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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Gabriel's triumph Gabriel's triumph Alison Hart A thirteen-year-old newly-freed slave faces the challenges of freedom and horse racing as he pursues his dream of becoming a famous jockey in Civil War Kentucky and New York. OL11802966W
Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio Marguerite Henry A story, based on real events, about a boy and a half-Arabian mare who enter the Palio, an annual race in Siena, Italy, with all the pageantry of a medieval contest. OL1480371W
Gabriel's Horses Gabriel's Horses Alison Hart In Kentucky, during the Civil War, the twelve-year-old slave Gabriel, contends with a cruel new horse trainer and skirmishes with Confederate soldiers as he pursues his dream of becoming a jockey. OL15124216W
The black stallion challenged The black stallion challenged Walter Farley Alec Ramsey, racing the Black in Florida over the winter, receives a letter from Steve Duncan which results in the island stallion's challenging the champion. OL15391506W
Horsin' around Horsin' around Loren Long In 1899, after losing their first game, the Travelin' Nine arrive in Louisville, Kentucky, where Griffith, Ruby, and Graham use the magical baseball again only to have race horses appear on the baseb… OL16173088W
Stealing The Prize Stealing The Prize Suzanne Weyn Taylor is excited for her first real competition -- but is her arch-enemy planning to steal the show? Taylor Henry is thrilled to finally be in a real equestrian competition. But she's also nervou… OL17532915W
National Velvet National Velvet Enid Bagnold In mid-twentieth-century England, fourteen-year-old Velvet Brown, determined to turn the unruly horse she wins in a raffle into a champion, learns that she needs more than hard work and dedication to… OL18342447W
Blind Beauty Blind Beauty K. M. Peyton Teenage Tessa's passion for riding and her love for an ugly horse named Buffoon help her endure an unhappy life in the English countryside with a hateful stepfather. OL1850167W
Dear Fred Dear Fred K. M. Peyton Thirteen-year-old Laura falls in love with celebrated jockey Fred Archer in the racing world of Newmarket, England, in the 1880's. OL1850168W
Golden Filly Golden Filly Lauraine Snelling "Tricia Evanston has grown up riding and training horses with her father at their family's horse ranch, Runnin' On Farms. Through challenges and triumphs, Tricia learns to trust in God as she pursues… OL21237677W
Gaston goes to the Kentucky Derby Gaston goes to the Kentucky Derby James Rice Gaston the alligator and Black Lightning the horse leave the bayou to compete in the Kentucky Derby. OL23534729W
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