Horses

Horses have been domesticated by humans for thousands of years. Once used for transportation, hauling, and war, they are now kept mostly for sports, recreation, and companionship.

See also horse racing.
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Phoenix (Ride On)
Tom's Crossing
The Horse
Will's Race for Home (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
The Horsewoman
The Lost Whale
Syndicate
A Breath of Fresh Air (Escape to the Lakes, #2)
The Ruby Circle: All unsere Geheimnisse (Highclare-Academy, #1)
A Taste of Whiskey (The Whiskeys: Dark Knights at Redemption Ranch, #3)
The Truth About Horses
Wildflower Falls (Riverbend, #4)
The Queen’s Price (The Black Jewels, #12)
Kick the Latch
Winterlight (Green Rider, #7)
Black Beauty
Misty of Chincoteague (Misty, #1)
The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion, #1)
King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabian
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
The Scorpio Races
Stormy, Misty's Foal (Misty, #3)
War Horse (War Horse, #1)
My Friend Flicka (Flicka, #1)
The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
The Black Stallion Returns (The Black Stallion, #2)
The Horse Whisperer
Sea Star: Orphan of Chincoteague (Misty, #2)
Justin Morgan Had a Horse
Horse
Seabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandAnimal Farm by George OrwellThinking Racehorse by Jimmy TudeskiThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Horse as Character
258 books — 63 voters
Black Beauty by Anna SewellThe Black Stallion by Walter FarleyKing of the Wind by Marguerite HenryMisty of Chincoteague by Marguerite HenrySeabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
Horse Books/Novels
1,554 books — 707 voters

Animal Speak by Ted AndrewsThe Realms of the Gods by Tamora PierceLearning Their Language by Marta WilliamsThe Man Who Listens to Horses by Monty RobertsWild Magic by Tamora Pierce
Animal Communication
108 books — 74 voters
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShutePicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayThe Secret River by Kate GrenvilleThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
Fictitious Australia
467 books — 120 voters


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Terry Pratchett
There is a lot of folklore about equestrian statues, especially the ones with riders on them. There is said to be a code in the number and placement of the horse's hooves: If one of the horse's hooves is in the air, the rider was wounded in battle; two legs in the air means that the rider was killed in battle; three legs in the air indicates that the rider got lost on the way to the battle; and four legs in the air means that the sculptor was very, very clever. Five legs in the air means that th ...more
Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight

A horse loves freedom, and the weariest old work horse will roll on the ground or break into a lumbering gallop when he is turned loose into the open.
Gerald Raftery

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