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message 1: by Clare (last edited Feb 03, 2024 10:15AM) (new)

Clare O'Beara | 928 comments Mod
Here is the link to our current Challenge.
https://www.goodreads.com/challenges/...

We are reading books about travel with a horse, pony or donkey / mule.

Post your suggested book titles in this thread.

Sign up to the challenge, which is shown at the top of the discussions on the Group Home Page.
If you don't see the latest active challenge click the link Challenges or use the link above this paragraph.

You will be asked which shelf the books to read are on. If you say horse and you do not have a horse bookshelf, Goodreads will put one in to your personal list of shelves.
When you complete a read you have placed on that shelf, Goodreads sees the progress.

Now the challenge registers that you have read some of the books.

Authors are allowed to mention their own suitable books, as they could read their own books for this challenge.
Series are allowed too.
Have fun!


message 2: by Clare (last edited Feb 03, 2024 03:12PM) (new)

Clare O'Beara | 928 comments Mod
We have a wide choice.
Rough Magic Riding the World’s Wildest Horse Race by Lara Prior-Palmer King of the Wind The Story of the Godolphin Arabian by Marguerite Henry The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion, #1) by Walter Farley The Black Stallion Returns (Black Stallion Series, Book 2) by Walter Farley Tschiffely's Ride Ten Thousand Miles in the Saddle from Southern Cross to Pole Star by Aimé Tschiffely Light horse to Damascus by Elyne Mitchell First to Damascus The Story of the Australian Light Horse and Lawrence of Arabia by Jill Douglas-Hamilton Chasing Dreams The True Story of the Youngest Female Tevis Cup Champion by Sanoma Blakeley PINTO! Based Upon the True Story of the Longest Horseback Ride in History (Horses in History) by M.J. Evans


message 3: by Clare (last edited Feb 03, 2024 03:09PM) (new)

Clare O'Beara | 928 comments Mod
Donkeys and mules were staples of long distance travel.

The Donkey's Crusade by Jean Morris Ole Devil and the Mule Train (Ole Devil, #3) by J.T. Edson In Ethiopia with a Mule by Dervla Murphy Capitan The Story of an Army Mule by Lucy Herndon Crockett The Mule by Lorraine Travis


message 4: by Clare (last edited Feb 03, 2024 03:14PM) (new)

Clare O'Beara | 928 comments Mod
This pair work well together. Jeremy James

The Byerley Turk The Incredible Story of the World's First Thoroughbred by Jeremy James Saddletramp by Jeremy James


message 5: by Linda (new)

Linda Shantz | 25 comments If I can put up a coupld of my own books for consideration, readers go to Dubai in this one...
This Good Thing

...and Newmarket in this one!
Horse Of The Year: Good Things Come Book 7


message 6: by Clare (new)

Clare O'Beara | 928 comments Mod
Thanks, Linda, you may of course re-read your books for the challenge!
This Good Thing (Good Things Come, #4) by Linda Shantz Horse Of The Year Good Things Come Book 7 by Linda Shantz
Linda Shantz


message 7: by Clare (new)

Clare O'Beara | 928 comments Mod
PINTO! Based Upon the True Story of the Longest Horseback Ride in History (Horses in History) by M.J. Evans
Based Upon the True Story of the Longest Horseback Ride in History is the subtitle so M.J. Evans is another lady who could re-read her book.


message 8: by Clare (new)

Clare O'Beara | 928 comments Mod
The Horses of War by Duff Hart-Davis Duff Hart-Davis Set in Russia at the time of the Revolution.


message 9: by Clare (new)

Clare O'Beara | 928 comments Mod
I'll mention my Rodeo Finn by Clare O'Beara Rodeo Finn which follows an Irish teen girl who travels to Arizona for the summer.


message 10: by Clare (new)

Clare O'Beara | 928 comments Mod
Mystery of the Mine (Kit Hunter Show Jumper #5) by Peter Grey Bush Adventure South American Mission Kit Hunter Show Jumper Rival Riders

These tales from the 1960s follow a young woman from Britain as she travels to South America and Australia, also Paris.


message 11: by Clare (new)

Clare O'Beara | 928 comments Mod
Leaping Life's Fences/an Autobiography by Pat Smythe Pat Smythe Probably the inspiration for Kit Hunter. Pat was a showjumper at a time when this was unusual for ladies.
The Three Jays Go to Rome by Pat Smythe A Swiss Adventure by Pat Smythe A Spanish adventure (Green dragon books) by Pat Smythe


message 12: by Clare (last edited Feb 06, 2024 04:56PM) (new)

Clare O'Beara | 928 comments Mod
International Velvet by Bryan Forbes Bryan Forbes About a fictional Olympic eventer.


message 13: by Clare (new)

Clare O'Beara | 928 comments Mod
A couple of Dick Francis books fit, for adults mostly.

Flying Finish by Dick Francis Driving Force (Francis Thriller) by Dick Francis (2014-09-11) by Dick Francis


message 14: by Clare (last edited Mar 06, 2024 12:14PM) (new)

Clare O'Beara | 928 comments Mod
Jill's Pony Trek would qualify. Any other pony trek book too. Ruby Ferguson
Jill's Pony Trek (Jill's Ponies, #9) by Ruby Ferguson


message 15: by Clare (last edited Mar 06, 2024 12:13PM) (new)

Clare O'Beara | 928 comments Mod
Grey Lady by jenny-maxwell This one is about a canal barge, pulled by a horse. This is a book for adults. Grey Lady
Jenny Maxwell


message 16: by Clare (new)

Clare O'Beara | 928 comments Mod
The Horse of the Americas by Robert Moorman Denhardt tells of the Spanish sailing to discover the New World. We get the bills of lading for the ships, so we know what colour and gender horses they brought.
The Horse of the Americas by Robert Moorman Denhardt


message 17: by Clare (last edited Apr 06, 2024 05:25AM) (new)

Clare O'Beara | 928 comments Mod
I've read my five books, so how is anyone else doing? Tell us a good title you found. Less than a month to go.


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