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1) Dead heat
Author
Pub. Date
2007
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Description
With his rising culinary career threatened by an episode of food poisoning at a private affair that he had catered, Max Moreton caters an exclusive luncheon at the Two Thousand Guineas horse race, a party devastated by a bomb blast that kills many of the guests.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
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Description
"Muriel is newly married and restless, transplanted from her rural Kansas hometown to life in a dusty bungalow in San Diego. The air is rich with the tang of salt and citrus, but the limits of her new life seem to be closing in: She misses her freethinking mother, dead before Muriel's nineteenth birthday, and her sly, itinerant brother-in-law, Julius, who made the world feel bigger than she had imagined. And so she begins slipping off to the Del Mar...
3) Even money
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
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Description
Ned Talbot has worked all his life as a book-maker so he knows not to expect any sympathy from the punters as they count their winnings at Royal Ascot. When a man steps forward from the crowd claiming to be his father, Ned is thrown into turmoil. He'd been told that both his parents died when he was a baby. Barely an hour later, his father stabbed by an unknown assailant. Before dying, he warns Ned to "be very careful." But of whom? Of what? Ned finds...
Author
Series
Dick Francis novels volume 8
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Description
Harrison Foster, a crisis manager for a London firm, is summoned to Newmarket after a fire in the Chadwick Stables kills six very valuable horses, including the short-priced favorite for the Derby. There is far more to the "simple" fire than initially meets the eye...for a start, human remains are found among the equestrian ones in the burnt-out shell. All the stable staff are accounted for, so who is the mystery victim? Harry knows very little about...
Author
Series
Dick Francis novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2014
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Description
"Felix Francis is back with another edge-of-your-seat thriller, in the classic Dick Francis tradition. Undercover investigator Jeff Hinkley is assigned by the British Horseracing Authority to look into the activities of a suspicious racehorse trainer, but as he's tailing his quarry through the Cheltenham Racing Festival, the last thing he expects to witness is a gruesome murder. Could it have something to do with the reason the trainer was banned...
6) Ruffian
Publisher
ESPN Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The story of the filly Ruffian, who dominated horse racing in the early 1970s, until a broken leg at Belmont Park ended her career and her life.
7) Front runner
Author
Series
Dick Francis novels volume 5
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Description
"In his role as an undercover investigator for the British Horseracing Authority, Jeff Hinkley is approached by a multi-time champion jockey to discuss the delicate matter of losing races on purpose. Little does he know that the call will set off a lethal chain of events, including the apparent suicide of the jockey and an attempt on Hinkley's own life. Never one to leave suspicious events alone, Hinkley begins investigating the jockey and the races...
8) Seabiscuit
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
1 DVD (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
Publisher
Hennegan Brothers
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The Hennegan brothers follow six trainers from varying parts of the country on their prize 2005 horses' journeys through various graded stakes to the Kentucky Derby. Both joy and heartbreak are present in this film, often shown by the same trainers and their families, concerning their horses' stances going into, coming out of, and after the Derby (if they even make it).
10) Dead Point
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Series
Publisher
Consortium Book Sales & Dist
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
304 p. ;
Description
Jack's mind is not fully on the job he's being paid to do: find Robbie Colburne, occasional barman. But when Jack does get serious, he finds that the drink-dispenser is of great interest to some powerful people, people with very bad habits and a distinct lack of respect for the criminal justice system. Any lapse in concentration could prove fatal.
The third novel in the iconic Jack Irish series, featuring Australia's favourite crime protagonist....
Author
Series
Dick Francis novels volume 11
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Description
Sid Halley, a private investigator, has a new left hand, having had a transplant since his last appearance in Refusal. After receiving death threats, an ex-jockey trainer friend calls Sid to ask for his help, but Sid has his own problems to deal with; like recovering from surgery and saving his crumbling marriage. When his friend's stable yard is torched, horses killed, and the friend is found dead, Sid can only blame himself for not helping sooner....
12) Triple crown
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"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 British Horseracing 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...
Author
Publisher
TU Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
220 pages : chiefly color illustrations, photographs ; 22 cm
Description
Gail Ruffu was a rookie trainer known for her unconventional methods and ability to handle dangerous horses. When she became part owner of an untamed thoroughbred named Urgent Envoy, everything changed. After Urgent Envoy showed real promise, her co-owners forced Gail to speed up training and race him too early, causing the horse to develop a hairline shin fracture. Refusing to drug the horse to keep it running, Gail lost Urgent Envoy to her partners,...
14) Dreamer
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 106 min.) : anamorphic, sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Ben Crane is a Kentucky horse trainer who watches in horror as a championship filly breaks a leg during a practice run. Ordinarily the horse would have to be put down, but today Ben's daughter, Cale, is at the track. Ben impulsively buys the horse, which causes him to lose his job. The rehabilitation process of the horse is almost too much for a farm that's already struggling to survive in a modern economy, but the horse turns out to be a much-needed...
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