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News

June 5, 2010
Austin's local newspaper, the Austin-American Statesman, ran a big story on LOPE that made the front page. And the online version features a slideshow of images and a wonderful video of the ranch. Read the full article

May 20, 2010
Beyond the Homestretch selected as a staff pick at the Indian Prairie Public Library in Darien, IL

May 7, 2010
Lynn was invited to contribute a guest blog post to the New York Times' racing blog The Rail

April 26, 2010
Beyond the Homestretch reviewed on the Regarding Horses blog

April 12, 2010
Beyond the Homestretch was selected as a finalist for the prestigious Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award. The award is presented annually for the best book published about an aspect of the Thoroughbred industry. The winner will be announced on April 23 in Lexington, KY.

April 9, 2010
An article about Lynn, LOPE and the book ran in the Paulick Report

March 30, 2010
A nice article about Lynn, LOPE and the book ran in the Louisville Courier-Journal

March 25, 2010
Beyond the Homestretch selected as one of six semifinalists for prestigious Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award

March 9, 2010
Beyond the Homestretch reviewed on the Thoughts on Dressage blog

January 27, 2010
Beyond the Homestretch reviewed in the UK's Eclipse Magazine

January 15, 2010
Beyond the Homestretch reviewed on the Tack n' Talk blog

January 13, 2010
Beyond the Homestretch reviewed on Bloodhorse Magazine's "The Five-Cross Files" blog

January 9, 2010
Lynn was interviewed on Minnesota's Get Real radio show

January 5, 2010
Beyond the Homestretch reviewed on the Seattle Post Intelligencer "Horsebytes" blog

December 20, 2009
Beyond the Homestretch listed as the #10 local non-fiction bestseller in the Sunday Dallas Morning News

December 10, 2009
Lynn was interviewed for a full hour in the studio by Krys Boyd for Dallas NPR's (KERA) Think radio program. Download the MP3 file or get it on iTunes

December 10, 2009
Beyond the Homestretch was selected by Fran Jurga as holiday gift recommendation on the Horse Tip Daily radio show

December 6, 2009
Beyond the Homestretch listed as the #2 Austin non-fiction bestseller in the Sunday Austin American Statesman

December 4, 2009
Thanks to a lot of horse lovers, LOPE supporters and horse bloggers (especially Fugly Horse), the overall Amazon sales rank for Beyond the Homestretch hit #565, and the book became #1 in the Horse category!

December 4, 2009
Beyond the Homestretch was selected by Glenn Herbert as a holiday gift recommendation on the Stable Scoop radio show

December 2, 2009
Lynn was interviewed by Deborah Harper for the Psychology Memoirs podcast

December 1, 2009
Beyond the Homestretch reviewed and recommended on the Serial Reinvention blog

November 29, 2009
Gary West mentioned Beyond the Homestretch in his Fort Worth Star-Telegram racing column

November 28, 2009
Lynn was interviewed by B.K. England on KAHI radio (Sacramento, CA area) for the "KAHI Corral" horse talk show. Download MP3 and listen

November 27, 2009
Beyond the Homestretch selected as a "Staff Favorite" at the University of Oregon bookstore

November 26, 2009
Lynn was interviewed on The Equinest

November 23, 2009
Lynn was interviewed by Steve Byk for "At the Races" on the Thoroughbred Racing Radio Network
Download MP3 and listen (Lynn is on the last 10 minutes)

November 23, 2009
Lynn was interviewed on WCBQ's and WHNC's (DC area) "Alvin Augustus Jones" Show radio show with host Dr. Alvin Jones

November 20, 2009
The first book signing event for Beyond the Homestretch was a HUGE success. It was held at BookPeople in Austin on Thursday, November 19. By the end of evening, BookPeople's original inventory of 40 copies had sold out completely – plus an additional 25 copies provided by the author. Over 60 people attended the event – and it was covered by local media (Jim Swift of KXAN News in Austin).

November 18, 2009
Book is chosen as a "staff pick" and reviewed by the Davenport Library in Iowa

November 13, 2009
Book reviewed in the November issue of the Texas Horsemen's News
Download PDF and read review on page 22

November 11, 2009
Lynn was interviewed by Dave Dickson for CFAX 1070 radio station in Victoria, BC

November 2, 2009
The book was featured in the Talk section of the November 2009 issue of Austin Monthly

October 29, 2009
The book and an excerpt were featured in the Bookshelf section of the November 2009 issue of the Lone Star Horse Report

October 21, 2009
Lynn was interviewed on Cowgirl Life Radio about the book and what's new at LOPE Texas.

October 13, 2009
Book featured on Western Glamour website and blog

October 13, 2009
Book featured on Horseback Magazine's Breaking News section

October 12, 2009
Book featured on Equisearch.com blog The Jurga Report

September 21, 2009
Publishing's Best Friend: Pets of All Stripes Inspire Reader Loyalty and a Steady Stream of Books Publisher's Weekly article which mentions Beyond the Homestretch

© 2009 • Published by New World Library. A significant portion of proceeds will directly support LOPE's mission of providing Texas ex-racehorses with opportunities for new careers after their racing days end.