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A Year at the Races : Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck
Author: JANE SMILEY
Binding: Hardcover
Published: 13 April, 2004
ISBN: 1400040582
$15.40
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A Year at the Races : Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck
by: JANE SMILEY
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Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 2.8 / 5.0 
My Little Pony: 
Basically, the nonfiction version of the utterly moronic Horse Heaven. Jane Smiley bought a couple of thoroughbreds who couldn't run worth a damn. This book is her attempt to recoup her losses off of you. If you're clueless enough to pay for it, that's your issue.
Disappointed Horse Lover: 
I read and loved Smiley's "A Thousand Acres" and "Barn Blind" long before she won the Pulitzer Prize, and "Horse Heaven" was one of the most enjoyable novels I have read in a decade. I am also a lover of horses, own two, ride regularly and am fascinated by theories and science relating to horse behavior. However, I am extremely disappointed by Smiley's new book, "A Year at the Races".
"Horse Heaven" was extremely well-researched and presented a reasonably accurate, if overly glowing, picture of the horse... more info
Only for horse people......: 
I found the majority of this book fascinating - Smiley's accounts of her experiences with her animal communicator made me curious enough to consider contacting one just to see what my horse has to say. I found myself skipping over other parts - too much background information and theory and not enough anecdotal "stories".
All in all, it's definitely worth reading for the horseperson, non-horsepeople just won't get it.....
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