Merryland: Two Years in the Life of a Racing Stable

by Josh Pons, Ellen Pons (Photographer)

Rare book

Genres: Horses

287 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2007

Reviews

[Zoann]

I enjoyed the look behind the scenes of a Maryland horse-racing training stable and a breeding farm. The book is in the form of a daily diary with short entries for two years. In some cases, the author is too terse and technical so that I didn't understand what I was reading. But there was some poetry, too. And horses.

"Friends are like crutches." [during the death of the author's father].
"It's post-traumatic dress syndrome, this sigh of relief after the big show."
"Courage is not absence of fear. It's resistance to it."
"You look back and are propelled forward." [about history]

[Sumiko]

Excellent memoir of life on a Maryland horse farm.

[Caren]

Some parts were dry and I found myself confusing the people and horses.