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Funny Cide Team

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2004

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 798.4 FUN

Wickens, Kim

Summary: "The dramatic true story of the champion Thoroughbred racehorse who gained international fame in the tumultuous, Civil War-era South, despite going nearly blind, and became the most successful sire in American racing history. The early days of American horse-racing were grueling. Four-mile heats-races four miles long, run two or three times in succession!-were the norm, rewarding horses who...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 WIC

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in Adult, Call number: Sports Wickens

Summary: Seabiscuit is the remarkable tale of a thoroughbred racehorse and down-and-out jockey John "Red" Pollard, an ex-prizefighter. Together they become hard luck heroes for a troubled nation and two of the most celebrated sports figures of the twentieth century.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video ; a Hollywood, CA 2003

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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SEA

Shoop, Robert L.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Russell Dean and Company 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 SHO

Drape, Joe

Summary: "History 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 the Kentucky Derby,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798 DRA

Moody, Ralph

Summary: Recounts the tale of Seabiscuit, a knobby-kneed little colt that no one expected great things from who went on to become one of the most celebrated racehorses of all time.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2003

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 798.4009 MOO

Squires, James D.

Summary: The former editor of the Chicago Tribune tells the story of his entry into the world of thoroughbred breeding, profiles Kentucky's racehorse culture, and chronicles his successful breeding of Monarchos, the 2001 Kentucky Derby winner.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2002

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 SQU

Summary: When America needed him most, Seabiscuit became the working mans hero and the most remarkable thoroughbred racehorse in history! Includes archival footage of original races.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Cobra Entertainment 2003

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Flake, Carol.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1987

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.43 FLA

Bennett, Artie

Summary: "Zippy Chippy is descended from the leading legends of horse racing. He is destined for greatness and glory. But . . . when the starting bell rings, it's anybody's guess what Zippy will do. Will Zippy go for a gentle trot around the track or stop and smell the roses? Or, perhaps, never even leave the starting gate?! What's an owner to do? Try and try again! After all, he believes in Zippy- and,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth 2020

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 798.4 BEN

Summary: Behind every legend lies an impossible dream. Witness the spectacular journey of an incredible horse named Secretariat and the moving story of his unlikely owner, a housewife who risked everything to make him a champion.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment 2011

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA SEC

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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD Family Secretariat 2011

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SEC RATED PG

Nack, William.

Summary: "In 1973, Secretariat, the greatest champion in horse-racing history won the Triple Crown. He still holds the record for the fastest times in both the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. The tale of "Big Red" is an enduring classic, more than thirty years after its initial publication"--P. 4 of cover.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 NAC

Summary: Describes how an unheralded New York horse--trained by a journeyman, ridden by a hard-luck jockey, and owned by a tiny stable founded by a group of high-school buddies--beat the champions to win two of the three Triple Crown races.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 JEN

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 798.4 FUN

Scanlan, Lawrence.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 SCA

Eisenberg, John

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2003

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 EIS

Nack, William.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ESPN Books 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 NAC

Cooper, Page

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Westholme 1950

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 COO

Hunter, Avalyn.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Eclipse Press 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 HUN

McKerley, Jennifer Guess.

Summary: Presents the story of the famous racing thoroughbred that was named greatest horse of the twentieth century.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005

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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MCK

Ours, Dorothy.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2006

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 OUR

Smiley, Jane.

Summary: The author explores the high-stakes world of horse racing, drawing on her knowledge of equine behavior, trainers, veterinarians, and jockeys as she relates the story of two of her own horses as they begin their careers.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: A.A. Knopf 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 SMI

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 798.4 SMI

Hillenbrand, Laura.

Summary: The author retraces the journey of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that made racing history in 1938, thanks to the efforts of a trainer, owner, and jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a legend.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2001

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 HIL

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 798.4 HIL

Normile, Jo Anne.

Summary: Jo Anne Normile was not supposed to keep the foal, an exuberant Thoroughbred with only a few white hairs on his reddish-brown forehead. But she fell in love with the young horse, who had literally been born into her arms. The breeder finally said she could keep the colt, whom she nicknamed "Baby" – but only if she raced him. It was difficult to take Baby away from the safety of his pasture. But...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2015

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 798.4 NOR

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