Horse Sports category: 686 books

How much does God really care about you? Have you ever felt hopeless; that your circumstances were too bleak to ever improve? No matter how reasonable your fears, there is no bottomless pit. There is a bottom and there is hope. Always. How does the author know? She's visited the pit. What do...

Set in the late 1960s, Quest for Gold is an evolving tale of a racing family that realises it owns a potential champion. The handsome black gelding, which bears the family name of 'Bretton', is a treasure, an animal most owners can only dream of. John Bretton is the 'black sheep' of the family....

Originally written in 1936 by two young Cambridge Fellows, A Guide to the Classics is a light-hearted manual on how to pick the Derby winner. However, as the tongue-in-cheek title suggested, there is more to the book than meets the eye, especially as one of the young dons went on to become, according...

I'm a farmer and horseman with a life-long love of fiction, but all too often it’s obvious that an author has relied on movies for their information about horses and farms. Hollywood has dubbed in the sounds of squealing car wheels on gravel roads and they tend to handle horses and farms even more...

The juvenile, or two-year-old, racing careers of Colin, Man o War, Ruffian and Landaluce provide the foundation and focus for discussing the question of thoroughbred greatness and its measure. These four thoroughbreds were arguably the best juvenile runners of the twentieth century. Close on their...

Enjoy a comfortable long-distance ride on a well-trained gaited horse and you’ll be surprised at how easygoing these handsome animals can be. But unique challenges can arise when horse owners more familiar with the standard walk, trot, and canter try to train these complex and multigeared horses...

People have been racing horses for thousands of years, all over the world. Yet horseracing is often presented as an English creation that was exported, unaltered, to the colonies. This Companion investigates the intersection of racing and literature, art, history and finance, casting the sport as...

Master horse racing's oldest and most perplexing puzzle! The Lazy Bettor's guide touts simple strategies for picking Kentucky Derby winners. It's a fun, fact-fueled journey that blazes a path to wagering profits.

The Voice: The Unparalleled Life of Roger Huston is a blockbuster book about the life of the number 1 horse racing announcer in the country—Roger Huston—which many agree on. Huston has called more than 178,000 races, covering at least 144 tracks in nineteen states and eight countries. Known as...

     The Infinite Bond is a true story of life, love, and loss between three beautiful Arabian horses and their caretaker, Dr. Barbara Fox. If you have ever wondered how strong the bond is between animals, as well as between animals and people, this story depicts the true emotional connection...

On 14 June 2006, Clive, a thoroughbred gelding, died an agonizing death. It was a death that would mark the beginning of an emotional nightmare for his owner, Jennifer Crane and her family. A death that would receive national media coverage as only the sixth recorded case in Australia and would result...

Isaac Burns Murphy (1861--1896) was one of the most dynamic jockeys of his era. Still considered one of the finest riders of all time, Murphy was the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby three times, and his 44 percent win record remains unmatched. Despite his success, Murphy was pushed out of Thoroughbred...

Originally published in 1908, this vintage book contains a fascinating diary of a nineteenth-century English hunter. Offering a unique and authentic insight into English rural pursuits over a hundred years ago, this is a volume that will appeal to those with an interest in the history of field sports,...

Timber Ridge Riders: Book 2 Ages: 9-13 Ever since Kate McGregor arrived at Timber Ridge Stables, Angela Dean has been making trouble. Maybe she’s angry because Kate’s a better rider than she is, or maybe she’s jealous because Kate’s the only one who’s allowed to ride Buccaneer, the...