Everything I need to know about people I learned from The Black Stallion.

Everyone has a horse counter-part.

Photo © Julie R. Neidlinger. Argentine gaucho ranch.

From The Black Stallion series, I learned, as a child, about furlongs and weighted saddles and Alec Ramsey. All things horse racing I loved. And I learned about the different kinds of horses.

There are cold bloods, warm bloods, and hot bloods.

The cold bloods get the job done, steady and faithful, withou…