Horse Woman: Notes on Living Well & Riding Better

Lee McLean was born to ride ... and to write. In these pages, you will enter the world of a master horsewoman and ride with her through the seasons of the year, and the ages and stages of life. The stories come from a riding journal kept for over forty-five years, and the best of her Keystone Equine blogs. Distilled into one year, but made up of many, they reflect a life lived in the saddle. As much about human nature as about horses, this book will become a resource you turn to, again and again. It offers sound technical advice, paired with storytelling, humour and the gift of healing. “Destined to become a classic. I wish I’d had a copy when I was a girl.” – Adrian ‘Buckaroogirl’ Brannan, Author and Singer “She inspires us to be more in tune with our horse partners … and quite possibly, to be better people because of it.” – Gary Rempel, 2009 Canadian Cowboy of the Year “Lee McLean is a friend and colleague who I consider to be one of the most knowledgeable women in the horse world today. She is authentic and common sense prevails, as you will come to understand, while reading Horse Woman.” – Cub Wright, 2008 Canadian Open Cutting Champion

Lee McLean owns and operates Keystone Equine in Alberta, Canada. She has earned a reputation for selling well-trained horses and ponies. Such is her confidence and commitment to horse and rider that she guarantees her sales for one year.

She has taught women in the art of riding sidesaddle for over thirty years. From English and Western, to Driving and Sidesaddle, Lee has the prizes―and scars―to prove it.

Lee has a legion of faithful followers on Facebook, a national equine magazine column, and appears at events from small-town horse shows to sidesaddle racing at the Calgary Stampede.

A stroke survivor, Lee resides on the family ranch in the Alberta foothills with her husband and dogs.

She rides and trains the Keystone horses and ponies... and at the end of the day, she writes about them all.