Clay begins with reminiscences about her own first horse, a gift from her stepfather when she lived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and had to keep it in the royal stables; she proceeds to some down-to-earth considerations preliminary to buying your own horse; and throughout, her coverage of the usual topics--selecting, stabling, feeding, grooming, equipment, and health care--contains more than the usual ration of hard advice and more than usually pertinent examples from her own and others' experience. Sound and readable.