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DEAD HEAT
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Dick Francis |
Max Moreton is a caterer, and his problems start when an explosion occurs during a luncheon he is catering. This book was written by Dick Francis and his son, later in Dick Francis's career. |
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Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio
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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. |
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Hex
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Maggie Estep |
Having drifted through thirty-three years of life, Ruby Murphy has put down roots in a rootless place: Coney Island. A recovering alcoholic who is fanatical in her love for animals and her misanthrop… |
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Gabriel's Horses
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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. |
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Mister Penny's Race Horse
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Marie Hall Ets |
"You mustn't feel bad because you are not going to the fair," Mr. Penny said to Limpy, his faithful old horse. "You know about judges. They won't look at old fellows like us. But without you we would… |
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Citizen
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Charlie Brooks |
From former top trainer Charlie Brooks comes a thriller of horseracing, dirty dealing, big business and a test of loyalty under extreme pressure...General Shalakov, brutal Russian oligarch, has busin… |
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Black Beauty
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Anna Sewell |
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters. |
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Prize-winning horse, maybe
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Louise Ladd |
Chris learns the horse race at the annual town fair will award a cash prize for first place. It's the answer to her current financial problem, but the competition looks tough. Is Belle a prize-winn… |
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Seabiscuit
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Laura Hillenbrand |
Retraces the journey of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that made racing history in 1938, thanks to the efforts of a trainer, owner, and jockey who transformed a bottom-leve… |
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Dick Francis's bloodline
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Felix Francis |
"When race caller and television presenter Mark Shillingford calls a race in which his twin sister, Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in second when she could have won, he believes … |
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Ranch-Horse Versatility
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Mike Major,Fran Devereux Smith |
Maybe you compete in versatility ranch-horse events or plan to meet that challenge and want to take advantage of every opportunity to polish your performance. Perhaps cattle work can put a fresh pers… |
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Pretty Penny Farm
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Joanne Hoppe |
Spending the summer on a New Hamsphire farm, fifteen-year-old Beth trains a beautiful chestnut horse for a local race and develops a friendship with an unpopular classmate. |
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Final breath
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John Francome |
The past lives of Danny Clark and his girlfriend Tara intertwine with the horse racing circuit. |
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Under the wire
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Julie White |
Sixteen-year old Reid Widmark in on his way to becoming a professional jockey, but everything changes when his mother takes a fall, and other people take over his life. |
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Pulse
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Felix Francis |
"A smartly dressed man has been found unconscious at the local racecourse and is rushed to the hospital, where he subsequently dies. But who is he? Where does he come from? He had no form of identifi… |
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American Pharoah
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Joe Drape |
"History was made at the 2015 Belmont Stakes when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown, the first since Affirmed in 1978. As magnificent as the champion is, the team behind him has been all too huma… |
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Harness racing
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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. |
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Emerald green
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Heather Graves |
Left almost alone in the world when her mother marries a rich American, Laura Flanagan leaves Ireland to go to Australia, hoping to build a new life there. During the long-haul flight to Australia, s… |
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Shadow over San Mateo
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Lauraine Snelling |
As sixteen-year-old Tricia grieves over the death of her father, she loses interest in horse racing and begins to question the wisdom of God. |
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Orphan
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Harry Haines |
"In a horrific accident twenty miles west of Amarillo, Texas, veterinarian James Robert Masterson steps out into the night to find the sole survivor is a very young colt. As there is no one to take c… |
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