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4) Black Gold
Author
Publisher
Rand McNally
Pub. Date
[1957]
Physical Desc
172 p. illus. 25 cm.
Language
English
6) Crisis
Author
Series
A Dick Francis novel volume 8
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious fire at a stable kills six thoroughbred horses as well as a human being that no one can account for, Harrison Foster investigates the Chadwick Family, a dysfunctional horse racing dynasty.
7) Iced
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Miles Pussett discovers something suspicious is going on in the races, something that may have a profound impact on his future, he begins a search for answers.
8) Born to trot
Author
Publisher
Rand McNally & Co
Pub. Date
1962
Physical Desc
224 p. : illus.
Language
English
9) Blind beauty
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
10) Shattered
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
The accidental death of jockey Martin Stukely implicates his friend Gerard Logan, a glassblower, in a dangerous search for a missing videotape.
11) Triple crown
Author
Series
Dick Francis volume 6
Language
English
Description
Asked by the U.S. FACSA to find a mole who has been passing on information to those under suspicion in American horse racing, British Horseracing Authority investigator Jeff Hinkley participates in a raid on a corrupt trainer's barn before three Kentucky Derby contenders become suspiciously ill.
12) Willow King
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
193 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Katie, who is herself physically challenged, saves a crippled foal from euthanasia and nurses him back to health and eventual championships.
13) High stakes
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
667 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
14) Wonder's victory
Author
Series
Thoroughbred volume 4
Publisher
HarperPaperbacks
Pub. Date
1993, c1991
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
202 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Wonder's regular jockey is injured before the Breeder's Cup race, Ashleigh must take the reins and coax him to victory.
Author
Series
Thoroughbred volume 67
Publisher
HarperEntertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
163 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
After being injured in a track accident, Christina reluctantly leaves the training of her beloved Star to her cousin Melanie, a situation that threatens to ruin the girls' relationship.
17) Even money
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
350 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
On the first day of Royal Ascot, small-time bookmaker Ned Talbot finds his life thrown into turmoil when a man claiming to be his father--whom he had long thought to be dead--becomes the victim of a stabbing at the race track and passes along a mysterious warning to Ned.
18) Dead heat
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
511 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
19) Dream of Night
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
218 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Told from their different points of view, twelve-year-old Shiloh, a troubled foster child, Dream of Night, an abused former racehorse, and Jess, a woman who cares for both, find healing by helping one another through their pain.
20) Under orders
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
When three corpses turn up on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day, including a jockey who had earlier in the day won the Triumph Hurdle, ex-jockey-turned-sleuth Sid Halley investigates a possible link to Lord Enstone's mysterious losing streak.