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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. Three men changed Seabiscuit?s fortunes: Charles Howard was a onetime bicycle repairman who introduced the automobile to the...
2) Crossfire
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Shell-shocked and missing a foot--lost to an IED during his tour of duty in Afghanistan--Captain Tom Forsyth has been sent "home" by the army and, at loose ends, returns to his estranged mother's house for the first time since he joined up at seventeen. But Josephine Kauri, the "first lady of British racing," has always put the horses she trains first and her family last. Tom soon finds himself strained to the breaking point with his mother and stepfather....
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McPherson & Co
Pub. Date
c2010
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294 p. ; 23 cm.
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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,...
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A to Z mysteries. Main series volume 18
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2002.
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84 pages : ill. ; 21 cm.
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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.
5) Secretariat
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Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
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Behind every legend lies an impossible dream. Witness the spectacular journey of an incredible horse named Secretariat and the moving story of his unlikely owner, a housewife who risked everything to make him a champion.
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"Perestroika in Paris is an imaginative story of three extraordinary animals--and a young boy--whose lives intersect in Paris. Parasis a spirited racehorse at a racetrack west of Paris. 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. Soon she...
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Pony Highway Productions
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (172 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"This sweeping documentary series follows six fascintaing horse characters and their trainer, veterinarian, jockeys, owners and caretakers through the breathtaking highs and lows of a year of world class racing." From container
9) Dream horse
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
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1 DVD (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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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.
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Roman mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2007
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210 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Flavia and her friends go to Rome to celebrate the Festival of Jupiter at Senator Cornix's town house, where they befriend the young charioteer, Scopas, and quickly find themselves embroiled in a campaign to sabotage one of the rival racing factions.
12) Lean on Pete
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Lionsgate Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
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1 DVD (approximately 122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Fifteen-year-old Charley Thompson arrives in Portland, Oregon with his single father Ray, both of them eager for a fresh start after a series of hard knocks. While Ray descends into personal turmoil, Charley finds acceptance and camaraderie at a local racetrack where he lands a job caring for an aging Quarter Horse named Lean on Pete. The horse's owner Del Montgomery and his jockey Bonnie help Charley fill the void of his father's absence - until...
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