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<p>When the author moved from Indiana to Arizona, she endeavored to meet her local ranch women neighbors.&nbsp; The first one, Kim McElroy, was so engaging to chat with that&nbsp;soon both women were laughing their heads off as they shared escapades with their aninals--and how&nbsp;they survived them. Realizing that this was a book just waiting to be written about wonderfully strong, funny and hard-working ranch women,&nbsp;Rose began asking for referrals. What the author ended up with was a group of eclectic and awesome women willing to share their stories. GIRLS CAN BE COWBOYS TOO! Volume I became&nbsp;a compilation of non-fiction biographical conversations with these amazing women. Several are real ranch cowboys as they work their own ranches or help on others. The word "Cowgirl," is frowned upon by these women as it conjures thoughts of frills and fancy boots, which does <em>not&nbsp;</em>describe these gals. While not every "cowboy" in this story works with&nbsp;cattle, all the women who share their life stories have a connection and strong love of the land, family and animals. Those who raise cattle for market&nbsp;take pride in caring for their animals humanely. There are stories about cats, dogs, chickens, grasshoppers, snakes--lots of snakes, horse, cows and wildfires. Several women rode the Tevis Endurance Race. Darice "almost a senior citizen" got kicked in the face and with her nose bleeding and an injured knee, took Ibuprofen and was off again. Eve Blumenfeld rode a mule in the 2016 Tevis and won an award from the American Mule Association for the highest endurance mileage in one season. Kim McElroy is the author's neighbor and was the inspiration the the book, Bonnie Ebsen Jackson, actor Buddy Ebsen's daughter, uses her horses and ranch to help people face drug addiction and emotional issues. Christi Silverberg-Rose helps military men and women adjust to civilian life again, Kimberly Henson <em>rides&nbsp;</em>her Longhorn steer, while Cynthia Rigden sculpts and paints her Longhorns. Shelly Godfrey takes her therapy dogs to nursing homes, had a near death experience following a heart attack, was three weeks on life support, felt God speak to her and send her back to this world, "to get the message of faith out." Mary Matli is an award-winning cowboy poet and a <em>real working cowboy.&nbsp;</em>Mary is the inspiration for the title. Bev Pettit is a fine art equine photographer known the world over and took the photo of "Jane, Arizona Cowgirl" on the cover. Jane's story is included. The author also includes stories of her own as she and ladies chat. These stories of facinating&nbsp;women are sure to inspire and entertain. Look for Volume II to continue with stories about these special women.&nbsp;</p>v

In a way, this story begins in 1886 during the Civil War when a little black colt was born. He was born into trotting royalty, his mother from a famous line of Morgan Horses and his sire from the Hamiltonian line of trotters. Racing trotters were in demand and much was expected from the little black colt. Allan, however, refused to trot, preferring to pace. Allan lived his life in ignominy until he was seventeen years old and proved himself to be a prepotent sire of smooth-gaited horses when mated to the tennessee Pacer. Thus old Allan became the foundation sire of Tennessee Walking Horses. Through this heritage, Allan would make a vital and significant contribution to Rose Miller's life.There are very few true stories about the Tennessee Walking of yesterday and today. A notable exception is Echoes of Hoofbeats by Bob Womack. Rose Miller has used his knowledge of the old time Walkers in her book, but the present day accounts are all hers. For thirty plus years, the author has ridden, raised, trained, shown, judged and most importantly, loved this unique breed of horse. She wrote The Horse That Wouldn't Trot predominately to entertain, but also to expose some ugly truths of how throughout this breed's history, some men have cruelly treated this gentle and willing horse in the name of training. Rose's horse tale begins when as a child, she told her parents that they should move to the country and raise horses. Eventually, Miller got her first horse, but this story really takes off after Rose and her family survived an Indiana tornado. Losing their little dream farm led to another bigger and better farm and in 1973, Miller was able to follow her childhood desire of raising horses--Tennessee Walking Horses, an easy-gaited horse that did not trot--but the endeavor wasn't easy. Rose's stallions were as diverse in attitude as color. Xanadu was almost too lackadaisical in his duties, but grey mares got him energized. Delight might just try to breed the tractor if it were in the breeding area, Galahad dug holes under two fences to get to the mare of his desire, but Praise Hallelujah, the horse love of Rose's life, was nearly perfect. Xanadu and Praise Hallelujah defined her Walking Horse history. Xanadu was shown to a top national honor: The TWHBEA Supreme Versatility Championship. Many points in different categories including show jumping were accumulated for this prestigious honor. Xanadu had once jumped a high pasture fence, but learning to jump in the show ring was an entirely different story. The second part of Miller's horse life was dominated by Praise Hallelujah, a naturally-talented, marvelously gaited individual who competed successfully again horses trained by soring, the inhumane method of getting the Tennessee Walking Horses to step high using caustic chemicals on the horses' front ankles. Miller was introduced to a brilliant dressage instructor who aided her and Praise Hallelujah in reaching their lofty goal of getting the blue ribbons in tough competition. This stallion proved himself a sire of naturally-gaited horses, both for trail riding and showing. Because of the use of soring for show horses, the genetic pool had been diluted away from horses that could actually do the smooth gait. This book is not only about Rose's horses, but about the soring issue as she herself saw it as she competed in the show ring. This issue persists but hopefully continued public outrage will succeed. Presently hard working people are trying to get the PAST ACT passed in Congress for the President to sign. This will hopefully finally put an end to soring. You can contact your congress people and ask them to support it!