Seabiscuit was an unlikely champion. He was a rough-hewn, undersized horse with a sad little tail and knees that wouldn't straighten all the way. But, thanks to the efforts of three men, Seabiscuit became one of the most spectacular performers in sports 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,...

Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose investigate the disappearance of a valuable racehorse that Dink's uncle and his friend, Forest Evans, have just bought and entered in a race at Saratoga.

Neil Griffon, left in charge of the family stables after his father is involved in a grisly accident, is forced into a no-win situation when a crime czar demands his son be employed at Neil's stables and given a chance to ride the superstar horse, Archangel, in the Derby.

“Every horse story is a love story,” writes Jane Smiley, who has loved horses for most of her life and owned and bred them for a good part of it. To love something is to observe it with more than usual attention, and that is precisely what Smiley does in this irresistibly smart, witty, and engaging chronicle of her obsession. In particular she follows a sexy filly named Waterwheel and a grey named Wowie (he “tells” a horse communicator that...

While visiting the racetrack stables with the Pine Hollow veterinarian, the Saddle Club uncovers a plot to harm Monkeyshines, a stallion in training for the upcoming race.

Shell-shocked and missing a foot-lost to an IED during his tour of duty in Afghanistan-Captain Tom Forsyth has been sent "home" by the army and, at loose ends, returns to his estranged mother's house for the first time since he joined up at seventeen. But Josephine Kauri, the "first lady of British racing," has always put the horses she trains first and her family last. Tom soon finds himself strained to the breaking point with his mother and stepfather....

In The Horse God Built Lawrence Scanlan gives the reader a groom's-eye view of the most exciting time in racing history. But more than anything else, it is a moving portrait of the powerful bond between human and horse.

"Filled with stride-by-stride racing action, Native Dancer tells not only the Dancer's story but those of the people in his life. Among others, we meet the Grey Ghost's millionaire owner, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, who spent his entire career hoping for a Derby winner; his shrewd and devoted trainer, Bill Winfrey; and his jockey, Eric Guerin, a Cajun who was haunted by the Derby for the rest of his life"--Dust jacket.

Recounts the events surrounding a May 1823 horse race held at the Union Course in which sixty thousand people watched as the greatest horse from the North raced the greatest horse from the South.