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  • Stud

    Adventures in Breeding

    by Kevin Conley ...
    Every year, on Valentine's Day, the great Thoroughbred farms open their breeding sheds and begin their primary business. For the next one hundred and fifty days, the cries of stallions and the vigorous encouragement of their handlers echo through breeding country, from the gentle hills of Kentucky to the rich valleys of California. Stud takes us into this strange and seductive world of horse ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • American Pharoah

    The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise

    by Joe Drape ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERHistory was made at the 2015 Belmont Stakes when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown, the first since Affirmed in 1978. As magnificent as the champion is, the team behind him has been all too human while on the road to immortality.**Written by an award-winning New York Times sportswriter, American Pharoah is the definitive account not only of how the ethereal colt won ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Stormy, Misty's Foal

    Misty is a Chincoteague pony mare who is close to foaling and the Beebe family is anxious about it. Paul and Maureen check on her every day before and after school at almost every possible time. Unfortunately, a terrible storm system arrives first, setting up over Chincoteague with floods, hurricane winds, ice, and snow. ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Gaudenzia

    Pride of the Palio

    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 ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Kentucky Derby

    How the Run for the Roses Became America’s Premier Sporting Event

    Each year on the first Saturday in May, the world turns its attention to the twin spires of Churchill Downs for the high-stakes excitement of the "greatest two minutes in sports," the Kentucky Derby. No American sporting event can claim the history, tradition, or pageantry that the Kentucky Derby holds. For more than 130 years, spectators have been fascinated by the magnificent horses that run the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Sir Barton and the Making of the Triple Crown

    Series series Horses in History
    The true story of a forgotten champion: “Bringing Sir Barton out from the shadows, Jennifer Kelly restores him to a richly-deserved spotlight.” ―Dorothy Ours, author of Man o’ WarHe was always destined to be a champion. Royally bred, with English and American classic winners in his pedigree, Sir Barton shone from birth, dubbed the “king of them all.” But after a winless two-year-old season and a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Secretariat and Man o’ War

    Applied Statistics and the Forbidden Comparison (Second Edition)

    I began this book with the express purpose of making it the definitive comparison of Secretariat and Man o’ War. I feel that I’ve succeeded. By engaging the discipline of applied statistics to compare the legendary achievements of these two horses, I am being completely honest about my two primary audiences—the serious Thoroughbred racing fan and those desiring a clearer comparison of runner ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Rough Magic

    Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race

    "Think the next Educated or Wild. Palmer’s memoir of beating the odds to become a horse champion is an inspiring saga of perseverance—and a classic underdog tale." —Entertainment WeeklyAt the age of nineteen, Lara Prior–Palmer discovered a website devoted to “the world’s longest, toughest horse race”―an annual competition of endurance and skill that involves dozens of riders racing a series of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Seabiscuit

    An American Legend

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of the runaway phenomenon Unbroken comes a universal underdog story about the horse who came out of nowhere to become a legend.Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Horse God Built

    The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World's Greatest Racehorse

    The Horse God Built tells the amazing and heartwarming story of a Secretariat and the man who knew him best.Most of us know the legend of Secretariat, the tall, handsome chestnut racehorse whose string of honors runs long and rich: the only two-year-old ever to win Horse of the Year, in 1972; winner in 1973 of the Triple Crown, his times in all three races still unsurpassed; featured on the cover ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Cactus Jack

    A Novel

    by Brad Smith ...
    **** A delight from paddock to finish line." --Booklist (STARRED REVIEW) **Brad Smith “rivals Elmore Leonard at his best” (Publishers Weekly). His latest novel, f****or fans of Richard Russo and Jane Smiley, is a terrific novel about a thirty-something single woman, the untried colt she inherits, a horse crazy little girl, and their band of misfits and has-beens who stick it to the establishment ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Ruffian

    Burning From the Start

    by Jane Schwartz ...
    "A colorful story...Ruffian was nothing if not a heartbreaker. Her story, dramatically recounted by Jane Scwartz, epitomizes both the adrenaline-pumping glory and gut-wrenching ruthlessness inherent in the sport of horse racing."THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLDHere is the story f the exceptional filly, a horse so dominating, she was likened to legend. Beginning with her earliest days in Kentucky, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD $7.99 USD

  • Wild Ride

    The Rise and Tragic Fall of Calumet Farm, Inc., America's Premier Racing Dynasty

    A Gritty Chronicle of the Horse Racing EmpireWith an exploration of the tumultuous world of thoroughbred horse racing, Wild Ride presents an unforgettable narrative that’s as thrilling as the sport itself. This award-winning masterpiece tells the heartbreaking story of the rise and subsequent ruin of one of the legends of horse racing–Calumet Farm.Once synonymous with unmatched excellence, Calumet ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Crazy Good

    The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America

    A hundred years ago, the most famous athlete in America was a horse. But Dan Patch was more than a sports star; he was a cultural icon in the days before the automobile. Born crippled and unable to stand, he was nearly euthanized. For a while, he pulled the grocer's wagon in his hometown of Oxford, Indiana. But when he was entered in a race at the county fair, he won -- and he kept on winning. ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Bones

    Brothers, Horses, Cartels, and the Borderland Dream

    by Joe Tone ...
    The dramatic true story of two brothers living parallel lives on either side of the U.S.-Mexico border—and how their lives converged in a major criminal conspiracyJosé and Miguel Treviño were bonded by blood and a shared vision of a better life. But they chose different paths that would end at the same violent crossroads—with considerable help from the FBI and an enigmatic, all-American snitch ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Native Dancer

    The Grey Ghost Hero of a Golden Age

    The remarkable story of Native Dancer, one of the most celebrated thoroughbred racehorses of all time, will captivate the same readers who made Seabiscuit a #1 New York Times bestseller.In the early 1950s, a rising star flickered across millions of black-and-white TV sets. Nicknamed “The Grey Ghost,” Native Dancer was a blueblood thoroughbred with a taste for drama, courtesy of his come-from ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Zen Handicapping

    Sage advice for the modern horse player. Whether you're a beginner, intermediate or professional horse player, you'll find useful information about betting the ponies inside this book. ... Read more

    Free

  • Madam Belle

    Sex, Money, and Influence in a Southern Brothel

    by Maryjean Wall ...
    Series series Topics in Kentucky History
    The “captivating” true story of the notorious Gilded Age madam who inspired the Belle Watling character in Gone with the Wind (The Wall Street Journal).Belle Brezing made a major career move when she stepped off the streets of Lexington, Kentucky, and into Jennie Hill’s bawdy house—an upscale brothel run out of a former residence of Mary Todd Lincoln. At nineteen, Brezing was already infamous as a ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Logical Choice: Tote Board Handicapping Made Easy

    by Gerald Cohail ...
    Generations of racing fans learned to handicap horse races with one goal in mind: consistently picking winners. Because of their conditioning most people who bet on horse races use the same past performance records as everyone else. Is it any wonder then that most people have zeroed-in on the same three low-priced horses when post time rolls around. Unfortunately, you cannot make long-term profits ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Out of the Clouds

    The Unlikely Horseman and the Unwanted Colt Who Conquered the Sport of Kings

    In the bestselling tradition ofthe The Eighty-Dollar Champion, the propulsive, inspiring Cinderella story of Stymie, an unwanted Thoroughbred, and Hirsch Jacobs, the once dirt-poor trainer who bought the colt on the cheap and molded him into the most popular horse of his time and the richest racehorse the world had ever seen.In the wake of World War II, as turmoil and chaos were giving way to a ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Affirmed

    The Last Triple Crown Winner

    by Lou Sahadi ...
    Telling the story that transcended the Thoroughbred racing world, Lou Sahadi's Affirmed finally gives this courageous horse his due.In 1978, racing fans witnessed the culmination of an epic rivalry when a horse named Affirmed faced off against the celebrated Alydar and emerged victorious. In this long-overdue biography of Affirmed, veteran sportswriter Lou Sahadi captures the life and spirit of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Bloodlines

    A Horse Racing Anthology

    Edited by Jason Starr, Maggie Estep ...
    From provocative peeks into the lives of jockeys, trainers, owners, and breeders, to the down and dirty doings of bookies and gamblers, here is a literary tribute to a favorite national pastime. Editors Maggie Estep (Diary of an Emotional Idiot; Flamethrower) and Jason Starr (Twisted City; Lights Out) have brought together original fiction and nonfiction from some of our most beloved writers. Lee ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The Ghost Horse

    A True Story of Love, Death, and Redemption

    by Joe Layden ...
    In The Ghost Horse, Joe Layden tells the inspiring true tale of a one-eyed, club-footed thoroughbred racehorse and a journeyman trainer, Tim Snyder, who scraped together every penny he had to purchase the broken and unwanted filly.Snyder helped the horse overcome its deficiencies, eventually naming her in part after his deceased wife, Lisa, the great and only love of his life—a bright and sweet ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Big Horse

    by Joe McGinniss ...
    "The big horse," in racing vernacular, is the animal that brings fame and fortune to a stable. He's the heavyweight champion, the All-American quarterback, the four-legged Michael Jordan of the barn. Seabiscuit was once Tom Smith's "big horse." A generation ago, Secretariat was Lucien Lauren's. In 2003, Funny Cide was Barclay Tagg's. In sixty years as a trainer, P. G. Johnson had never had one -- ... Read more

    $13.99 USD