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Crazy Good

Charles Leerhsen

Autographed by the author.

The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America.

A hundred years ago, the most famous athelete in America was a Standardbred horse called Dan Patch.From a cripple to a champion Dan Patch was a sports star but he was surrounded by his share of hustlers and cheats. In Crazy Good, Charles Leerhsen brings back to life the story of triumph and treachery in small town America and big-city racetracks.

Charles Leerhsen is an executive editor at Sports Illustrated. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife.

355 pages, Hard Cover, Autographed copy
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Green Rider, Thinking Horse

In this, her third book, Karen Douglass turns from poetry to memoir. Here she chronicles her introduction to the world of horses, especially the Standardbred.

An inspirational window on the world of human-horse relationships! Douglass shares her lifelong interest in horses and offers a shining example that at any age, you can make your dreams come true. The imaginary horse of her youth leads the author to the world of harness racing and she shares much about the giving and therapeutic nature of Standardbreds.

Let her and her beloved Casco inspire you to write a new chapter in your own life.

Douglass holds an MFA in Creative Writing and has been a columnist, poet, teacher, mother and nurse. Her previous books include Red Goddess Poems and Bones in the Chimney.

A portion of the proceeds from every sale of this book goes
to the Standardbred Pleasure Horse Organization of Maine.
Paperback - 151 Pages - $18.00 plus $2.50* shipping/handling

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The Essential Guide to Carriage Driving

Robyn Cuffey and Jaye-Allison Winkel

Seeing the need for a truly practical guide to carriage driving, the authors combined their over thirty years' of driving experience in the writing of The Essential Guide to Carriage Driving. Generously illustrated with over 350 photographs and diagrams and covering topics ranging from the selection and fitting of harness and vehicle to preparing for competition and driving multiples, this book is sure to become an indispensable resource.

Robyn Cuffey is an international clinician specializing in retraining Standardbred horses. She is co-author of Retraining the Harness Racehorse. Cuffey began carriage driving twenty years ago and in this time she has driven for recreation and for competition in combined driving, pleasure showing and competitive driving. She has trained and driven horses and ponies for single driving and pairs. Knowing that too many people are lucky to "survive" their first carriage driving experiences with ill-fitting and marginally safe equipment and inappropriate horses and vehicles, helping others get a safe start in carriage driving is a primary goal for Cuffey. As an instructor and trainer at her Buxton, Maine farm, Cuffey fields questions about carriage driving almost daily. This book was written in response to this interest from students and fellow horse owners.

Jaye-Allison Winkel is the listowner of "CD-L, the Carriage Driving List", an Internet discussion group dedicated to the subject of carriage driving, since its inception in 1996. She is also the publisher of CarriageDriving.net, a carriage driving "webzine" on the World Wide Web. An avid horsewoman, she learned to drive ten years ago and the sport has been her passion since that time. Winkel lives in Waterboro, Maine

Paperback, 147 pages - $24.95 plus $3.00* shipping/handling

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Retraining the Harness Racehorse

Mary Anne Donovan-Wright and Robyn Cuffey

The first resource of its kind

This book contains step-by-step information on re-muscling and retraining the Standardbred for pleasure riding and driving, Topics include past race training and how it affects the retraining process, selecting the proper training equipment, training for the trail, working with the pacing horse, training the canter and more.

It is illustrated with numerous photos and diagrams throughout the book.

Even though the information is targeted to Standardbreds, the book is written in such an understandable and friendly manner that it can be used as a guide for anyone to use in training any breed. In addition to specific training instructions, the book also contains stories from people throughout the country who have trained and successfully competed with their Standardbred.

Cuffey, a professional trainer from Buxton, Maine, has worked with Standardbreds for over twenty years, and in that time, has trained hundreds of horses. She is founder of the Maine chapter of the Standardbred Pleasure Horse Organization, and is acknowledged as the leading expert on retraining former Standardbred harness racing horses in the nation.

Donovan-Wright is a professional writer from Rochester, NY and breed devotee who has owned and trained three Standardbreds.

Paperback, 119 pages - $21.95 plus $3.00* shipping/handling

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