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My Year of the Racehorse

Author : Kevin Chong
Publisher : Greystone Books
ISBN 13 : 155365840X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (536 download)

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Download or read book My Year of the Racehorse written by Kevin Chong and published by Greystone Books. This book was released on 2012-03-02 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kevin Chong has grand plans. He draws up a to-do list of major milestones that will give him the life he always wanted—and the life that will inspire awe and envy in his friends. Things like settling down and starting a family; learning a foreign language; getting a tattoo. But these grand plans go out the window when Chong makes an unconventional decision: he's going to buy a racehorse. Not the whole thing—he'll become part—owner of the horse. Just don't ask him which part. Thus Chong meets Blackie, the racehorse that will win his heart, even if she doesn't always win on the track. He meets Randi, the cantankerous and foul-mouthed horse trainer with a heart of gold. He meets an assorted array of characters who work, live and drink at the track—and, one by one, the items on his to-do list are crossed out and replaced with horse-related ambitions. His goals are a bit more humble (cussing like a track worker replaces learning a foreign language), but his life has gained new meaning. The story is infused with the noise, excitement and faded glamour of the horse-racing world. It is strewn with fascinating tidbits about the history and tradition of this

My Year of the Racehorse

Author : Kevin Chong
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1553655206
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (536 download)

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Download or read book My Year of the Racehorse written by Kevin Chong and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the author's endeavor to throw away his life's to-do list and buy a racehorse, describing the horse who won his heart and the behind-the-scenes characters he encounters, as well as the history and tradition of the sport.

A Year at the Races

Author : Jane Smiley
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571305652
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book A Year at the Races written by Jane Smiley and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley draws upon her first-hand knowledge to examine the horse on all levels - practical, theoretical and emotional. Drawing on the wisdom of trainers, vets, jockeys and a real-life horse whisperer, Smiley adds an element of drama and suspense as two of her own horses begin their careers at the racetrack. As the horses get closer to the winner's circle, we are enchanted, enthralled and informed about what it's really like to own, train and root for a racehorse.

Kentucky's Famous Racehorses

Author : Patricia L. Thompson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439622523
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Kentucky's Famous Racehorses written by Patricia L. Thompson and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-26 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Central Kentucky is home to many magnificent horses and their farms. Although there are numerous places to witness these beautiful animals, including Keeneland, Churchill Downs, Pimlico, and Belmont, their history often gets overwhelmed by their statistics. Images of America: Kentuckys Famous Racehorses goes beyond the numbers and provides insight into the character of these beloved creatures by featuring stories straight from those closest to the horsesthe grooms.

Beyond the Track

Author : Anna Morgan Ford
Publisher : Trafalgar Square Books
ISBN 13 : 1570768366
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Beyond the Track written by Anna Morgan Ford and published by Trafalgar Square Books. This book was released on 2016-11-14 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Renowned for their amazing athleticism and unparalleled work ethic, and famed for their "great heart" and willingness to go the extra mile, off-the-track Thoroughbreds (OTTBs) have proven to be the ultimate equine partner in a host of disciplines: dressage, eventing, hunter/jumpers, trail riding—even barrel racing! Now discover all you need to know to find the right OTTB and give him the solid educational foundation he needs to excel in a new career, whether as a highly trained competitor, pleasure mount, or companion animal. * A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book goes to support the New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program

John Henry

Author : Steve Haskin
Publisher : Eclipse Press
ISBN 13 : 9781581501506
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book John Henry written by Steve Haskin and published by Eclipse Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback, John Henry continues to entertain horse racing and sports fans with its true rags to riches tale. A plain brown, small, bad-tempered animal, John Henry was the horse no one wanted until he was purchased sight unseen for $25,000 by Sam Rubin, a man who knew nothing about horses, except which end bit and which end kicked. Entrusted to California-based trainer Ron McAnally, John Henry blossomed into a star. Named Horse of the Year in 1981 as a six years old - an age when most racehorses are enjoying retirement - John Henry continued to race at the top level of the sport through the age of nine, when he was voted Horse of the Year for the second time. He retired as all-time leading money earner in 1984 with more than $6 million and today lives a life of luxury at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.

The Racehorse Who Wouldn't Gallop

Author : Clare Balding
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141357924
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book The Racehorse Who Wouldn't Gallop written by Clare Balding and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie Bass is a horse-mad ten-year-old who dreams of owning her own pony. So when she accidentally manages to buy a racehorse, Charlie is thrilled. The horse she buys, Noble Warrior, looks the part: strong, fit and healthy. There's just one problem - he won't gallop. In fact, he won't even leave his stable without his best friend, a naughty palomino pony called Percy. Charlie is convinced that Noble Warrior has what it takes to be a champion. But can she prove it? Derby Day is fast approaching and only a win can save the family farm from being repossessed. The stakes couldn't be higher for the Basses. Can Charlie turn her chaotic family into a top training team? Can Noble Warrior overcome his nerves? Will Percy the pony ever stop farting? Find out in this classic, funny animal story, perfect for fans of Dick King-Smith and Gerald Durrell.

Horse

Author : Geraldine Brooks
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399562974
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Horse written by Geraldine Brooks and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Brooks’ chronological and cross-disciplinary leaps are thrilling.” —The New York Times Book Review “Horse isn’t just an animal story—it’s a moving narrative about race and art.” —TIME “A thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty . . . the evocative voices create a story so powerful, reading it feels like watching a neck-and-neck horse race, galloping to its conclusion—you just can’t look away.” —Oprah Daily Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award · Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize · A Massachusetts Book Award Honor Book A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack. New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance. Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse—one studying the stallion’s bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success. Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.

The Racehorse Who Learned to Dance

Author : Clare Balding
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241336775
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (413 download)

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Download or read book The Racehorse Who Learned to Dance written by Clare Balding and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2019-06-13 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third book in Clare Balding's brilliant series! Noble Warrior has certainly earned his name: he won the Derby against all odds and bested a bunch of nasty kidnappers. But now Noddy is facing his greatest challenge yet . . . Charlie's best friend Polly is still recovering from an accident that left her almost paralysed. But Polly has a real talent with horses - and she and Charlie are determined not to let it go to waste. Can the two best friends find a way to make Polly's equestrian dreams come true, and forge a new path for the racehorse who wouldn't gallop?

Saving Baby

Author : Jo Anne Normile
Publisher : Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN 13 : 1743536763
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (435 download)

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Download or read book Saving Baby written by Jo Anne Normile and published by Macmillan Publishers Aus.. This book was released on 2015-03-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jo Anne Normile was not supposed to keep the foal, an exuberant Thoroughbred, but she fell in love with the young horse who had literally been born into her arms. The breeder finally said she could keep the colt, whom she nicknamed 'Baby' - but only if she raced him. It was difficult to take Baby away from the safety of his pasture, but Normile had made a promise. She experienced a thrill every time Baby sprinted around the track but for every Seabiscuit, there are are tens of thousands of racehorses whose lives end in pain and despair because of the indifference and corruption that run rampant through the world of horse racing. Normile knew none of this. Not until an accident on a poorly maintained track. That's when everything changed. That's when Normile founded the most successful horse rescue in the country, an organization that would go on to save more horses than anyone else ever had. Saving Baby is Jo Anne Normile's story of perseverance and passion. A heartbreaking and ultimately life-affirming book, it testifies to the transcending power of hope, and the unshakable bonds of love. PRAISE FOR SAVING BABY "First-class storytelling...Action and emotion equally drive this compelling tale...A touching narrative that transcends its subject matter." Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "An engaging memoir that is a must-read for animal lovers." Publisher's Weekly

Secretariat

Author : William Nack
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780306803178
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Secretariat written by William Nack and published by . This book was released on 1988-03-21 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has never been a horse like Secretariat. Winner of the Triple Crown in 1973 and record setter in all three races—an unprecedented feat—he still owns the track records at Churchill Downs, Pimlico, and Aqueduct. William Nack, formerly the racing writer for Newsday and currently contributing editor to Sports Illustrated , fell in love with the horse the first time he saw him run. He has written one of the most complete, thrilling, and memorable accounts ever written of the horse-racing world, and its greatest champion.

The Year of the Horses: A Memoir

Author : Courtney Maum
Publisher : Tin House Books
ISBN 13 : 1953534236
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (535 download)

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Download or read book The Year of the Horses: A Memoir written by Courtney Maum and published by Tin House Books. This book was released on 2022-05-03 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As seen on The Today Show A Good Morning America, Vanity Fair, TODAY, NYLON and PureWow Best Book of May and a Publishers Weekly and Boston.com Best Book of Summer An Amazon Best Book of 2022 So Far (Biography & Memoir Category) Sharp, heartfelt, and cathartic, The Year of the Horses captures a woman’s journey out of depression and the horses that guide her, physically and emotionally, on a new path forward. At the age of thirty-seven, Courtney Maum finds herself in an indoor arena in Connecticut, moments away from stepping back into the saddle. For her, this is not just a riding lesson, but a last-ditch attempt to pull herself back from the brink even though riding is a relic from the past she walked away from. She hasn’t been on or near a horse in over thirty years. Although Maum does know what depression looks like, she finds herself refusing to admit, at this point in her life, that it could look like her: a woman with a privileged past, a mortgage, a husband, a healthy child, and a published novel. That she feels sadness is undeniable, but she feels no right to claim it. And when both therapy and medication fail, Courtney returns to her childhood passion of horseback riding as a way to recover the joy and fearlessness she once had access to as a young girl. As she finds her way, once again, through the world of contemporary horseback riding—Courtney becomes reacquainted with herself not only as a rider but as a mother, wife, daughter, writer, and woman. Alternating timelines and braided with historical portraits of women and horses alongside history’s attempts to tame both parties, The Year of the Horses is an inspiring love letter to the power of animals—and humans—to heal the mind and the heart.

Cigar

Author : Jay Hovdey
Publisher : Eclipse Press
ISBN 13 : 9780939049790
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (497 download)

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Download or read book Cigar written by Jay Hovdey and published by Eclipse Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CIGAR: AMERICA'S HORSE is the story of a thorough-bred racehorse who tied Citation's 27 year-old record for consecutive wins. He is the all time leading money earner with winnings approaching S10 million. His owner, trainer and jockey have earned many honors.

My Daddy is Hilarious

Author : Gavin Puckett
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571336434
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (713 download)

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Download or read book My Daddy is Hilarious written by Gavin Puckett and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now Dad has got a mohawk -It must be two feet tall!It's scraping on the ceiling!Oh, I don't like this at all.Dad usually looks fairly sensible, so it's a bit surprising when he starts appearing with outlandish new hairstyles! Then things get weirder when he turns up in odd and eccentric clothes! Why can this be? Has he gone mad? No, it's a fancy dress party!

The American Stud Book

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1364 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The American Stud Book written by and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 1364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing full pedigree of all the imported thorough-bred stallions and mares, with their produce.

Barbaro

Author : Sean Clancy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781581501599
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Barbaro written by Sean Clancy and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning sports writer Clancy deftly chronicles Barbaro's story, from his promising beginnings to his tragic injury. Here is the truly remarkable and inspiring story of a horse, his trainer, and veterinary science on the cutting edge of technology.

Race of the Year

Author : R. A. Montgomery
Publisher : Skylark
ISBN 13 : 9780553156966
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (569 download)

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Download or read book Race of the Year written by R. A. Montgomery and published by Skylark. This book was released on 1989 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can you save the day at the Kentucky Derby? Your Uncle Bill's racehorse, Straight Shooter, has a good chance of winning the Kentucky Derby, it is your job to get him ready for the big race.