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Language
English
Description
"Paras, short for "Perestroika," is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. One afternoon at dusk, she finds the door of her stall open and--she's a curious filly--wanders all the way to the City of Light. She's dazzled and often mystified by the sights, sounds, and smells around her, but she isn't afraid. Soon she meets an elegant dog, a German shorthaired pointer named Frida, who knows how to get by without attracting the attention of...
Author
Series
Thoroughbred volume 38
Publisher
HarperEntertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
162 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
If Star doesn't place in his first two races, he'll be sent back to Townsend Acres forever; Star has what it takes to win, but Ashleigh hopes her daughter Christina is up to the challenge.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
The true story of Seabiscuit, the grandson of one of the greatest racehorses of all time. But he'd lost nearly every race he'd run. Automobile tycoon Charles Howard took a risk and purchased Seabiscuit for a bargain price. With a clever new trainer and a loving jockey, Seabiscuit began winning. But could he really beat the Triple Crown Champion?
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Series
Language
English
Description
Spenser is back and embroiled in a dangerous and multi-layered case. Someone has been killing racehorses at stables across the south, and Walter Clive, president of Three Fillies Stables, hires him to find out who. Spenser goes to Georgia to protect Hugger Mugger, a two-year-old destined to become the next Secretariat. Disregarding the resentment of the local Georgia law enforcement, he takes the case. Despite the veneer of civility, Spenser encounters...
11) Lord of misrule
Author
Publisher
McPherson & Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
At the rock-bottom end of the sport of kings sits the ruthless and often violent world of cheap horse racing, where trainers and jockeys, grooms and hotwalkers, loan sharks and touts all struggle to take an edge, or prove their luck, or just survive. Equal parts Nathanael West, Damon Runyon and Eudora Welty, Lord of Misrule follows five characters, scarred and lonely dreamers in the American grain, through a year and four races at Indian Mount Downs,...
13) Crossfire
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Series
Language
English
Description
Returning to his estranged mother's house for the first time since he joined the army at seventeen, Captain Tom Forsyth discovers that she is being blackmailed and sets out to discover and defeat this hidden enemy using his finely honed military skills. But can he save his mother's reputation and career as "the first lady of British racing", or will he find himself caught in the cross fire?
14) Secretariat
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First Hyperion edition, updated with a new preface.
Physical Desc
455 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1973, Secretariat, the greatest champion in horse-racing history won the Triple Crown. He still holds the record for the fastest times in both the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. The tale of "Big Red" is an enduring classic, more than thirty years after its initial publication"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Canterwood Crest. Super specials volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin MIX
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First Aladdin MIX edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 214 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A conclusion to the series finds Lauren hosting her friends and foes in her home in Connecticut, where they are challenged to call a truce during the Christmas season to help rehabilitate retired racehorses.
Author
Language
English
Description
To look at Seabiscuit one would never know that he had the potential to become the most popular racehorse of the 20th century. But, thanks to the efforts of his owner, his dedicated trainer, and his jockeys, Seabiscuit made racing history despite his stunted legs and knobby knees. The team's road to unimaginable fame and success (even President Roosevelt halted work to listen to the race between Seabiscuit and his foe, War Admiral) is the subject...
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