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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Come to grief Come to grief Dick Francis The one-handed former jockey, Sid Halley, hunts for the man who mutilates ponies by amputating their hooves, and discovers the suspect is former jockey Ellis Quint. What's more, Quint has powerful in… OL17730907W
Watch me go Watch me go Mark S. Wisniewski Douglas "Deesh" Sharp has managed to stay out of trouble living in the Bronx, paying his rent by hauling junk for cash. But on the morning Deesh and two pals head upstate to dispose of a sealed oil d… OL19992821W
Warriors on horseback Warriors on horseback Carter, John M. A remarkable and riveting insight into the lives of jockeys. Jockeys who earn a living race riding on racehorses are a remarkable group. They are fiercely competitive on the racecourse but enjoy a tr… OL20007109W
Ghost Boys Ghost Boys Shenaaz Nanji 182 pages : 22 cm OL21836379W
Horseshoes and hand grenades Horseshoes and hand grenades C. L. McDaniel Sonny Anderson was a jockey, a good jockey. No, he never won the Kentucky Derby but he was Marc McPhee's friend. And he was murdered. Murderers, whoever they may be, will find out McPhee takes offenc… OL24163490W
Silks Silks Dick Francis Geoffrey Mason is well known (as "Perry" Mason) among the pro riders, including Steve Mitchell and Scot Barlow--arguably the two top pros. So when Scot Barlow is murdered--with Mitchell's pitchfork n… OL24298622W
Safe bet Safe bet John Francome Divorced jockey Mike Powell has lost a fortune buying and selling horses, when he is killed in a car crash. His ex-brother-in-law, Jed Harvard, discovers that Mike's estate has been left to a strange… OL24712631W