Second salvo in an excellent Young Adult series for horse afficionados … Let me state at the outset that this is a rip-snorting tale and an overall fun read. The author is very proficient in his craft and there is little to quibble about the structure, pace, language, and overall writing of this book. I continue to be impressed with the quality of the writing and rhetoric. – The Golden Spark review
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The World Equestrian Games are a great opportunity to introduce more people to modern horse sports … since the history of horsemanship is the background of The Legend of the Great Horse trilogy, a ‘tour’ following the sports of the WEG through history might be interesting to readers:
The Sports of the World Equestrian Games Represent [...]
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Horses have been with mankind since before we began the journey of civilization, and watching horses is one of mankind’s most ancient pastimes … yet modern equestrian sports are surprisingly young.
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It’s hard not to notice the disdain with which some sports watchers treat Dressage. They give silly quotes to media people that produce articles like: “Olympic dressage events leave Hong Kong’s horse racing fans yawning.”
Well of course they are yawning. You don’t get your Olympic thrills through eventing dressage, which is only more interesting than [...]
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In writing Eclipsed by Shadow, I researched the history of the original Olympic Games and their relation to horses. The original Olympics were a religious ceremony, and were as much a poetry contest as a sporting event. The equestrian events were considered an athletic poem. They were a major focus of the original Games.
We have [...]
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