Category: Reviews

Solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries, and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the past.

Long considered the definitive work on early arabian horse imports to Britain from the desert, Peter Upton’s The Arab Horse has been revised and republished for the second time.

Legendary New Zealand thoroughbred continues to attract attention 80 years after his death.

“The History of the British Riding Pony” is a fascinating history of a breed. Tom Best describes how the expertise of a handful of influential breeders brought together suitable bloodlines from thoroughbred, arabian and native pony breeds to create the British riding pony.

What would motivate a 30-year-old woman to set out alone on a walking tour in 1923, with just a donkey for company?

From Scotland to Egypt, Dorothy Brooke rescued some 5000 WW1 horses from a life of misery and poor care.

Who better to write a book about the origins and history of the arabian horse in Jordan than HRH Princess Alia, the eldest daughter of the late King Hussein, and noted artist and author Peter Upton?

In “Horse”, Lexington’s story is revisited by Australian author Geraldine Brooks, who has carefully woven a fictional storyline around the known facts about the most influential stallion of his era.

Never Say Die’s story is not only the story of a horse and a race, it is also about his connections to industry, religion and pop music.