Favorite Equine Entertainment

Originally I was just going to suggest chatting about books but I figured it would be more fun if we covered everything.

Personally I'm a big fan of the Firebringer Trilogy.


It's the only book I know of the completely centers around unicorns. Don't get me wrong, I like the Unicorn Chronicles a lot too and I grew up on Unicorns of Balinor, but it' fun to see things from the perspective of the equines.

What other books/games/movies/etc. would you guys recommend?
It doesn't have to be unicorn related, I just love a good unicorn story.

I love love love the series Heartland! I can't get enough of that show!

I've never seen it. What's it about?

I love watching horses do insanely silly things.

we had a horse who would BEG for attention, ones that would step into the water trough on hot days, and one that would just lay down on the trail whenever I led rides on him. LOL

Heartland is based off of a book series. It's about a girl and her family farm, she is a horse fixer.

Thanks mardi gras,

I love watching horses being goofy too. They have so much more personality than non-horse people give them credit for.

I'm definitely going to have to look up that show.

Heartland was the best book series when I was in 5th grade. I was absolutely obsessed.

Oh my, I haven't thought about The Unicors of Balinor in a loooooong time! I loved that series! I was never able to red every book though, as the local library had a few, and I was only able to buy one or two of them.

I'd have to say that even as an adult, I still love reading anything by Walter Farley. I may be a bit biased though :P he is the author who really got me into reading, and introduced me to the world of horses.

One book, not totally about horses, I enjoyed is "No Job for a Lady" the autobiography of M. Phyllis Lose, one of the first female equine vets.

The Last Unicorn... I was obsessed as a kid lol
Still love it even if it is kinda cheesy ♥

Oh my gosh Into the Land of the Unicorns was an awesome series!! Although I haven't read them since the 7th grade lol

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My favorite things are studying pathology of the hoof and lower limbs mainly because my mare suffers from hock arthritis at only 12 years old :( I recommend equine lameness prevention organization for their methods on trimming hooves and shoeing if needed.

I'm just a boring adult though who spends more time studying about the whole horse itself - nutrition and ways to help them over tv shows and other

Although I did get my husband hooked on heartland.

For anyone who's interested, the unicorn chronicles finished a few years ago, so this would be a good time to finish.

I think Balinor only ended up going to book 8. It didn't seem finished but I have no idea if something happened that interrupted the series.

Can't believe I forgot the last unicorn/shame

I have so many new things to check out now C:

Rhine I spend my free time looking up genetics and checking bloodlines in different mustang herds. I don't think your interests are boring haha.

Did anyone else read the thoroughbred series? Granted it got VERY long and I stopped reading when the author changed, but for a while it was amazing!

Tv & Movies:
*Heartland
* Cowgirls and Angels
* Danny
* The greening of Whitney Brown
* Black beauty & Black stallion genre
* Spirit
* Flicka... all
* Sea-biscuit
* Mr. Ed
* The Saddle Club

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I never liked Heartland :/ the books or the show. I tried them in 5th grade, tried again later in high school. They're so mind-numbingly bland to me.

I personally really like the Keystone Stables books. They're about a juvenile delinquent girl who gets adopted by a couple who own a Christian rehab ranch. It's God-centered, which I respect but do not follow personally, but they're not completely about that and have a TON of good messages and a beautiful storyline with memorable characters.

Saddle Club was my jam back when I played with my Breyers...I also loved Phantom stallion, both the normal series and the island ones.

I also grew up visiting Chincoteague often and saw the pony swim once, as well as visited the Misty relatives who live on the family's ranch and seen the museum a few times. I've always loved Misty and all of Marguerite Henry's books.

HOW COULD I FORGET SUNDANCER. Shelley Peterson's books are SO GOOD but Sundancer is especially amazing. It's about a selectively mute autistic girl who can talk to animals telepathically. It's super sad in some parts and really amazing.

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