Life With Horses

A talented young trainer arrives at Bittersweet Farm to work with two very rich--and very different--teen-aged half-sisters. Trainers don't last long at Bittersweet, but Lockie Malone is different, and things soon change for everyone.

Tap into a wealth of stories by real horse people.

Maggie Dana, author of the Timber Ridge Riders series for middle-grade readers (9-13), steps fearlessly out on a limb with Turning on a Dime, which follows two horse-crazy girls who live very different lives . . . 150 years apart.

12 Lessons to Take You from the Basics to Your First Show

The author scores a hit with her first book, a "comic crime novel" set in the colorful world of rodeo. Filled with entertaining characters and plot twists, it's a good read.

Before the advent of digital magic in film, stuntwoman Martha Crawford Cantarini was the real deal, risking life and limb in classic Western movies and popular television shows.

Ainsley Myers, 13, and her horse, Gazant, share a hug in Sunset, LA

"Riding is the only sport I know of where one species sits on another."

Whether you're horse showing or just mucking stalls, the cowboy hat is a beloved, recognizable symbol of the American West.

These 10 books need to be on every cowboy's bookshelf. Read on for outlaws, gunfights, posses, revenge, and romance.

When Disney's The Lone Ranger opens on July 3, a new generation of fans will be introduced to the heroic Texas Ranger and his American Indian compadre. Peter Bronski interviews the main players and evaluates the enduring influence of this great character.

Frequent contributor Kristie Allison describes how it feels to be back in the saddle on a leased horse after a 20-year hiatus.

He has been called the John Wayne of horse training, but most know him as the man with a heart of gold.

Calamity Jane earned her reputation as a woman who did as she pleased. In the April/May issue of American Cowboy , author and historian Chris Enss wrote about this pistol-packin' woman of the West.

During the Gold Rush, towns boomed around mines in the West. However, once those mines were depleted, the towns were abandoned as quickly as they were established. From the April/May issue of American Cowboy, here's our list of the greatest ghost towns of

Blair Darnell has been horseback riding from Europe to the Rio Grande.

The hardship of sleeping and eating (just surviving, really) on cattle trails were brutal. Though some modern cowboys keep to the old tradition of bed rolls around the campfire, trail technology has come along way. Today, sheep camps and modern "chuckwagons" are hooked up with sophisticated technology and plenty of luxuries.

Horsewoman Ann Call didn?t let the challenges in her life ever slow her down.

Smart, ambitious, and creative, William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody sold himself and his experiences and became larger than life.

Special Olympians celebrate their horseback riding victories.

Long time stunt double Martha Cantarini describes her first experience driving a horse and carriage for a film.

Kristie Allison fondly recalls Silver, Scout, Buttermilk, Trigger as well as many other horses from famous television programs from her youth.

Mary Roes, AQHA exhibitor and Region Two committee member, hasn?t let cancer keep her down.