"Ma, I just kind of accidentally bought a horse so I'll need the trailer." No one wanted the rejected gelding. Even Simon's mother told her son he was crazy to buy the horse. But Simon never listened to other people, otherwise he wouldn't have decided to forgo going to college to become a working student at an eventing barn in the first place. Simon has always struggled--with fitting in, with being a poor boy in a rich man's sport, and also with being a gay man. To be a rider, after all, is to be...Fortune's Fool.
"Ma, I just kind of accidentally bought a horse so I'll need the trailer." No one wanted the rejected gelding. Even Simon's mother told her son he was...
"I've always said if you can't pick a stall with one hand while eating a slice of pizza, you're not a real horse person." Simon has never shied away from hard labor. But being a working student at a German eventing barn has meant more time behind a wheelbarrow with a pitchfork than in the saddle. Simon's desperation to make it in the horse world is tempting him to leave his position altogether and ride for a trainer with questionable ethics...and a very talented horse named Milton. How much will Simon have to sacrifice to get ahead in this business and realize his dreams?
"I've always said if you can't pick a stall with one hand while eating a slice of pizza, you're not a real horse person." Simon has never shied away f...
