Million-Dollar Horse

Million-Dollar Horse
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Publisher : Skylark
Total Pages : 105
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780307825971
ISBN-13 : 0307825973
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Million-Dollar Horse by : Bonnie Bryant

Money isn't everything . . . Pine Hollow Stables has a new resident, and while The Saddle Club loves all horses, they aren't impressed by this one. Honey-Pie is a sweet old mare, but there's nothing special about her--or is there? It turns out that Honey-Pie is a million-dollar horse! She inherited her million from her owner, Emma Fredericks. Mrs. Fredericks also left a million dollars to her nephew, Paul, but his money is all gone. Now Paul wants Honey-Pie's inheritance, and he'll do anything to get it. It's up to The Saddle Club to save Honey-Pie and unmask Paul as the horse-hating rat that he is.

The Eighty-Dollar Champion

The Eighty-Dollar Champion
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Publisher : Ballantine Books
Total Pages : 353
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780345521101
ISBN-13 : 0345521102
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis The Eighty-Dollar Champion by : Elizabeth Letts

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The dramatic and inspiring story of a man and his horse, an unlikely duo whose rise to stardom in the sport of show jumping captivated the nation Harry de Leyer first saw the horse he would name Snowman on a truck bound for the slaughterhouse. The recent Dutch immigrant recognized the spark in the eye of the beaten-up nag and bought him for eighty dollars. On Harry’s modest farm on Long Island, he ultimately taught Snowman how to fly. Here is the dramatic and inspiring rise to stardom of an unlikely duo. One show at a time, against extraordinary odds and some of the most expensive thoroughbreds alive, the pair climbed to the very top of the sport of show jumping. Their story captured the heart of Cold War–era America—a story of unstoppable hope, inconceivable dreams, and the chance to have it all. They were the longest of all longshots—and their win was the stuff of legend.

Cigar

Cigar
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Publisher : Eclipse Press
Total Pages : 224
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0939049791
ISBN-13 : 9780939049790
Rating : 4/5 (91 Downloads)

Synopsis Cigar by : Jay Hovdey

CIGAR: AMERICA'S HORSE is the story of a thorough-bred racehorse who tied Citation's 27 year-old record for consecutive wins. He is the all time leading money earner with winnings approaching S10 million. His owner, trainer and jockey have earned many honors.

Stud

Stud
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 226
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781596917507
ISBN-13 : 1596917504
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Stud 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 breeding. We meet the world's leading sire, Storm Cat, the Triple Crown winner, Seattle Slew, and a nearly unmanageable colt, Devil Begone, who has found peace and prosperity on the banks of the Rio Grande servicing desert mares like Patty O'Furniture. Cheap stud, top stud, old stud, wild stud, from the Hall of Fame horse to the harem stallion with his feral herd, Stud looks at intimate acts in idyllic settings and the billion-dollar business behind them.

The Horse God Built

The Horse God Built
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 356
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781429968089
ISBN-13 : 1429968087
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis The Horse God Built by : Lawrence Scanlan

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 of Time, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated; the only horse listed on ESPN's top fifty athletes of the twentieth century (ahead of Mickey Mantle). His final race at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack is a touchstone memory for horse lovers everywhere. Yet while Secretariat will be remembered forever, one man, Eddie "Shorty" Sweat, who was pivotal to the great horse's success, has been all but forgotten--until now. In The Horse God Built, bestselling equestrian writer Lawrence Scanlan has written a tribute to an exceptional man that is also a backroads journey to a corner of the racing world rarely visited. As a young black man growing up in South Carolina, Eddie Sweat struggled at several occupations before settling on the job he was born for--groom to North America's finest racehorses. As Secretariat's groom, loyal friend, and protector, Eddie understood the horse far better than anyone else. A wildly generous man who could read a horse with his eyes, he shared in little of the financial success or glamour of Secretariat's wins on the track, but won the heart of Big Red with his soft words and relentless devotion. In Scanlan's rich narrative, we get a groom's-eye view of the racing world and the vantage of a man who spent every possible moment with the horse he loved, yet who often basked in the horse's glory from the sidelines. More than anything else, The Horse God Built is a moving portrait of the powerful bond between human and horse.

Horse Crazy

Horse Crazy
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 304
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781501196256
ISBN-13 : 1501196251
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis Horse Crazy by : Sarah Maslin Nir

There are over seven million horses in America -- even more than when they were the only means of transportation. Nir began riding horses when she was just two years old and hasn't stopped since. This is her funny, moving love letter to these graceful animals and the people who are obsessed with them. She takes us into the lesser-known corners of the riding world and profiles some of its most captivating figures, and speaks candidly of how horses have helped her overcome heartbreak and loss.

The Home Run Horse

The Home Run Horse
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0972640126
ISBN-13 : 9780972640121
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis The Home Run Horse by : Glenye Cain

This book explores the billion-dollar racehorse industry and the quest for the home run horse, the superior runner that makes fortunes and changes lives--and can come from anywhere.

Crazy Good

Crazy Good
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 379
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781416579267
ISBN-13 : 1416579265
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis Crazy Good by : Charles Leerhsen

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. Harness racing was the top sport in America at the time, and Dan, a pacer, set the world record for the mile. He eventually lowered the mark by four seconds, an unheard-of achievement that would not be surpassed for decades. America loved Dan Patch, who, though kind and gentle, seemed to understand that he was a superstar: he acknowledged applause from the grandstands with a nod or two of his majestic head and stopped as if to pose when he saw a camera. He became the first celebrity sports endorser; his name appeared on breakfast cereals, washing machines, cigars, razors, and sleds. At a time when the highest-paid baseball player, Ty Cobb, was making $12,000 a year, Dan Patch was earning over a million dollars. But even then horse racing attracted hustlers, cheats, and touts. Drivers and owners bet heavily on races, which were often fixed; horses were drugged with whiskey or cocaine, or switched off with "ringers." Although Dan never lost a race, some of his races were rigged so that large sums of money could change hands. Dan's original owner was intimidated into selling him, and America's favorite horse spent the second half of his career touring the country in a plush private railroad car and putting on speed shows for crowds that sometimes exceeded 100,000 people. But the automobile cooled America's romance with the horse, and by the time he died in 1916, Dan was all but forgotten. His last owner, a Minnesota entrepreneur gone bankrupt, buried him in an unmarked grave. His achievements have faded, but throughout the years, a faithful few kept alive the legend of Dan Patch, and in Crazy Good, Charles Leerhsen travels through their world to bring back to life this fascinating story of triumph and treachery in small-town America and big-city racetracks.

Centric Golf

Centric Golf
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Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Total Pages : 409
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781606930670
ISBN-13 : 1606930672
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Centric Golf by : Savo Bojicic

Centric Golf is a revolutionary golf based on the geometry of a circle. Players use one circular swing for all golf shots, regardless where the ball lands.

Munsey's Magazine

Munsey's Magazine
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 900
Release :
ISBN-10 : CHI:43044164
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Munsey's Magazine by :