In Service to the Horse : Chronicles of a Labor of Love

by Nusser, Susan

• ISBN13: 9780316806312
• ISBN10: 0316806315
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-13
• Publisher: Little Brown & Co
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Summary

Furnishes an insider's glimpse of the close relationship that exists between horses and the grooms that care for them, following a year in the lives of three grooms, all working with champion thoroughbreds, while describing the horses, their owners and riders, stable lore, and the multibillion-dollar industry of equestrian sport. 25,000 first printing.

Table of Contents

Meticulous Noticing	3	(24)
The Descendants of the Steppes	27	(31)
Personality	58	(31)
Among Horsemen	89	(24)
On the Road	113	(23)
Winners and Losers	136	(32)
Production Line	168	(20)
Old School	188	(20)
Getting Lucky	208	(24)
Closing Ranks	232	(33)
Acknowledgments	265	(2)
Bibliography	267