Thoroughbred Heritage's Foundation Sire section.
Racing sites *are* the best way to get information on the oriental influence on English horseflesh. The breed-specific Arabian sites are head-up-the-ass romantics about it.
Zoe: She shot you. Mal: Well, yeah, she did a bit... still --
'Serenity'
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A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
P.M. Marc - Jul 20, 2003 10:41:43 am PDT #1713 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Susan W. - Jul 20, 2003 10:41:56 am PDT #1714 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Maybe I should change "seventeen-hand hunters" to just "tall hunters" or somesuch. Other than that, I'm happy to say I think I've successfully avoided all of those horse pet peeves. For example, I'm so sick of heroes on big black stallions that no one else can control that I deliberately gave James a 14.2- or 15-hand gray mare that, although fleetfooted and spirited, is good-natured, promiscuous in begging for carrots and sugar lumps, and could be managed by any experienced rider.
Susan W. - Jul 20, 2003 10:44:42 am PDT #1715 of 10001
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
Everything I came to love about Arabians I learned first in King of the Wind, where a good horse measured equally from withers to nose, and withers to tail.
My favorite book as a child, that was.
P.M. Marc - Jul 20, 2003 10:50:43 am PDT #1716 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I think mine was probably Twenty Gallant Horses, or Thoroughbred Breeding and Nicking Patterns.
I was (more than I am now), extremely pedantic on the subject of equines, read far more fact than fiction or fictionalized accounts, and would on occasion get into knock-down drag-out brawls as a result.
Beverly - Jul 20, 2003 10:59:36 am PDT #1717 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Hmm. Went to Amazon to look for Tweny Gallant Horses. Three used copies, all ex-library. The "good" copy is $78. The "very good," $177.
Betsy HP - Jul 20, 2003 11:06:05 am PDT #1718 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Beverly, go bid on this.
Also, check out [link] which has a copy for as low (!) as $40.00.
Never, ever use Amazon as your sole source for a used book.
erikaj - Jul 20, 2003 11:08:18 am PDT #1719 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
No, Betsy is smart about this.(And of course, bunches of other things, too.)
Beverly - Jul 20, 2003 11:27:44 am PDT #1720 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
Thanks, Betsy! I have it marked and I'm "watching" it. We'll see how the bidding goes.
I never use Amazon as the only resource. But it's useful for getting a ballpark price, an ISBN, and if I'm lucky, a synopsis and some reader feedback. I should probably be ashamed of how I use Amazon's resources cavalierly, and then so seldom purchase from them.
Betsy HP - Jul 20, 2003 11:32:00 am PDT #1721 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
But Amazon's "ballpark price" is really, really high. You'd be better off using Half's ballpark price.
erikaj - Jul 20, 2003 11:34:24 am PDT #1722 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Yeah. Much more reasonable.