By Hope Ellis-Ashburn
Have you recently purchased or are you planning to purchase a new horse? Do you enjoy keeping a journal? Are you searching for the perfect gift for a new horse-owning friend?
If so, this new journal is for you! Grab a pen and take this easy-to-use journal to the barn. With a variety of sections including a place for you to record what drew you to your new horse, a grading rubric to assess your daily progress, and pages to record detailed notes about your rides, you’ll find just what you need to keep you on track. As a veteran educator who also happens to be an equestrian, author Hope Ellis-Ashburn created this book specifically for riders. While it is designed for the owner of a new horse, it’s also perfect for anyone who enjoys journaling about their rides and their life with their horses.
Hope Ellis-Ashburn is an award-winning author, dynamic educator, equestrian, and farmer! Her content has been featured in such iconic publications as EQUUS, Horse Illustrated, Hobby Farms, The American Quarter Horse Journal, Arabian Horse Life, Sidelines, US Equestrian, Hoof Beats, The Sound Advocate, Experience Arabian Horses, and the Arabian Horse Times. Her memoir, Always Hope: How Dairy Cows and Arabian Horses Inspired Grit in a Young Girl’s Life, was named Best Memoir for 2019 at the EQUUS Film & Arts Fest, and her current book, Kimbrook Arabians: How an Unlikely Midwestern Couple Influenced an Ancient Breed, was named reserve champion in the Equine History category at the same festival in 2021. She lives on a Century Farm, an Angus cow-calf beef operation, in the Sequatchie Valley of Southeast Tennessee with her Half-Arabian mare, Sally; American Warmblood gelding, Bucky; and two donkeys, Harmony and Goobie. The family also has two Border Collie dogs, Gus and Daisy, and a housecat, Rose.
The book is 193 pages and comes in a convenient paperback that measures 7-1/2 by 9-1/4 inches, so it’s easy to take to and from the barn. Search for the book on Amazon.com.
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September/October 2022
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