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Set in 1950s America at a time when people stopped looking west and started looking up: a breathtakingly beautiful debut novel of revolution, chance and the gambles we take with the human heart. Muriel, newly married and newly orphaned, works as a waitress in a San Diego diner. As she pours coffee and empties ashtrays, she eavesdrops on her customers, the ex-jockeys and trainers of the Del Mar racetrack. When she begins, secretly, to bet on the horses and, shockingly, to win, she feels strangely unready to share her good luck and its origins with her husband, Lee.

Chester Newton is a successful racehorse syndicate organiser and his company, Victrix Racing, is having its best year yet. When his prized horse, Potassium, wins the world-famous Epsom Derby, Chester is set to become the next big thing in British horse racing. But one phone call changes everything. Someone hiding behind a voice scrambler and an untraceable phone is demanding he fixes a race – and they’re willing to go after Chester’s family if he fails to comply.

In 1955, the AP thrummed with the news of Lulu Bell Parr's death. The incongruity of her final years as a pauper in a shack with her time as a Wild West star could not be ignored. Then, she was forgotten. Nearly fifty years later, small town history buffs stumbled upon her unmarked grave and set out to give her the recognition she deserved. They raised over seven thousand dollars, erected a monument on her grave (with a parade through town and celebration), and then went on to have her inducted in the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame.

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.

Hasty Lady’s seven wins in a row to ultimately become the 2021 Winningest Horse of the Randall-Cranwood Meet at Thistledown, proved all but a miracle for her 98-year-old owner Harry Burns. It was an impossible dream come true, a reason to look forward to each new day.

A tale of love, life, and finding your way home...At age nine, as Susanna sat on a horse for the first time, an unbreakable bond was forged. It set the stage for a lifelong odyssey for this determined girl and her devotion to her equine companions.

Welcome to the wild, wacky and wonderful world of outback Aussie festivals! Bill 'Swampy' Marsh has travelled far and wide to capture the true stories behind Australia's most unconventional festivals. You'll meet the larrikin locals, dedicated organisers and competitive spirits who turn cockroaches into champions, guinea pigs into thoroughbreds and dunnies into racing machines.

Izzy Brown hates being twelve. Since she lives at a Thoroughbred horse farm, she wants to do things. Groom, ride, train... the works! But being twelve means she has to have some patience, which she’s totally fine with until the farm owners hire a new breeding manager, who comes with an older daughter who can do all the things Izzy can’t yet. Suddenly, Izzy is drowning in jealousy. And when the farm purchases a new horse that might be a real contender to beat Izzy’s favorite racehorse, Gray Fox, in the biggest race of the season, her worries start to spiral. Izzy’s tired of waiting.

Saving a champion show jumper from a burning horse trailer gives young rider-trainer Robb Slaughter one job: finding out who tied that horse in that trailer and making them pay. For Robb, avenging that horse means atonement. It’s the horses who’ve saved him from the torrent of unanswered cries inside his head. Clearing the big jumps on horses he cares about has given him a hard-won mental peace. He has built a good life for himself as a professional show-jumping rider, on his way to Grand-Prix stardom . . .Until that fire.

Here is a compelling meditation from renowned horseman Mark Rashid on all the ways that the principles we apply in our dealings with fellow humans can apply to our relationships with our horses, and vice versa. Horsemanship Through Life is about awareness, learning, teaching, honesty, integrity, and much more. It is about more than tips or technique; it is about principles to live by. It is about taking ownership of and responsibility for our lives and relationships with horses and humans. It doesn t take long to listen to, but will be with you for life.

After an accident erases years of his memory, a man returns to his family's ranch in hopes of piecing back together the life and love he thought he had lost forever in this spicy romance from the author of Alive and Wells. ____________________________ He's forgotten their love story. She'll help...

Sweet, slow-burn equestrian romance. Rebecca let slip that she has a date for her sister’s wedding. Except, that’s totally a lie. But to get her mother off her back, she has to make an effort. When one of her students suggests a fake date, Rebecca is willing to take a chance.

The Faraway Horses, which was the inspiration for the Sundance Film Festival's award-winning documentary Buck in 2011, is Buck Brannaman's richly textured and stunning account of his life from an abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A real-life "horse-whisperer,"...

Maya's day to day life is full of 'good enough's, but she wants her show series at Pine Mountain to be something special—something she can be proud of. When her first day begins with Reid Nash storming in and blaming her for lost entries she's rattled. Maybe she's in over her head, but she's not about to let arrogant trainers walk all over her.

Sweet, slow-burn cowboy romance. Perfect for fans of Jessie Gussman and Maisey Yates. Twin Springs Ranch is in trouble, and when Braxton Harris returns after nearly a decade away, the only way he can see to fix it is to sell. It’s been a long time since the property meant anything to him, so it’s the only practical solution. He’s ready to help his brother see the truth, but he never expected Sydney. Sydney lives and breathes Twin Springs—head wrangler, tour guide extraordinaire—she can’t imagine a life where she doesn’t see these horses every day.

In A Cowboy’s Bible Study, professional barrel racer and award-winning author Marci Powell teams up with World Champion bull rider and PBR co-founder Cody Custer to bring a study built for men who live under pressure. This isn’t a surface-level devotional. It’s a structured, steady walk through Scripture designed specifically for cowboys, ranchers, rodeo athletes, and men who carry responsibility without applause.

Somerset, December 1903. Everyone in Pelgren Vale is impressed when Miss Harriet Cobb is invited to Ashwold Abbey, home of the Earl of Ashwold, to attend Lady Eve's wedding. But Harriet is not a guest—she's the saddler. Unfortunately, it seems to be another silly project: create a decorative saddle with all the trappings for a horseback wedding. Stranger still, the bride has chosen a rather sinister poem for her wedding theme.

Self-Talk Masterclass is the next evolution of identity work from Equus Award–winning and multi–#1 bestselling author Marci Powell—now including the powerful inner transformation that helped her lose over 100 pounds and rebuild her life from the inside out. In this breakthrough guide, Marci teaches the method she used to change her self-talk, regulate her emotions, reshape her identity, and become a woman capable of lasting transformation. This book goes far beyond “positive thinking.”

Rodeo is a tough sport. Enough is not a motivational slogan. It’s a decision. After surviving a life-altering accident, relearning how to walk, being told she might never ride again, and rebuilding her life through loss, grief, and hard choices, Marci Powell learned something most people are never taught: You don’t become enough someday. You decide it — and then you live from that place.

Robin “Nobby” Clarke is a lifelong gambler who has frittered away his life on cards and horses. With the next race or turn of the card taking priority over all else, he never found time for a career, a wife, or children. Now, it seems too late, until the chance comes to rewind the clock to when he was just 20 years old.