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1) Horse
Author
Language
English
Description
"Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name painting the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery...
Author
Language
English
Description
In this edge-of-the-seat finale to the trilogy that has reunited the Coleman and Thornton families, New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels sets our pulses pounding as horsewoman Nealy Coleman faces her greatest challenge--to produce another Derby winner and show the world that a determined woman never quits...
Kentucky Sunrise
When it comes to men, Nealy is very content with her new husband, lawyer Hatch Littletree. When it comes to horses,...
Author
Language
English
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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...
4) Crossfire
Author
Pub. Date
2010
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?
5) Secretariat
Language
English
Formats
Description
Behind every legend lies an impossible dream. Witness the spectacular journey of an incredible horse named Secretariat and the moving story of his unlikely owner, a housewife who risked everything to make him a champion.
Author
Series
Animal Ark hauntings volume 1
Pub. Date
1999
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mandy's father promised to take Mandy and James to visit Folan's Racing Stables, and they can hardly wait. But when they arrive, they discover that Folan's in trouble. Some of the jockeys believe the stables are haunted by Tibor, a stallion who died in a race.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Hellsmouth, an indomitable Thoroughbred with the blood of Triple Crown winners in her veins, runs for the glory of the Forge family, one of Kentucky's oldest and most powerful dynasties. Henry Forge has partnered with his daughter Henrietta, in an endeavor of raw obsession: to breed the next superhorse, the next Secretariat. But when Allmon Shaughnessy, an ambitious young black man, comes to work on their farm, the violence of the Forges' history...
12) Risky Chance
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 7
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
153 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the mid- to late-1930s, Risky Chance grows from a spirited colt to a winning racehorse, but an injury and the Great Depression bring hardship that only a special little girl can help him overcome.
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
Seven lifelong friends and racing fans from their student days at the University of Wisconsin strike it lucky at Saratoga Race Track when they combine to win a plus million dollar Pick Six. They subsequently use some of those profits to buy racehorses, one of which, The Badger Express, turns out to be a sensational runner, stallion, and moneymaker. Seven years later, the men become targets of a professional assassin, an ex-Navy Seal and Iraq private...
15) Blind switch
Author
Series
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource.
Language
English
Description
When a Chicago advertising account representative named Jack Doyle's life goes up in smoke, he accepts a most unusual offer from an acquaintance to fix a horse race. Soon, the FBI is knocking on Jack's door, looking for his help to catch people who are maiming or killing thoroughbred horses for their insurance values. Jack goes undercover at a multimillionaire media mogul's horse farm to uncover the truth behind rumors of horses being killed if they...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Damien Daniels has been murdered, shot out of the saddle by an expert marksman while exercising his horse. It looks like a professional job, but who would want to kill a popular ex-jockey who trains racehorses for living? Animal behaviourist Gideon Blake witnesses the shooting and is able to provide information that leads to an arrest; however, there are questions that remain unanswered. Do a series of mysterious break-ins have any bearing on the...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 book club bag ; in container
Language
English
Description
"Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name painting the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery...
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Full screen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Ben Crane is a Kentucky horse trainer who watches in horror as a championship filly breaks a leg during a practice run. Ordinarily the horse would have to be put down, but today Ben's daughter, Cale, is at the track. Ben impulsively buys the horse, which causes him to lose his job. The rehabilitation process of the horse is almost too much for a farm that's already struggling to survive in a modern economy, but the horse turns out to be a much-needed...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First movie tie-in edition.
Physical Desc
277, 15 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Left homeless by the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson sets off with a racehorse, Lean on Pete, on a perilous trek from Portland, Oregon to Wyoming to find a distant aunt, hoping to regain stability in his life.