Ranger's Apprentice: Erak's Ransom

Abandoned?” Will said. Svengal was all wide-eyed innocence.
“Well, nobody has ever asked for them back,” he said. Then he added, “Besides, after what I’ve heard about Halt and the Temujai horses, I wouldn’t make too big a fuss about it if I were you.”

They looked like green and gray vultures, Horace thought.

The best thing you can do when you’ve had a fall is get back in the saddle again