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True Horse Stories to Laugh and Cry By

Enjoy family friendly true horse stories right here. Bring your best story telling voice and grab the kids for some good ol’ fashioned story telling fun.

Wherever you find horses and horsemen, you’ll find stories forged from real life events that often take even the participants by surprise. You've heard the old adage, “truth is stranger than fiction”…. boy howdy, ain't that true!

Here you’ll find genuine horse stories of thrilling adventure, quiet solitude, heart break and unexpected mishap. You’ll even find stories of events that seemed to be touched by the hand of God Almighty himself.

Every horseman has a story. Sometimes we tell stories to brag about our horses and sometimes we tell them for the lessons they hold. Tales of caution warn other riders of what not to do, reminding us all that anything can happen, any place, anytime….even to experienced riders.

There is something special about true horse stories (like the bear in camp). I think it’s because we connect more deeply with the story teller. It’s that human connection that draws us in.

We horsemen are full of mistakes, triumphs, fears and determination; and right there beside us...is the ever childlike, ever innocent, ever righteous horse that changes our lives.

These are my true horse stories, and stories of friends and other horsemen that I have had the privilege to know and ride with. Each story gives a glimpse into the events that shaped our real life experience as horse owners.

It is my expectation that you will be entertained by these horse stories. If you find that you are moved to tears and laughter, then I have done my job. Stories are meant to be told and shared. If you are enjoying them, spread the word so your friends can enjoy them too.

These are true horse stories. They are not always politically correct and they don’t all have happy endings, but they are full of life and they tell it like it is…or was…

True Horse Stories.

A Once in a Lifetime Love  Most people only dream of true love…. I lived it. When I was fourteen, my Mother let me adopt a wild Mustang from the Bureau of Land Management. We drove three and a half hours inland to the holding corrals….

Shut Up and Ride! You'll laugh at the humor in this down home story of a Mother teaching her teenage daughter to overcome her fear of horses. And a few other valuable life lessons. 

Hometown Horse Race  I grew up in the small town of McKinleyville in Northern California. McKinleyville had a reputation of being kind of ‘backwards’. People used to tease and call it ‘Oklahoma by the Sea’, and that people from McKinleyville were all Okies and rabbit farmers…

Runaway Horse There’s an old expression that goes something like this; “A green horse with a green rider is a disaster waiting to happen.” Now that’s just as true today as it was a hundred years ago! In case you’re not familiar with the term ‘green’, its western slang for. ...

Horses in The Evening  There is something so relaxing about watching horses while they eat. There’s a calm in the corral that can’t be found in the everyday hustle of the workaday world. Have you ever stopped to listen?...

Mustang Horses I Grew Up With Ever wonder what the BLM does with all those Mustang horses they round up? Well, the lucky ones are adopted out to loving homes. They say childhood is a magical time...

Are you looking for more stories and books on horses? Sharon's Corner Bookstore is loaded with great horse books for readers young and old. She's got everything from fictional entertainment to non-fiction how-to and instruction on everything equine - to entertain, educate, and enlighten you.

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Short Stories About Horses or Ponies – Short Stories

This page collects short stories featuring horses or ponies. You might be on this page because you love horses. If so, please be warned that not all the stories are happy.

If you’re looking for an anthology, there are some excellent volumes available. Check out The Greatest Horse Stories Ever Told and Great Horse Stories: Wisdom and Humor From Our Majestic Friends. See also:

• Animal Books

The Red Pony is a novella made up of four connected stories. The first and the third chapters are about a pony.

It’s morning on the Tiflin ranch and everyone is getting up. Mr. Tiflin and Billy Buck, the hired hand, are going to drive cattle to the butcher’s. Jody Tiflin, a young boy, spends his days with the dogs on the ranch. When his father returns, he has a red pony for Jody.

The beginning of “The Gift” can be read in the preview of The Red Pony.

Jody takes one of their mares to a neighbor who owns a stallion to be mated. Jody will get the colt. There’s an incident during the trip. Jody is also anxious about how long it will take for the mare to show any signs.

A rich man approaches an assassin about a job. The negotiation goes a little different than usual. He’s very particular about the type of weapon that has to be used. The assassin always chooses the weapon based on the circumstances. They come to an arrangement.

This story can be read in the preview of Bloodlines: A Horse Racing Anthology.

A middle-class woman, successful but perpetually short of money, lives with her two children. She is unlucky, but her son isn’t: when he rides his rocking-horse, he’s able to work himself into a state where he can pick the winner of a horse race.

Horses aren’t the focus of this story, but I’m including it because they do play some part. It’s also an excellent short story.

This is the first story in the preview of Big Book of Best Short Stories.

Red Eagle, a horse, is from two of the best bloodlines in the breed. His parentage was arranged by Costello, a veterinarian/trainer, and Ben, a jockey. They struck a deal with their last employer in lieu of their pay. The colt’s bones are unusually long and its proportions give it powerful levers. It also has a strong heart, lungs and muscles.

The Lucas Farm is the largest and richest in the neighborhood. A very old white horse is kept out of nostalgia, it having been brought up by the mistress of the house. Zidore, a lad of fifteen, is assigned to care for it. He resents his work, and treats the animal very badly.

Read “Coco”

Mr. Mullen goes to an auction. He arrives late after drinking in the town first. Everything has been sold except an old horse. It has an impressive pedigree, but it’s in rough shape now. Mr. Mullen takes a liking to the beast and buys it. He rides his new horse, which leads to some unexpected happenings.

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It is spring-time on a farm. Because of all the excitement, Bruce forgets to take in the mare, Daisy. She is going to give birth soon. The next morning, Bruce and his mother hear the dogs making a lot of noise, so they rush off to see if Daisy and her colt are alright.

The narrator is a mustang runner: he traps wild horses and then sells them. The trouble is, he loves horses and doesn’t like taking their freedom. He gives up his work, releasing the newest batch of caught horses, including a black one that comes to be known as Midnight. It’s a highly prized horse, and the price for its capture increases.

The narrator recounts the events of the summer he was nine. His cousin Mourad tapped at his bedroom window at four in the morning, riding a beautiful white horse. They went out riding together before everyone else was up.

Sal and Norah, sisters, are waiting for a bus with their friend Ev. They are going to Horse Camp, and talk about the cabins, the counsellors, and the head handler, Meredy.

Sokol, an old horse, lies dying. He is neglected, aside from an occasional visit from the hunting-dogs. Sokol is miserable and afraid as he dies alone.

Herminia rides her sorrel pony out of the bayou, headed for Monsieur Labatier’s. She has eggs and vegetables to sell. She had noticed a slight lump in its left fore foot, and now it refuses to walk any more. She ties the horse to a pine tree and continues herself. Left to its own devices, the horse thinks about what to do.

Read “A Horse Story”

Three cowboys ride in the bitter cold and stay in an acquaintance’s shack with him and his horses for a night. A misunderstanding alarms the home owner.

Read here (First story)

I’ll keep adding short stories about horses as I find more.

Works about horses. - Children's Library of Interests - LiveJournal

The most complete list of horses to date, we have compiled here. The list is divided into several sections, each section is in alphabetical order of the authors. All details can be found on the relevant links. Fairy tales and fantasy. Details here .

Folk : "Sivka-Burka", "Ivan Tsarevich and the Gray Wolf",

Aveline, K. "The Tale of a Horse Who Wanted to Become Wooden".
Boyarina, A. "Denis Kotik and the Princess of Winged Horses".
Bisset, D. "The milkman's horse", "Under the carpet".
Gripari, P. "The story of Prince Remy, a horse named Remy and Princess Remy".
Ershov, P. "Humpbacked Horse".
Kestner, E. "May 35".
Kipling, R. "The cat that walked by itself".
Koval, Y. "The Tale of the Green Horse".
Kravchenko, A. "Hello, horse!"
Kulmova, I. "Oh, Leocardia!"
Lebedeva, G. "Adventures of a Cucumber Horse".
Levin, V. "Horse in galoshes".
Levinova, L., Sapgir, K. "The Adventures of Kubarik and Tomatic, or Merry Mathematics. Part II. How Losharik Was Searched".
Lewis, K. The Horse and His Boy (from The Chronicles of Narnia)
Lindgren, A. The Lionheart Brothers.
Mäkelä, H. "The horse that lost its glasses".
Pogodin, R. "Where are you, where are the children?"
Pushkin, A. "The Song of the Prophetic Oleg".
Raud, E. "Yo-ho-Oh!"
Sabitova, D . "Circus in a box".
Tokmakova, I. "Happy, Ivushkin!"
Hein, K. "Wild horse under the stove".
Shashurin, P. "Konyok-Spark".
Schwartz, E. "The absent-minded wizard".
Aimé, M. "Horse and donkey" (from "Tales of Purring Cat")
Yakhnin, L. "Igogo, or Journey with a Talking Horse".

Poems for preschoolers . Details here.

Belozerov, T. "Horses are galloping".
Vvedensky, A. "Horse".
Kvitko, L. "Horse".
Kondratiev, A. "Horse".
Levin, V. "Stupid horse" (or "Horse in galoshes").
Lunin, V. "I saw a miracle", "I really want a horse".
Moritz, J. "The Big Horse Secret", "Rain", "Pony".
Mucha, R. "About a white horse and a black horse".
Orlov, V. "Offended Horse".
Pivovarova, I. "Little pony at the doctor", "Dream", "Poems about a horse".
Sapgir, G. "Losharik"
Tokmakova, I. "I'm sad - I'm lying sick..."
Turbina, N. "Horses in the field".
Usachev, A. "Gift".
Black, S. "Foal".
Yasnov, M. "The mitten smells like a horse"

Novels and short stories. Details - here (for younger children, "Horses as they are" - about the horses themselves and the relationship between children and horses) and here (from about 11 years old "On the role of the horse in our life" - more serious questions plus horses on war and in big sport).

Abramov, F. "What horses cry about".
Aitmatov, Ch. "Farewell, Gulsary!"
Alekseev, M. "Karyukha".
Almazov, B. "The most beautiful horse".
Astafiev, V. "Smell of hay", "Old horse".
Baruzdin, S. "Unusual Postman".
Bedker, S. "Silas and Raven".
Belov, V. "Faithful and Malka", "Horses", "Courier", "One day in the spring".
Borovik, V. "Cockerel: A Tale of a Horse".
Brandt, L. "Bracelet-2".
Bunin, I. "The White Horse".
Vasiliev, B. "The Magnificent Six".
Guyot, R. "White mane".
Gowge, E. "Little white horse in the silver moonlight".
Daursky, A. "Whirlwind of the Steppes".
James, W. "Mist: a cowboy's horse".
Durova, N. "Cavalry Girl".
Kashaftudinov, I . "High Blood".
Koval, Yu. "White horse", "Cherry".
Korzhikov, V. "No suspicious ones!", "Two horses", "Grishka and the Hunchbacked".
Korinets, Yu. "The smartest horse".
Krupin, V. "Horseshoe".
Kudryavtsev, F. "Then there were horses".
Kuzmin, L. "Sad Elizabeth"
Kuklin, G. "Igrenka".
Kuprin, A. "Emerald", "Red, bay, grey, black..."
Lindgren, A. "New tricks of Emil from Lennenberga", "Pippi Longstocking".
Marshall, A. "I can jump over puddles."
Marysaev, E. "Mashutka".
Matevosyan, G. "Green Valley".
Minchkovsky, M. "Jenny and Zhenya".
Nasibov, N. Urnov, D. "The Iron Message".
Nechaev, L. "Horse is blue".
Aldridge, D. "Broken Saddle", "Sports Proposal", "Amazing Mongolian".
Paustovsky, K. "Grey gelding", "Warm bread".
Perovskaya, O. Pegusha, Chubary.
Petushkova, E. "My horses, horses".
Pogodin, R. Horses.
Rannap, I. Alfa + Romeo.
Rasputin, V. "Igrenka" (From the story "Deadline").
Riha, B. "Rin the Wild Horse".
Roberts, M. "Foal".
Romanovsky, S. "Two in the saddle".
Ryabinin, B. "Ataman who couldn't swim".
Saltykov-Shchedrin, M. Horse.
Sat-Ok, D. "White Mustang".
Seton-Thomson, E. Mustang Pacer.
Sokolov-Mikitov, I. "Fursik".
Soloveichik, S. "Despair".
Steinbeck, D. "Red pony".
Steffens, L. "Boy on horseback".
Strelkova, I. "One horsepower".
Sewell, A. "Black Handsome".
Tikhonov, N. "War horses".
Tolstoy, A. "Nikita's Childhood".
Tolstoy, L. "Kholstomer: the history of the horse".
Ushinsky, K . "Blind Horse"
Francis, D. "The Last Barrier", "Shackled in the Desert", "Favorite", "Courage".
Harriot, D. "All Creatures Great and Small", "All Creatures Beautiful and Wonderful", "Among the Yorkshire Hills".
Chernolussky, M. "Horse thief".
Shiryaev, P. "Grandson of Taglioni".
Shmelev, I. "Mary".
Sholokhov, M. "Foal".
Stritmatter, E. "Two men in one cart", "Pony Pedro".
Eilis, D. Horse Island.
Yakovlev, Yu. "Old horse for sale".

Popular and reference literature - only the very best!

Akimushkin, I . "On a horse - through the centuries."
Almazov, B . "Goodbye and hello, horses!" (in the list "About the role of horses in our life")

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