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Rancher Kit Troxley loves the thrill of the racetrack. He is well aware that horse racing can be a perilous sport, but when ruthless jockey Sam Overmyer cheats him for the win, Kit's eyes are opened to the dark side of the competition. After accusing Sam of foul play, Kit discovers that horses don't pose the only danger on the track—Sam's fury has followed Kit back to his Utah ranch, and the man is out for vengeance. His agenda is to destroy Kit's...
3) Trial run
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Language
English
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A former British steeplechase rider becomes involved in a dangerous situation when he goes to Moscow to help a member of the Royal Family ride in Olympic competition.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
1960
Edition
First Aladdin paperback edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
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.
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
An inspirational story set against the backdrop of Kentucky horseracing, precocious eleven year old Danny is nobody's fool. Living at the race course with her horse trainer Uncle Eddie, she's got the inside track on everyone and everything. She also knows they will always be "just getting by" until they find that one great horse to get them in the money. When Danny sets her sites on a horse with true championship potential, she finds herself thrust...
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
A young boy, unsure of what path to take in life, comes across a horse trainer who convinces him to train for the Derby Cup. Will he be able to convince his parents, beat the champion, and find the champion inside himself?
Author
Series
Thoroughbred volume 22
Publisher
HarperPaperbacks
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
For as long as she can remember, Cindy Blake has longed to ride a Thoroughbred in a world-class race. And now that she's 16, Cindy's dream is finally coming true. She'll ride Wonder's Champion, the Triple Crown winner, in Arabia's Dubai Cup! Cindy's competition is tough. She'll be racing against the best horses and jockeys in the world--including her friend and teacher, Ashleigh Griffen!
8) Bonecrack
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Language
English
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A New York Times–bestselling mystery author is “at the top of his form” in this suspense novel about a horse racing family threatened with murder.
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
In the middle of the night, two masked men break into Neil Griffon’s home and abduct him. He quickly discovers...
Dick Francis, Edgar Award–winning master of mystery and suspense, takes you into the thrilling world of horse racing.
In the middle of the night, two masked men break into Neil Griffon’s home and abduct him. He quickly discovers...
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Series
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English
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In the second book of the powerful new series that reunites the beloved Coleman and Thornton families, New York Times bestselling author Fern Michaels brings readers into the turbulent lives of a Kentucky horseracing clan headed by the incomparable Nealy Coleman Diamond. A woman of substance, Nealy rides fast, loves hard, and lives with an appetite for winning no one can match. Now in Kentucky Heat, she tests her deepest beliefs with one shocking...
10) Blood sport
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English
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"Reluctantly agreeing to locate a missing priceless breeding stallion for his employer, Gene Hawkins suddenly finds himself the target of millionaire Dave Teller's socialite wife, as he falls in love with his own boss's daughter and becomes the prey of a vicious gang of horse thieves"--NoveList.
11) Bite the bullet
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
A former Rough Rider, a lovely but shady lady-in-distress, a drifting ex-cowboy, a young reckless cowboy, a haughty English sportsman, and a gutsy Pony Express rider come together to battle the trials of the rugged West in a grueling 700-mile horse race.
Author
Series
Thoroughbred volume 10
Publisher
HarperPaperbacks
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Grieving for Wonder Horse, who has developed a deadly disease after completing the most competitive year of his life, trainers Samantha McLean and Ashleigh Griffin refuse to give up on their beloved horse.
13) Racing horses
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Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
14) Even money
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
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Ned Talbot, a bookmaker working the Royal Ascot, finds himself in a race to solve his father's stabbing--a race where coming in second could cost him more than even money--it could cost him his life.
15) Triple crown
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Jefferson Hinkley is back in the newest thriller in the Dick Francis tradition, this time on a special mission to the United States to investigate a conspiracy involving the biggest horse races in the country. Jeff Hinkley, investigator for the BritishHorseracing Authority, has been seconded to the US Federal Anti-Corruption in Sports Agency (FACSA) where he has been asked to find a mole in their organization--an informant who is passing on confidential...
16) Slay ride
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Language
English
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Description
Champion jockey Robert Sherman has disappeared - right before his wife was about to give birth ... and right before he was sure to win the National. A coincidence? British investigator David Cleveland doesn't think so. He's convinced someone made Sherman disappear, but with every answer David gets, the body count rises. And if he isn't careful, the next body might just be his own.
17) Glory in danger
Author
Series
Thoroughbred volume 16
Publisher
HarperPaperbacks
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Glory, Cindy Blake's champion thoroughbred, tests positive for dangerous drugs and is disqualified from the race. Cindy fears that someone wants to put an end to Glory's career and must find out who's trying to hurt Glory.
18) Seabiscuit
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
Full screen presentation.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true story. A half-blind ex-prizefighter and mustang breaker team up with a millionaire and his rough-hewn, undersized horse, Seabiscuit. The men bring Seabiscuit to incredible heights, helping to turn a long shot into a legend. Eventually, Seabiscuit earns Horse of the Year honors in 1938.
19) Rodeo girl
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A 14 year old girl is sent from New England to Texas to live with her gruff father.
20) Wild horses
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
From acclaimed master of mystery Dick Francis comes a thrilling novel about the illusion of film and the reality of murder—a New York Times notable book.
Thomas Lyon has finally been given the chance to direct a potential blockbuster, based on the true story of an unsolved crime that rocked the horseracing world twenty-six years ago. But a cryptic deathbed confession, an assault on an elderly woman, and a frightening threat...
Thomas Lyon has finally been given the chance to direct a potential blockbuster, based on the true story of an unsolved crime that rocked the horseracing world twenty-six years ago. But a cryptic deathbed confession, an assault on an elderly woman, and a frightening threat...
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