Beyond the Homestretch: What I've Learned from Saving Racehorses

Hardcover, 304 Pages
New World Library

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Upcoming Book Signings

March 31, 2010
Louisville, Kentucky
2:00 PM
Stonehurst Riding Club
13900 Reamers Road
Louisville, KY 40245
(502) 550-5631
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March 31, 2010
Louisville, Kentucky
7:00 PM
Carmichael’s Bookstore
2720 Frankfort Avenue
Louisville, KY 40206
(502) 896-6950
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April 1, 2010
Lexington, Kentucky
7:00 PM
Joseph-Beth Bookseller
161 Lexington Green Cir #B
Lexington, KY 40503
(859) 273-2911
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Past Events

November 19, 2009
Austin, Texas
7:00 PM
BookPeople Books
603 N. Lamar
Austin, TX 78703
(512) 472-5050
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November 29, 2009
Cedar Creek, Texas
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Hy Court Farm
4656 FM 535
Cedar Creek, TX 78612
(512) 581-3032
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December 5, 2009
Houston, Texas
7-10 PM
Sam Houston Race Park
7575 N. Sam Houston Pkwy
Houston, TX 77064
(281) 807-8700
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December 10, 2009
Plano, Texas
7:00 PM
Legacy Books
7300 Dallas Pkwy
Plano, TX 75024
(972) 398-9888
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December 12, 2009
Austin, Texas
4:00 - 6:00 PM
Tack Shop of Austin
3435 Greystone Dr
Austin, TX 78731
(512) 345-9966
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News

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