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Publisher
UCI
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (aprox. 90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"Princesa es un caballo de carreras que nunca había perdido una carrera, hasta que en una ocasión un jinete queda paralizado por una caída. Su hermano muy afectado, tratará de matar al caballo que causó el accidente. Esta sed de venganza lo conducirá no sólo a querer matar a Princesa, sino a más ... ¿Volverá a competir Princesa?"--Container.
22) Risky Chance
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 7
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
153 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Description
In the mid- to late-1930s, Risky Chance grows from a spirited colt to a winning racehorse, but an injury and the Great Depression bring hardship that only a special little girl can help him overcome.
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
210 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
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.
24) Lean on Pete
Publisher
Lionsgate Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
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...
25) Lean on Pete
Publisher
A24 Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
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 he...
26) 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...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
x, 324 pages ; 24 cm
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
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
x, 401 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"The dramatic true story of the champion Thoroughbred racehorse who gained international fame in the tumultuous, Civil War-era South, despite going nearly blind, and became the most successful sire in American racing history. The early days of American horse-racing were grueling. Four-mile heats-races four miles long, run two or three times in succession!-were the norm, rewarding horses who possessed the ideal combination of stamina and speed, attributes...
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