Can you say Christmas Present?
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Judith Stanton is an author of historical romance novels but has recently turned her hand, or should I say pen, to the world of eventing for her latest book, A Stallion To Die For. I was thrilled to catch up with her for an interview for a special edition of The Eventing Radio Show this week. In the interest of full disclosure Judith is an owner of Nate Chambers’ exciting young horse Simon (aka Satisfaction) and did four years worth of extensive research for her book to make sure it was as realistic as possible; Judith logged many hours at the Carolina Horse Park, at other competitions and various barns observing eventers in their natural habitat, “There are quotes in the book that are directly out of the mouths of ..(I promised not to tell!)... and I think people will recognize those, and there are a couple of very funny little incidents that I translated from things that I actually saw happen to other people.”
We have five copies of the book to give away if you can identify who you think Judith was describing when she told me about this rider that she’s longing to meet in person, answers in the comments section please with a valid email address.
“His accomplishments and his good sportsmanship are part of the underpinnings of the book; it’s helped me to watch for this long to see how genuinely nice so many people are, and how eventers as a group do come together in times of triumph and in times of trouble, the book had to reflect that.”
In the case of a tie break please describe your own imaginary or real eventing hero/heroine in a 200 words or less, and Judith will pick the winners.
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Nate Chambers joins me as my co-host this week and casts a fond eye back on his career with Rolling Stone (above at Galway Downs CCI*** 2011). He also describes how he found his new horse Simon, his holiday plans, and spills the beans about whether the hero of the novel is really based on him! How could he not be?! Tune in this Thursday, kids, and Happy Thanksgiving!
