Horse Racing category: 231 books
Blood Horses
Notes of a Sportswriter's Son
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2005
One evening late in his life, veteran sportswriter Mike Sullivan was asked by his son what he remembered best from his three decades in the press box. The answer came as a surprise. "I was at Secretariat's Derby, in '73. That was . . . just beauty, you know?"
Sullivan didn't know,...
The Brook Hill Horses
Cj Race Horse with a Broken Leg
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
A heart warming retelling of a true story about an injured race horse and the love and hard work of a little girl that produced a triumphant team. This is one of countless success stories from Brook Hill Farm which is dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and adoption of horses.
Shergar. Kidnapping Ireland's Favourite Son.
Unsolved Horse Mysteries, #1
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2014
Shergar, the champion racehorse disappeared into an ominous Irish fog one February night in 1983 and was never seen again.
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The scenario was something out of a Hollywood blockbuster: The gloomy dusk of the Irish countryside, balaclava clad men, machine guns and the Ballymany Stud, the Aga Khan's...
by Peter Tamas
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2016
Seabiscuit and War Admiral were the son and grandson of the greatest racehorse. They raced against each other once. That was the race of the century.George Woolf arrived at the last possible moment. He strutted into the paddock and swung easily into Seabiscuit’s saddle. George smiled and said hello...
by Dodge Theodore Ayrault
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
This is a vintage handbook on horsemanship originally intended for young gentlemen, with chapters on duelling, fencing, etiquette, and more. "Riding, Driving, Fencing for Young People" will be of utility to young or beginner horse riders, and would also make for a fantastic addition to collections...
America's Long Distance Challenge Ii
New Century, New Trails, and More Miles
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Karen Bumgarners Americas Long Distance Challenge fills a long overdue need within the sport of distance riding. It makes it clear that being a successful endurance competitor is more complex that simply running your horse as hard as possible..she does an excellent job of showing that the proper care,...
Prince of Penzance
The Extraordinary 2015 Melbourne Cup
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
24 horses lined up for the running of the 155th Melbourne Cup. At 100-1 Prince Of Penzance was the equal outsider, backed mainly by those hoping for a fairy-tale. A popular female jockey aboard when no woman had ever won the race before. A country bloke who had risen through the ranks from humble...
American Pharaoh
The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
History was made at the 2015 Belmont Stakes when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown, the first since Affirmed in 1978. As magnificent as the champion is, the team behind him has been all too human while on the road to immortality.**
Written by an award-winning...
by George E. Waring
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
This vintage book offers the reader a unique and authentic insight into the sporting life of a nineteenth century fox hunter, chronicling his experiences in all manner of pursuits ranging from buying a horse to embarking on a hunt. Interesting and entertaining, "Whip and Spur" will appeal...
Saratoga Race Course
The August Place to Be
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2011
In the early 1800s, Saratoga Springs was a destination for its natural mineral waters and their healing powers. But that changed in 1863 with the opening of the Saratoga Race Course. From then on, summers in the Spa City came alive with the excitement of the "sport of kings." Since the victory of the...
The Great Sweepstakes of 1877
A True Story of Southern Grit, Gilded Age Tycoons, and a Race That Galvanized the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2016
In 1877 the members of the United States Senate postponed all business for the day so that they might attend a horse race—the iconic, polarizing post-Civil War event at the center of this story. The nation, still recovering from the depredations of the Civil War and the Reconstruction that followed,...
Gold
My Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
With a show-jumping career spanning over forty years, Nick Skelton is a legend in the equestrian world. No other rider has won so many major competitions on so many different horses and he is as popular at Olympia and Hickstead as he is at Aachen, Geneva, Paris and Spruce Meadows. Skelton has competed...
by Frederick C. Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
This vintage book contains a collection of traditional hunting songs and ballads from the nineteenth century. Contents include: "Hunting Song", "The Squire's Daughter", "the Black Frost has Broken at Last", "The Empty Loose Box", "To an Old Saddle About...
Phar Lap
A True Legend
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Phar Lap is one of Australia’s best-loved icons. The story of the gangly foal who became one of the greatest racehorses ever has captured Australians’ hearts for generations. Phar Lap: A True Legend, written by museum curator Michael Reason, has delighted and informed readers for the last five years....