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Legends: Outstanding Quarter Horse Stallions And Mares
Legends, Volume 5 profiles 18 outstanding Quarter Horse stallions and mares who have had a significant impact on the breed. This volume features 16 stallions and 2 mares, and starts with Little Joe, who predated the formation of the American Quarter Horse Association, but whose influence on the breed continued for years after his death.
This volume is the largest in the Legends series with 248 pages and about 300 photographs, some of which have rarely been seen. As with previous volumes, each horse's story includes a four-generation pedigree, a summary of his/her show and/or race record, a sire or production record, and many photographs.
This volume is the largest in the Legends series with 248 pages and about 300 photographs, some of which have rarely been seen. As with previous volumes, each horse's story includes a four-generation pedigree, a summary of his/her show and/or race record, a sire or production record, and many photographs.
248 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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Alan Gold
53 books46 followersAlan Gold began his career as a journalist, working in the UK, Europe, and Israel. In 1970, he emigrated to Australia with his wife, Eva, and now lives in St. Ives, Sydney, where he divides his time between writing novels and running his award-winning marketing consultancy.
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January 29, 2018
More of the same here from the folks who brought you the previous 4 books in the series, Western Horseman Publications. For someone (like me) wanting to learn about the history of the American Quarter Horse, this book was overkill (even more than the first or third books, which I also own copies of). Too many facts to keep track of in too short a space. At least we are spared a long introduction about the history of the American Quarter Horse Association as in the previous books.
Sadly, many of these chapters are written by Frank Holmes, who is a very "just the facts, ma'am" kind of writer. We get long lists of horse names and what show or race they won and that's about it. We don't get much about any horse's personality or quirks -- or even why a particular horse died. They just wind up as names and a few blurry photos and that's about it. The sense of who they were and what made them unique is lost.
It's also odd to read that a stallion siring a crop of foals is considered to be a sport like racing, cutting or showing. Banging a mare does not exactly take the training, endurance and skills of a sport. The writers hint that the stallions made a conscious effort to magically make sure their sperm would produce extra-special foals. How's that done, then?
You really have to be into Quarter Horses to enjoy this. I'm glad this is in my personal reference library but I did not enjoy reading it for pleasure. Reading it was work.
Sadly, many of these chapters are written by Frank Holmes, who is a very "just the facts, ma'am" kind of writer. We get long lists of horse names and what show or race they won and that's about it. We don't get much about any horse's personality or quirks -- or even why a particular horse died. They just wind up as names and a few blurry photos and that's about it. The sense of who they were and what made them unique is lost.
It's also odd to read that a stallion siring a crop of foals is considered to be a sport like racing, cutting or showing. Banging a mare does not exactly take the training, endurance and skills of a sport. The writers hint that the stallions made a conscious effort to magically make sure their sperm would produce extra-special foals. How's that done, then?
You really have to be into Quarter Horses to enjoy this. I'm glad this is in my personal reference library but I did not enjoy reading it for pleasure. Reading it was work.
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