Alynna, I've just read Jennifer Macaire's YA fantasy HORSE PASSAGES and loved it. The author tells me the production is poor, so be prepared to ignore typos, but I recommend the book for you.
Even better, because it's adult, is Caitlin Brennan'sWhite Magic trilogy, in which horses are gods. Exciting, human, sometimes funny, and breathtakingly beautiful.
THE MOUNTAIN'S CALL
SONG OF UNMAKING
SHATTERED DANCE (I'm still reading this one)
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These are sort of historical fiction, but written about a time before the peoples described had writing, so they have a mythic/fantasy feel to them. They are about how horses came to the American Indians, starting with the desert Southwest:
Amanda Cockrell's HORSE CATCHER'S TRILOGY:
When the Horses Came
Children of the Horse
The Rain Child
The second book has one of the most beautiful book covers I have ever see:
amandacockrell.com/work4.htm
Amanda Cockrell's HORSE CATCHER'S TRILOGY:
When the Horses Came
Children of the Horse
The Rain Child
The second book has one of the most beautiful book covers I have ever see:
amandacockrell.com/work4.htm
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Oh! These all sound wonderful! Thanks for the recs; I'll definitely have to take a look. 
There was a fantasy series I read a few years back that's not spectacular but still kept my interest: The Warhorse of Esdragon by Susan Dexter. It's one of those series that follows a protagonist in the first book and then his/her descendants in the following books, which I usually hate, but the same horse is a constant in all three books, and while he doesn't always stand out as much as the human characters, he draws their stories out pretty well. One of the surprising things about this series was the strong female characters. The books were:
The Prince of Ill-luck (the best of the series, I think)
The Wind-Witch
The True Knight
And of course, there is Piers Anthony's dreadful Mode series, about the girl traveling between realities with a horse who's intelligent when he's around people. I thought it was a good read when I was twelve and didn't know any better.
There was a fantasy series I read a few years back that's not spectacular but still kept my interest: The Warhorse of Esdragon by Susan Dexter. It's one of those series that follows a protagonist in the first book and then his/her descendants in the following books, which I usually hate, but the same horse is a constant in all three books, and while he doesn't always stand out as much as the human characters, he draws their stories out pretty well. One of the surprising things about this series was the strong female characters. The books were:
The Prince of Ill-luck (the best of the series, I think)
The Wind-Witch
The True Knight
And of course, there is Piers Anthony's dreadful Mode series, about the girl traveling between realities with a horse who's intelligent when he's around people. I thought it was a good read when I was twelve and didn't know any better.
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I was cruising around Amazon today, looking for used books and found these:
THE EPONA TRILOGY by Judith Tarr (they look to be a mix of historical fiction and fantasy set in prehistory in eastern Europe):
The White Mare's Daughter
Daughter of Lir
Lady of Horses
I'm not familiar with Judith Tarr - I read some historical fantasy by her about twenty years ago set in the times of the Crusades and do remember liking it. So I have not read these particular books and do not know how good they may or may not be.
But, on the other hand, you cannot beat books that only cost a penny and postage.
THE EPONA TRILOGY by Judith Tarr (they look to be a mix of historical fiction and fantasy set in prehistory in eastern Europe):
The White Mare's Daughter
Daughter of Lir
Lady of Horses
I'm not familiar with Judith Tarr - I read some historical fantasy by her about twenty years ago set in the times of the Crusades and do remember liking it. So I have not read these particular books and do not know how good they may or may not be.
But, on the other hand, you cannot beat books that only cost a penny and postage.
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