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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
One man's horse One man's horse Marguerite Henry A fictionalized history of the life of the horse credited with fathering the standardbred line accompanied by a pictorial postlude of his ancestors and descendants. OL1480340W
Harness racing Harness racing Elizabeth Van Steenwyk Discusses the buying, breeding, and training of horses for harness racing, describes the event and its rules, and introduces several famous champions. OL20901829W
Stable girl Stable girl Patricia Harrison Easton Portrays a day in the life of Danielle, who works in her family's racing stable and helps in the family business of training racehorses. OL2643252W
The Kentucky harness horse The Kentucky harness horse Ken McCarr "[T]ells how Kentucky horsemen, through a combination of serendipity and sound planning, managed to wrest the leadership [of the center of activity of Standardbreds] from the East and make Kentucky t… OL7087065W
The black stallion's sulky colt The black stallion's sulky colt Walter Farley A racing accident resulting in a frightened horse and an injured driver leads Alec Ramsey and Henry Dailey to try harness racing, working a son of the Black toward the Hambletonian. OL869948W
The blood bay colt The blood bay colt Walter Farley A boy is entrusted to attend the birth, train, and drive a blood bay colt that is the great hope of an aging reinsman who refuses to be reconciled to the fact that sulky-racing has moved from the cou… OL869950W