Legends

by Diane Simmons

Features articles about legendary Quarter Horse stallions and mares who gained fame in the early days of the AQHA, or who had a profound effect on the breed.

Genres: Horses

168 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2002

Reviews

[Fee-Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

what a great way to learn more about the outstanding American Quarter Horses us western riders learnt to love. 💕

[Rena Sherwood · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lovely cover by Orren Mixer. Some nice photos. Not much info (although for some horses presented, not much about their lives is known.) Many horses sketched out to the reader is drawn in terms of their descendants. In many entries, photos of the descendants outnumber photos of the horse presented. Also, it is not discussed why thoroughbreds were allowed in quarter horse registries (although there is just one registry now there were a few later.)

Many horses are presented as legends and given very skimpy descriptions of their greatness. The author assumes the reader knows all about these horses already. The author is wrong. I was trying to learn about Quarter Horses and wound up being more confused than before.

The book begins with a WAY too long history of the American Quarter Horse Association and other registries for sports dominated by Quarter Horses. I really could've done without that. I want to read about horses, not dumb people and their stupid registration wank-jobs.

The prose is quite repetitive to the point of being hypnotic, so this is a good book to read before you go to bed.