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Book and DVD Releases Great Gift Ideas from The Equiery’s Library


COME TO THE X


By Julia Wendell We have a saying here


at T e Equiery of “once a Marylander, always a Marylander!” T erefore, even though author Julia Wendell has left Upperco,


for sandy Aiken, South Carolina, we still claim


her as a Maryland author! Many Maryland- ers will know Wendell for her eventing career through the (then) four-star level with Red- mond and later Cavendish, but Wendell’s tal- ents extend beyond riding horses. Come to the X is the second nonfi ction prose


work by Wendell who has also penned seven books of poetry. T is newest memoir, published by Galileo Press, is a sequel to Wendell’s fi rst book Finding My Distance: A Year in the Life of a T ree-day Event Rider. Once again, Wendell brings readers inside


the eventing world as she continues her riding career. However, it is Wendell’s gift for words that draws readers into her book. For example, Wendell describes a simple New Year’s day as “I’m at my desk, with the pellet stove churn- ing away, the morning sky lightening to gray, the pastures covered with their pallor of frost, tree branches paused in mid air.” Readers are treated to elegant writing as she tells the con- tinuation of her eventing story, now down in Aiken. T is time, she even mixes in some po- etry along the way.


LITTLE BRUNO & THE HORSE VIRUS


By Bruno Favre Most of our Equiery


readers know Bruno Favre as an equine den- tist. But did you know he also had a career in racing? Favre’s fi rst self- published book, Little


Bruno & T e Horse Virus: T e incredible journey of a horse addict chronicles his love aff air with horses, which started in France and now con- tinues here in Maryland. His passion for horses runs deep. As he states in his dedication, “T is book is dedicated to all those who, like me, have been stung by the horse virus and have chosen to dedicate our time and energy to the service of horses. For us, nothing else matters quite as much.” Many


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readers can relate to this statement and after diving into this book, will see just how deep Farve’s commitment to horses is. Although technically this book came out in


2019, it arrived on our shelves too late for our December 2019 edition and so we present it here. Favre donates 50% of the profi ts from book sales to the Retired Racehorse Project.


Maryland, TRAVELS OF QUINN


By Sasscer Hill T e latest novel from


former Marylander, author Sasscer Hill, is Travels of Quinn, a stand-alone mys- tery thriller published by Wild Spirit Press, which revolves around Quinn, a young woman


abandoned by her mother and raised into a life of crime by her father. Quinn feels confl icted about her crimes and after being arrested and jailed, she fi nds herself paying restitution by working on a horse farm. T ere she fi nds love through horses but also becomes the prime suspect when the farm’s owner is brutally mur- dered. Need to know what happens next? T en read the book! Over the years, Hill’s mystery novels have


won awards such as the Dr. Tony Ryan Best in Racing Literature Award (for Flamingo Road) and the Carrie McCray Award (for T e Dark Side of Town). Hill herself is no stranger to horses having been involved with horse racing for most of her life as an amateur jockey and racehorse breeder.


HOPE’S LEGACY


Directed & produced by Douglas Maddox Once again, director


and producer Douglas Maddox brought his DBM Films crew here to Maryland to fi lm Hope’s Legacy, the sequel to the award winning Christmas Ranch. In


this fi lm, audiences will dive back into the life of Lizzie (played by Taylor Lyons), who has in- herited the Christmas Ranch and now focuses on the farm, her horses and competing in three- day eventing… all while planning a wedding to returning character James (played by Allen Wil- liamson, Lyons’ real-life husband).


Joining the cast for this fi lm is Golden Globe winner and three-time Oscar nominee Dyan Cannon, who plays an old friend of Lizzie’s grandmother who begins to train Lizzie for eventing. With a few twists and turns along the way including a troubled past and a former high school sweetheart popping up, Hope’s Legacy sends the message that sometimes hope is all you need to get through the challenges ahead. Plot aside, what will be most fun for Equiery


readers while watching this movie is trying to spot which fellow Marylanders show up as ex- tras, stunt doubles and more. You will also see familiar farms and competition venues right here in Maryland used as the backdrop for the fi lm. Hope’s Legacy is available for limited pre- orders this month with a full release happening early in 2021.


PRAVA’S STEEPLECHASE ADVENTURE!


by Michael Mitchell with illustrations by the T.C. Williams Youth Sport Camps International T.C. (Reggie)


Williams led Fast Car around the paddock at Sarato- ga in August 2019, talking and sing- ing to the nervous young race horse until jockey Mi-


chael “Mikey” Mitchell mounted and took over from there. Reggie listened as Mikey spoke to his mount in a calming, reassuring way, tell- ing Fast Car a story about how together, they would win the race they were getting ready to run. After the race, Reggie approached Mikey about turning his story for Fast Car into a chil- dren’s book, and so began Prava’s Steeplechase Adventure! Written by Mitchell, a native of Great Brit-


ain, whose home base in the U.S. is Butler, MD, during the steeplechase season, this book is a wonderful story told from the horse’s perspec- tive, taking the reader along from the fi ctional horse Prava’s home at the farm and onto the race meet, from his stabling area to the pad- dock, to his race, and back home again. T e illustrations throughout the book are the


work of the children who attend Reggie’s T.C. Williams Youth Sport Camps International, a program he founded and is incredibly passion- ate about. Each illustrator is named in the book’s editorial credits. Proceeds from book sales ben- efi t the T.C. Williams Youth Sports Camps In- ternational and also the Injured Jockeys Fund.


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