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The Night Ride

Sonnia desperately wants to have enough money to buy Ricochet, the horse she adores at the king's stables, but her family barely makes enough money from their struggling pony-ride business to send her and her sister to school. Everything changes when Ricochet is moved to a racetrack across town, and Sonnia gets a job taking care of the horse there. With the opportunity to earn more money to help support her family and save up to buy Ricochet, she thinks everything is falling into place. In addition, Sonnia's selected to join the junior racing cadre, a group of young riders training to become jockeys, but things get complicated when she learns some of the riders are participating in the Night Ride, a dangerous and illegal race that takes place in the middle of the night.

The edge

1989
Tor, undercover security operative for the British Jockey Club, masquerades as a waiter on a horse-racing junket called the Great Transcontinental Mystery Race Train.

Another Man o' War

1966
Sally and her grandfather hope their new colt will be as great a race horse as Man o' War.

Arabian horses

2021
First found throughout the Middle East as early as 1500 BCE, Arabian horses are one of the oldest horse breeds in the world! They are built to run across sandy deserts, and they excel at dressage, jumping, and more! In this title, young readers will discover the breed?s unique appearance, history, and strengths. A size comparison chart, coat colors feature, range map, timeline, and jumping diagram highlight even more about this beloved breed.

The edge

2005
Tor, undercover security operative for the British Jockey Club, masquerades as a waiter on a horse-racing junket called the Great Transcontinental Mystery Race Train.

Comeback

2010
Foreign Office British diplomat, Peter Darwin uses all of his skills to solve a veterinary surgeon's race-horse nightmare.

The mystery at the Kentucky Derby

Grant and Christina investigate the disappearance of a racehorse and two jockeys when they tag along with Mimi and Papa to the Kentucky Derby in Louisville, Kentucky.
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The island stallion races

Two visitors from another world enter the secret valley of Azul Island and provide Steve with a chance to see how Flame can do in competition with the world's fastest horses.

Rough magic

riding the world's loneliest horse race
2019
A memoir of Lara Prior-Palmer's trip to Mongolia to compete in the world's longest, toughest horse race, emerging as its youngest and first-ever female winner.
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