When my friend was clearing out an old storeroom at her workplace, she found a huge number of books tucked away out of sight. Rather than see them thrown out, I kindly offered to adopt them all for BookCrossing.

Hmm. So, it's easy to see what this book was trying to achieve - a celebration of women who have made it in what were largely the male dominated worlds of racing, eventing, jumping and other equestrian sports. However, despite being written by a woman, it still seemed to contain most of the sexist cliches that make us wince now - the author has a preoccupation with describing the looks and dress of her subjects, and in two chapters, refers to them as Mrs (husband's name)! I had to keep reminding myself that it was written in the 1970's.

That said, it was an interesting insight into the sport and the people of the time. Definitely worth the read.

Congratulations! You have found a traveling book.

Thank you for taking the time to visit this site and letting us know what this book has been up to since it was released into the wild. I hope you enjoy reading it, but even if it isn’t your type of thing, then I’m sure there will be someone out there who will love it. This book is now yours, so feel free to keep it. However, I would be grateful if you could leave all the stickers in place and pass it on again once you’ve finished with it – you could give it to a friend, donate it to a charity shop or just leave it lying around somewhere to be picked up again by a total stranger. If you would like to get regular updates on what the book is doing in the future, then why not join Bookcrossing too…it’s fun, friendly and free.

Thanks again and happy reading!