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Author
Series
Harriet Bean mysteries volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Harriet helps her detective aunts, Thessalonika and Japonica, investigate cheating at the racetrack by disguising herself as a jockey.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Her mother calls it "a breathtaking piece of folly," but fourteen-year-old Velvet Brown is determined: every night she prays to be the best rider in England, and every day she trains to win the world's most famous steeplechase, the Grand National. No woman has ever competed in the race, let alone won it. Velvet is skinny and frail, and her mount is a rough country horse that she won in a raffle. But she whispers her hopes and dreams into his ear,...
4) Born to trot
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
As he learns about the famous Hambletonian, sire of the American trotter, young Gib White dreams of some day having his own filly become a champion trotter.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Giorgio trains a workhorse, Gaudenzia, to race. Most do not believe Gaudenzia will ever be anything more than a workhorse but as Giorgio has forged a bond with the mare he belives in her ability. Giorgio has faith in the mare=s ability to trust people again and to win in the race. So Giorgio races the half Arabian mare in the Palio, an annual race held in Siena, Italy
Series
Criterion collection volume 765
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out insert.
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of Walter Farley's classic children's novel, in which an American boy is rescued after a shipwreck off the coast of North Africa by a seemingly untamable wild horse. After surviving together, they develop a bond and begin training to race once they are rescued.
8) Race horses
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Learn what it takes to become a racehorse.
Author
Series
Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 16
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
The Black is the fastest horse in America, and Alex Ramsay is preparing him for a big race. Suddenly there comes a new challenger: the island stallion, Flame! An unproven racer, Flame can run like the wind. Black and Flame come face to face on the racetrack.
Author
Series
Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 12
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
In order to raise money to rebuild a one-hundred-thousand-dollar barn, destroyed by fire, Alec returns to racing the Black.
13) Man o' War
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized biography of the American race horse who won twenty of twenty-one races, told by a stable boy who grew up with the great horse.
14) Racing Stripes
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Full-screen ed.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A traveling circus accidentally leaves behind a baby zebra. The baby is then rescued by horse farmer Nolan Walsh, who takes him home to his young daughter Channing. "Stripes" is soon introduced to the farm's misfit troupe of barnyard residents. The Walsh farm borders the Turfway Racetrack, where highly skilled thoroughbreds compete for the ultra-prestigious Kentucky Crown. From the first moment Stripes lays eyes on the track, he's hooked. He knows...
15) Blind beauty
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2001
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
Physical Desc
360 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Teenage Tessa's passion for riding and her love for an ugly horse named Buffoon help her endure an unhappy life in the English countryside with a hateful stepfather.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
105 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and accomplishments of the race horse Seabiscuit, who thrived with a loving jockey and trainer and won the hearts of millions around the country.
17) Wings of Olympus
Series
Wings of Olympus volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
204 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
High on the slopes of mighty Mount Olympus, among the sun-splashed meadows and sparkling waters, glide the winged horses of the ancient gods. Here up high is normally no place for a lost, parentless girl like Pippa. But once every hundred years, the gods and goddesses descend to the mortal realm to choose jockeys for their winged horse race--and Pippa is one of the lucky children chosen to ride. With her undersized, impetuous winged steed, Zephyr,...
Author
Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Ted and Betsy Lewin describe the landscapes, people, and activities they encounter during a trip to Mongolia for Naadam, the annual summer festival where child jockeys ride half-wild horses for miles across the Mongolian steppe"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2008
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
The true story of Seabiscuit, the grandson of one of the greatest racehorses of all time. But he'd lost nearly every race he'd run. Automobile tycoon Charles Howard took a risk and purchased Seabiscuit for a bargain price. With a clever new trainer and a loving jockey, Seabiscuit began winning. But could he really beat the Triple Crown Champion?
Author
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
32 pages : (color) illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Kaya is a Nez Percé girl who takes pride in helping out and supporting the tribe--and also in her beloved horse, Steps High. But when she chooses racing her horse over family responsibilities, Kaya has to prove herself to earn her tribe's respect. Kaya's story of adventure in the wilderness is sure to engage today's readers as they learn what it was like to be a Native American girl in 1764 in this Step 3 Step into Reading leveled reader. Great...
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