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Jeff Hinkley is an undercover investigator for the British Horseracing Authority. He secretly follows a banned racehorse trainer through the crowds at the Cheltenham Racing Festival only to witness a bloody murder taking place right in front of his eyes. Could it have something to do with the reason the trainer was banned in the first place -- the administration of illegal drugs to his horses? Then many more horses test positive for prohibited stimulants...
46) Wings of Olympus
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Pub. Date
2019.
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204 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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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,...
47) Born to trot
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Pub. Date
[1950]
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219 p. illus. (part col.) ports. 25 cm.
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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.
49) Racing stripes
Pub. Date
c2005
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1 videodisc (ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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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...
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This dark descent volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
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Mikira, a seventeen-year-old daughter of a famous horse breeder, takes part in a magical horserace to save her family, and enlists the help of Arielle, a talented, black-market enchanter, and Damien, a young lord involved in a succession battle, who both have their own motives for helping her.
52) Triple crown
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"Jefferson Hinkley is back in the newest thriller in the Dick Francis tradition, this time on a special mission to the United States to investigate a conspiracy involving the biggest horse races in the country. Jeff Hinkley, investigator for the British Horseracing Authority, has been seconded to the US Federal Anti-Corruption in Sports Agency (FACSA) where he has been asked to find a mole in their organization--an informant who is passing on confidential...
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Dick Francis novels volume 2
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"When race caller and television presenter Mark Shillingford calls a race in which his twin sister, Clare, an accomplished and successful jockey, comes in second when she could have won, he believes the worst: that she lost on purpose, and the race was fixed. That night, Mark confronts Clare with his suspicions, she storms off after an argument--and it's the last time Mark sees her alive. Hours later, Clare jumps to her death from the balcony of a...
54) Iced
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Dick Francis novels volume 10
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"Seven years ago, Miles Pussett was a steeplechase jockey, loving the rush of the race. But after an unfortunate event, he left horseracing behind and swore he would never return. Now he gets his adrenaline rush from riding headfirst down the Cresta Run, a three-quarter-mile Swiss ice chute, reaching speeds of up to eighty miles per hour. Finding himself in St. Moritz during the same weekend as White Turk, when high-class horseracing takes place on...
55) Crisis
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Dick Francis novels volume 8
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Harrison Foster, crisis manager for a London firm, is summoned to Newmarket after a fire in the Chadwick Stables kills six very valuable horses. When human remains are found among the equestrian ones, all the stable staff are accounted for. So who is the mystery victim? The Chadwick family is a dysfunctional racing dynasty, and sibling rivalry bubbles away like volcanic magma beneath a thin crust of respectability. As Harry delves deeper into the...
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The unusual sensation of freedom that comes with horseback riding is a large part of the sport's attraction. A burst of adrenaline will race through your veins as you mount a horse and direct it through broad pastures or down twisting trails. You feel an exceptional connection with the natural world as the brisk wind whips past your face, the rhythmic sound of hooves striking the ground reverberates, and the strength beneath you produces an extraordinary...
Pub. Date
c2003
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1 videodisc (ca. 51 min.) : sd., col. & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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When America needed him most, Seabiscuit became the working man's hero and the most remarkable thoroughbred racehorse in history. This documentary includes real footage of Red Pollard's thrilling victory at the 1940 Santa Anita Handicap, the complete Seabiscuit/War Admiral "Match Race", and an exclusive interview with author Laura Hillenbrand.
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Dick Francis novels volume 1
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Nicholas Foxton, a former jockey who suffered a career-ending injury, is out for a day at the Grand National races when his friend and coworker, Herb Kovak, is murdered right in front of him and 60,000 other potential witnesses. As he struggles to come to terms with Kovak's seemingly inexplicable death, Foxton begins to question how well he knew his friend. Was the murder a case of mistaken identity or something more sinister?
Pub. Date
[2004]
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
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Doctor Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's farm by winning a big horse race. The doctor runs into some problems. The doctor runs a high priced clinic for the well-off who do not have a clue that he has a degree in Veterinary Medicine.
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