This diary originally appeared in The Blood-Horse magazine from 1989 through 1991, and was published in book form in 1992, with illustrations by Ellen Pons. The diary was awarded the 1992 Eclipse Award for journalism.
Animals are the first inhabitants of the mind's eye.
The boy keeps looking out the window, watching the mares graze. He is transfixed. There is more here than meets the eye. Even a stallion will think twice if he feels restraint on both sides. This morning, the gray stallion tried to rear, then thought better of it when he felt two shanks.