Gammie, Janet L.
Summary: Describes the origins, physical characteristics, needs, and training of this horse, which is known for its speed and racing skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo & Daughters 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.132 GAMStewart, Gail B.
Summary: Describes the physical appearance of the thoroughbred horse, its development, and its ability to race.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Animal Horse StewartThielges, Alissa
Summary: "Meet the Thoroughbred horse breed in this leveled reader that reinforces key vocabulary with a search-and-find feature. Thoroughbred horses are fast. They are good at jumping. Carefully controlled text and excellent photos will have early readers chomping at the bit to read more. A search-and-find feature makes this book a fun treat. Picture prompts and an ending quiz build new vocabulary and...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Amicus 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.1 THIHart, Alison
Summary: In the mid- to late-1930s, Risky Chance grows from a spirited colt to a winning racehorse, but an injury and the Great Depression bring hardship that only a special little girl can help him overcome.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2011
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED HORRajczak, Kristen.
Summary: Examines the Thoroughbred horse, including its racing history, popular culture impact, and care.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Pub. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 636.132 RAJLivesey, Margot
Summary: The family life and security of a Boston optometrist is shattered by his wife's growing obsession with a beautiful thoroughbred horse and her dreams of becoming a serious competitor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIVBranigan, Cynthia A.
Summary: "It was the signature attraction of Atlantic City's Steel Pier from the 1930s to the 1970s, the golden age of "America's Favorite Playground"--Doc Carver's High Diving Horses. Four times a day, seven days a week, a trained horse wearing only a harness ran up a ramp; a diving girl jumped on its back, and both sailed forty feet through the air, plunging into a ten foot deep tank of water. Decades...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.1 BRASummary: National Velvet: A determined girl and boy and a spirited thoroughbred horse join forces to attain the seemingly impossible dream of winning the Grand National Steeplechase.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2015
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY NATSummary: A determined girl and boy and a spirited thoroughbred horse join forces to attain the seemingly impossible dream of winning the Grand National Steeplechase.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2000
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD Classic NationalCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY NATMcEvoy, John
Summary: Chicago racetrack publicist Jack Doyle, former advertising man and amateur boxer, accepts the challenge of a new job in the world of thoroughbred horse racingthat of jockeys agent. His client is a seventeen-year-old riding phenom from Ireland named Mickey Sheehan, who has decided to try her luck in the States. They prove to be an effective team until someone begins secretly administering...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCEPembroke, Ethan
Summary: "This encyclopedia highlights 20 different horses. Alongside colorful photographs of both adult horses and foals, readers learn about the history, the appearance, and the training of various horse breeds." -- Amazon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Reference, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2021
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2 available in Juvenile, Call number: J599.72 PEMCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Animal Ency PembrokeMichaels, Fern.
Summary: The return of Nealy Coleman to SunStar, the home she fled thirty years earlier with her illegitimate child Emmie, has serious repercussions for Nealy's brothers Pyne and Rhy, as well as all the other Thorntons and Colemans associated with the thoroughbred horse farm, including Nealy herself.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington 2001