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"To ride a horse is to ride the sky." These stories tell about the bond between people and horses, famous horses, and horseracing.

Updated January 23, 2026
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The ride of her life : the true story of a woman, her horse, and their last-chance journey across America
Letts, Elizabeth
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER .The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion presents a "heartwarming and engaging folk-hero biography" (Kirkus Reviews) of a woman who fulfilled her lifelong wish to see the Pacific Ocean by riding...
The year of the horses : a memoir
Maum, Courtney
Paper Book
As seen on The TODAY Show A Good Morning America, Vanity Fair, TODAY, NYLON and PureWow Best Book of May and a Publishers Weekly and Boston.com Best Book of Summer An Amazon Best Book of 2022 So Far (Biography & Memoir Category) Sharp,...
Secretariat
Nack, William.
Paper Book
In 1973, Secretariat, the greatest champion in horse-racing history, won the Triple Crown. The only horse to ever grace the covers of "Time, Newsweek," and "Sports Illustrated" in the same week, he also still holds the records for the fastest times in both the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes....
Lexington : the extraordinary life and turbulent times of America's legendary racehorse
Wickens, Kim
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . "A vivid portrait of America's greatest stallion,the larger-than-life men who raced and bred him, and the dramatic times in which they lived."-Geraldine Brooks,author of Horse The powerful true story of the champion Thoroughbred racehorse who gained...
The last ride of the Pony Express : my 2,000-mile horseback journey into the Old West
Grant, Will
Paper Book
USA Today bestseller!  Cowboy and journalist Will Grant takes us on an epic and authentic horseback journey into the modern West on an adventure of a lifetime, boldly illuminating both our mythic fascination with the Pony Express, and how its spirit...

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