Filled with humor, romance and heartbreak, HORSE TOUGH describes the battles of a real Texas cowgirl from the training arenas and rodeo circuits to the vast cattle ranches of south Texas. Born in 1949, Sandy Kale learned to fight these battles and win. Not just against crooked trainers and tough cowboys, but also against rodeo queens and killer horses. As long as she wasn't asked to read a book or write a speech, nothing could bring her down- until she met Jimmie, who tested her to the final limits. HORSE TOUGH shows what it is like to "cowgirl up" again and again in a difficult and dirty world. Even though it is titled a novel, it is based on numerous conversations between the author and the real Sandy Kale, who broke her own self after more than fifty years of breaking horses and hiding from life.