Skyhorse Publishing has released two exceptional equine titles this month: You Bet Your Life: My Incredible Adventures in Horse Racing and Offshore Betting by David Stevenson and America’s Wild Horses: The History of the Western Mustang by Steve Price.

While Stevenson entertains with breathtaking stories of his eccentric experience as a champion jockey, Price captures the beauty and tells the history of the most majestic species on earth.

Dave Stevenson rode prize-winning steed Canadian Champ to win the Canadian Triple Crown in 1959 and has served as a trainer for more than 30 years since. A pioneer of offshore betting, Stevenson transmitted horse races throughout the Caribbean and Central and South America.

A runaway barn hand who became a legendary champion and hero in his native Canada, Stevenson's life is incomparable in its colour, scope, and excitement. You Bet Your Life transports readers back in time to the golden era of American and Canadian horse racing greatness, travelling across North America and then around the world, all the while meeting an abundance of colourful characters: from legendary figures such as the Dowager Queen of England, Pablo Escobar, and champion thoroughbreds Secretariat and Seabiscuit, to charlatans and cheats, horses and owners, and jockeys and trainers that populated the underbelly and the pinnacle of the horse racing world.

You Bet Your Life is co-authored by Laura Morton, who has co-authored 20 New York Times Bestsellers, including work with Al Roker, Joan Lunden, Susan Lucci, and Justin Bieber.

In America’s Wild Horses, award-winning photographer and lifelong horse lover Steven Price celebrates the timeless magnificence of the American mustang, featuring dozens of stunning photographs interspersed with firsthand interviews with some of the most renowned horse experts today.

Meticulously researched, Price offers a cultural history of the American wild horse that is unparalleled in its exquisite detail and poignant prose. Beginning with chapters on prehistoric equines, Price sweeps through all the most important historical epochs in the history of the American mustang. Detailed accounts of horse-breeding in the Southwest, Native American horsemanship, and mustangs in the golden age of the iconic American cowboys each detail the profound impact that the wild horse has had in shaping American culture.

Later chapters chronicle the legacy of the horse in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, specifically emphasizing the legal and scientific measures that are being taken by horse lovers across the country to ensure that later generations will also be able to witness the majesty of the wild horse.

Price is a contributing editor to Field & Stream magazine and has served as a senior writer for B.A.S.S. Publications for more than 35 years. His award-winning photographs have been used in books, magazines, and promotions by organizations such as National Geographic Society, Reader’s Digest, the Associated Press, and Game Conservation Invitational. He has written six books and more than 3,000 magazine articles.

(With files from Skyhorse Publishing)