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Arabian challenge

1997
Cindy has always dreamed of riding in a world-class horse race, and now she has the chance to ride the Triple Crown winner in the Dubai Cup, but she never expected to be racing against her best friend and riding instructor, and now she feels she must choose between friendship and victory.

The triple crown winners

the story of America's ten superstar race horses
1978
Introduces the races that are part of the American Triple Crown and describes the breeding and training of the horses that have won this trophy.

Free rein

1983
When impending fatherhood changes eighteen-year-old Jonathan's comfortable school and family life as well as his plans for the future, he runs off with a friend to train a horse for the Grand National.

The Triple Crown

1976
Discusses the nine horses that have won in a single year all three races comprising the Triple Crown Championship: the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes.

Mariposa blues

1991
Returning to California for the summer to help train and race thoroughbreds, thirteen-year-old Graham tries to cope with the changes in his relationships with his dad and best friend Leslie and become an individual in his own right.

Shattered

2000
Glassblower Gerard Logan is faced with a threat to his business, his courage, and his life when he comes to the attention of a gang of thugs who are searching for an incriminating videotape entrusted to Logan by his friend, jockey Martin Stukely, who was unexpectedly killed in a riding accident.

Break in

1986
Slurs in a gossip column jeopardize the business of Holly and Bobby Allardeck. Holly's twin brother, steeplechase jockey Kit Fielding, searches for the person behind the plot.

Dreamer

inspired by a true story
2005
Cale and her father nurse an injured horse back to health and dream of winning a big horse race.

Dreamer

inspired by a true story
2005
An adaptation of the movie "Dreamer, " in which a young girl and her father, a down-on-his-luck horse trainer, nurse an injured horse back to health and dream of winning the Breeders' Cup. Illustrated with stills from the film.

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