1. Phaeton from The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch2. Monsters from The Age of Fable by Thomas Bulfinch3. The Chariot Race from Ben Hur by Lew Wallace4. A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms from Gulliver’s Travels5. A Stormy Day, The Fire, Only Ignorance, and The Lady Anne from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell6. Nappie’s Grey Horse from The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope7. The Maltese Cat by Rudyard Kipling8. Jerry Strann and the Gift-Horse, from The Night Horseman by Max Brand9. The Pacing Mustang by Zane Grey10. The First Trip and Triumph, and Anecdotes of the Trail from The True Story of the Pony Express by Glenn D. Bradley11. The Puissance from No Hurdle too High by Mona Goldstein12. Bones, from Conversations with a Prince by Helen Husher

The most thrilling tales of equestrian adventure ever written! Throughout history, horses have been our partners in struggle and in triumph. They have carried the doctor swiftly to the door of a dying mother and galloped across vast distances of the American West bringing mail to the settlers. Horses today are our companions in sport, dashing to the finish line or leaping impossibly high fences for the sheer glory of the win. Horses also lurk in the mists of ancient myth and legend. Illustrating these dramatic moments are the most exciting horse stories from human history, both fact and fiction, and they are written by notable authors.