wilderness depopulated by war and scarred by the terrible magics of a thousand years ago and the Mage Wars. But the wilderness is not as empty...

"Inside you'll find: Explanations of the 'conditioned response,' the Five Control Points, and how to recognize and use a 'give.' Advice for building the horse's confidence, knowing when to 'push,' and most importantly, how to be fair. Lessons in conscientious use of the round pen for teaching movement, turning, and inviting the horse in. Progressive steps for preparing for first rides and having them be successes. Tips for developing the back-up...

Sarah's grandfather was a horseman of rare talent -- only the exceptional are allowed into France's elite riding academy, Le Cadre Noir. But life took an unexpected turn, and now from a council estate in east London, the Captain hopes to train his granddaughter towards a better life. Natasha is a lawyer whose job is to represent the best interests of children. Her confidence in her judgement has been shaken and her marriage has died -- but an encounter...

Happy Go Lucky is quickly learning his way around Big Apple Barn. He discovers that being a school pony isn't easy. Every rider is very different, but Happy has a plan.

In 1938, nineteen-year-old ranch hand Bud Frazer sets out for Hollywood. His little sister has been gone a couple of years now, his parents are finding ranch work and comfort for their loss where they can, but for Bud, Echol Creek, where he grew up and first learned to ride, is a place he can no longer call home. So he sets his sights on becoming a stunt rider in the movies — and rubbing shoulders with the great screen cowboys of his youth. On the...