Yet when books have been read and reread, it boils down to the horse, his human companion, and what goes on between them.

Why is it there are so many more horses' asses than there are horses?

The wildest colts make the best horses

But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses

What kind of a horse?"
"A miraculous kind of horse

If this is how you treat your friends, no wonder you have so many enemies.