In more than 300 photographs and lists, quotations and excerpts, nostalgia and fantasy, this book celebrates our timeless relationship with horses. There's the rough-and-tumble style of the Western horse (both past and present) and the elegant refinement of the Eastern show ring. There are horses in the wild and in the safety of stable and paddock. The horse is both mythical and workaday, a favourite of gamblers and sportsmen, little girls and elderly farmers, the middle class and the upper crust. Few are totally immune to horse fever - in fact, horses, riding, and racing are enjoying a surge in popularity in the past few years, including an increase in adult riders and publication of books on the subject.