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Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In the wake of World War II, as turmoil and chaos were giving way to a spirit of optimism, Americans were looking for inspiration and role models showing that it was possible to start from the bottom and work your way up to the top-and they found it in Stymie, the failed racehorse plucked from the discard heap by trainer Hirsch Jacobs. Like Stymie, Jacobs was a commoner in "The Sport of Kings," a dirt-poor Brooklyn city slicker who forged an unlikely...
Author
Language
English
Description
Erin Fury has helped countless people with her ranch and she isn't about to give it up without a fight. The Furys board and rescue horses while giving riding lessons to disabled children. But their lease is up and if it isn't renewed by the college that owns their land, they will lose everything...
65) Legends Lake
Author
Series
Irish Castlelough trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Description
Horse trainer Alex McKenna finds his life in ruins after a public altercation with a callous owner, but finds an opportunity to save his career with Legends Lake, a talented but troubled thoroughbred requiring the care of his Irish breeder, Kate O'Sullivan.
67) Derby dreams.
Author
Series
Ashleigh volume 10
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Ashleigh's parents have bought her a racehorse which means Edgardale Farm has a shot at winning the Kentucky Derby. Royal Renegade wins his first race, but then something goes wrong and the horse turns mean and starts to lose races. Can Ashleigh solve the mystery before the Derby?
Author
Series
Report / 116th Congress 2d session House of Representatives volume 116-554
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Author
Series
Thoroughbred volume 54
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Cindy and her partner Ben are having problems finding a jockey to ride Gratis in the Kentucky Derby. Cindy does not trust Wolf, but she is still nursing an injury to her shoulder. Will someone come to her rescue?
72) Race horses
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Learn what it takes to become a racehorse.
74) Seabiscuit
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Story of Seabiscuit, the most popular thoroughbred horse during the Depression, focusing on the animal, trainer, owner, and jockeys.
76) Samantha's pride
Author
Series
Thoroughbred volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Ashleigh Griffen, the jockey for Wonder's Pride, and her friend Samantha McLean are certain that the horse will suffer irreparable damage if he is raced in the strenuous three-race Triple Crown.
77) Racehorses
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Racehorses are fast, strong Thoroughbreds. Some race in short, speedy sprints, while others leap over high fences and deep ditches in exciting steeplechases. Racehorses tells you all about these thrilling horses. It describes the different types of racehorces and shows them in action. It also explains the different events that racehorces compete in, including some of the world's most famous horse-racing events."--
Author
Series
Thoroughbred volume 55
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Thrilled to have the opportunity to train for the Olympics in England, Parker Townsend soon discovers that his disagreements with the English trainer over the proper way to do things could jeopardize his dream.
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