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1) Horse
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English
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"A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 21
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English
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Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail. Author Laura Hillenbrand brilliantly re-creates a universal underdog story, one that proves life is a horse race.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The father of the Kentucky Derby called him "the greatest all-around Thoroughbred in American racing history." Sportswriter Grantland Rice simply called him "the greatest racehorse." Now Eliza McGraw tells the story of how a gangling, long-shot Kentucky Derby winner named Exterminator became one of the most beloved racehorses of all time. Here Comes Exterminator! draws readers into the golden age of racing, with all its ups and downs, the ever-involving...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Left homeless by the death of his father, fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson sets off with a racehorse, Lean on Pete, on a perilous trek from Portland, Oregon to Wyoming to find a distant aunt, hoping to regain stability in his life.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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A captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals--and a young boy--whose lives intersect in Paris. Paras is a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. At dusk, one afternoon she pushes open the door of her stall--she's a curious filly--and, after traveling through the night, arrives by chance in the City of Light. She's dazzled, and often mystified, by the sights, sounds and smells around her, but she isn't afraid....
Author
Publisher
McPherson & Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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At the rock-bottom end of the sport of kings sits the ruthless and often violent world of cheap horse racing, where trainers and jockeys, grooms and hotwalkers, loan sharks and touts all struggle to take an edge, or prove their luck, or just survive. Equal parts Nathanael West, Damon Runyon and Eudora Welty, Lord of Misrule follows five characters, scarred and lonely dreamers in the American grain, through a year and four races at Indian Mount Downs,...
10) Secretariat
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
Description
Presents the story of the training and triumphant career of the Triple Crown-winning thoroughbred horse, the only non-human to be chosen as one of ESPN's "50 Greatest Athletes of the Century."
Author
Series
Fables from the stables volume 1
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Although Murray comes from a family of winning race horses, and would like to race himself, he does not run very fast, until the day of a very important race, when some quite unexpected things happen.
13) Flying finish
Author
Publisher
G.K. Hall
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
Much to his snobbish family's horror, Henry Grey takes on the dirty and demanding job of transporting racehorses by air. And when he discovers that he is transporting something altogether different, he has to fight to land with his life intact.
14) 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
Description
Learn about the history of modern horse racing.
16) Charismatic
Publisher
ESPN Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
In 1999, an unlikely colt named Charismatic, along with his down and out jockey Chris Antley, captured the hearts of racing fans everywhere. The biggest long shot in 59 years to win the Kentucky Derby, followed by another underdog win at the Preakness, Charismatic was poised to become the first Triple Crown winner in 21 years when tragedy struck. Director Steve Michaels tells a poignant story of redemption, hope and reclamation. Bonus features included....
Author
Series
A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 18
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink's uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered in a race at Saratoga.
18) Dream horse
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Experience the inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely racehorse bred by small-town bartender Jan Vokes. With little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to raise Dream and compete against the racing elites, becoming a beacon of hope in their struggling community as he rises through the ranks.
19) Dark horse
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Looks at a small group of friends in a former mining town in Wales who decide to breed a racehorse, Dream Alliance, who goes on to have a prodigious career on the track.
20) Hugger mugger
Author
Series
Spenser novel volume 27
Language
English
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Description
Spenser is back and embroiled in a dangerous and multi-layered case. Someone has been killing racehorses at stables across the south, and Walter Clive, president of Three Fillies Stables, hires him to find out who. Spenser goes to Georgia to protect Hugger Mugger, a two-year-old destined to become the next Secretariat. Disregarding the resentment of the local Georgia law enforcement, he takes the case. Despite the veneer of civility, Spenser encounters...
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