Susanna Forrest, like many a girl, yearned for a pony but never did get one. This didn't stop her from becoming obsessed with all things equine however, and her new book invites readers to join her on a glorious gallop from girl-riders in the Bronze Age, to 21st century children on horseback in Brixton. Entertaining, beguiling and surprising in equal measure, this is the story of the complex relationship that women have had with horses across the centuries.