race horses

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.

Contains the story of the famous racing thoroughbred that was named greatest horse of the twentieth century. Presented in simple text with illustrations.

Sham and the stable boy Agba travel from Morocco to France to England where, at last, Sham's majesty is recognized and he becomes the "Godolphin Arabian," ancestor of the most superior Thoroughbred horses.

"Murray the horse dreams of winning big races just like the rest of his family but he has one problem--he's just not that fast! When horse Ned Plumb twists his ankle at the start line, his jockey spots Murray in the crowd and says, 'Fancy a race?' Murray finally gets his chance to shine and beat the neigh-sayers with a rather unusual race technique"--OCLC.

"Alone in the world, Jay Barton is a teenage misfit with nothing much going for her besides an extraordinary talent for understanding racehorses--and riding them. In a desperate attempt to escape her unpalatable trickster uncle, Jay leaves home to work at a racing stable, where she forms a bond with a beautiful gray mare named Manhattan--brilliant, misunderstood, dangerous, and headed for racing's scrap heap. Jay recognizes a fellow misfit and fights to give Manhattan one last opportunity to show she is is the champion she was born to be"--Dust jacket.

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.

Sham and the stable boy Agba travel from Morocco to France to England where, at last, Sham's majesty is recognized and he becomes the "Godolphin Arabian," ancestor of the most superior Thoroughbred horses.

Stevie, Carole, and Lisa are going to the racetrack, where they'll get to help cool off their friend's sleek thoroughbred racehorses by walking them after the races. They spot an official somewhere he shouldn't be, taking money from someone he shouldn't be talking to. Worse, the official sees them and knows they're on to him, so now they're in danger.

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.

Examines the Thoroughbred horse racing career of American Pharoah, the first Triple Crown winner since 1978.