horse racing

Chronicles the development of professional sports in 1941, explaining why, in the midst of World War II, Americans turned to sports for relaxation and entertainment, and profiling some of the sporting legends who rose to popularity in the course of that year.

Novelist Jane Smiley pays tribute to horses, describing her childhood love for them, discussing their behavior and the horse-human relationship, interviewing horse experts such as veterinarians, trainers, and a horse whisperer, and chronicling her own two horses' entrance to the world of racing.

Young Tom Messenger must pick up the reigns of Bonfire, a horse he has cared for since birth, when the veteran rider Jimmy Creech's health takes a turn for the worse.

While visiting the Kentucky Derby, a group of young friends start piecing together pieces of a puzzle involving a missing horse and missing jockeys.

Photographs and text describe many aspects of thoroughbred racing, including famous sires, races, wagering, training, and jockeys.

The reader decides how the story will go when they are given the chance to get a racehorse ready for the Kentucky Derby.

Wonder's Champion has the potential to be the fastest colt ever to be trained at Whitebrook, but although his running is almost perfect, Cindy despairs of ever teaching the horse enough discipline to compete.

Recounts the tale of Seabiscuit, a knobby-kneed little colt that no one expected great things from who went on to become one of the most celebrated racehorses of all time.

Samantha McLean is overjoyed when she is given a pony named Shining, even though the filly is stubborn and sickly, but she is forced to make a difficult decision about the future ownership of Shining when a little handicapped girl named Mandy falls in love with the horse.

When Wonder's Pride wins the Kentucky Derby, his owner wants to enter him in the Triple Crown, but his jockey Ashleigh and her friend Samantha are worried that the beautiful horse will be raced to death.