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A lifetime's experience with many breeds of horses, from ponies bought at country horse sales, to colts and fillies at Bluegrass farms, to work horses, is shared in over twenty true stories. Common sense, empathy, and knowledge of quirks and illnesses and conditions from wobbling to blindness, smegma, to laminitis, and colic are evident in the tales of foals, foaling, stallions, geldings, colts, fillies, Thoroughbreds, Mustangs, Tennessee Walking horses, ponies, draft horses, mares, and unusual and rare breeds. The book, third in a series ( Tooth, Claw, and Hoof Stories ) is truly an insider's view of the lives of horses and the people who care for them, work with them, own and ride them, work in the barns and stables, drive the horse vans, and treat their illnesses. Life in many kinds of barns and farms and hillside paddocks comes to life with details and terms that enlighten anyone who loves horses.

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The author has spent her life in Kentucky working and living with all the animals that are part of horse farms, dairy farms, and rural life. Her experience working with, treating, training, and buying and selling horses, and ponies, is full of respect for the animals and understanding of their lives. From country horse sales in rural KY, to draft workhorses on small farms, to the finest Thoroughbred Bluegrass horse farms, she has witnessed a wide spectrum of animal lives, behavior, breeds, and their humans.

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