Francis, Dick.
Summary: As bookie Ned Talbot counts his losses after a winning day for gamblers at the Royal Ascot Racecourse, a man comes to him, claiming to be his father. Ned, who's always been told that his parents died when he was a baby, has trouble accepting the man's claims. But when the man is stabbed in the abdomen in the racecourse's parking lot shortly thereafter, Ned rushes to his side. The man's last...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2009
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Summary: Steven Scott is relatively new to horses. A successful, wealthy inventor, he takes up horse racing as a hobby--a hobby that soon brings him winner after winner under the inspired guidance of his trainer, Jody Leeds. Currently both their reputations are wrapped up in a beautiful black hurdler named Energise. But just when Steven is winning at both women and horses, he discovers deceit in his own...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 1995
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Summary: Returning to his estranged mother's house for the first time since he joined the army at seventeen, Captain Tom Forsyth discovers that she is being blackmailed and sets out to discover and defeat this hidden enemy using his finely honed military skills. But can he save his mother's reputation and career as "the first lady of British racing", or will he find himself caught in the cross fire?
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2010
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Summary: A computer wiz is dead, his body smashed at the bottom of a rocky cliff. The answer might lie in his latest project, a foolproof betting system designed to pick winners. Jocky Club investigator David Cleveland wants to know why.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Audio 2001
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Summary: After a young man gives up his dream of becoming an amateur jockey to enter the world of politics, he discovers that politics can be more exciting -- and deadly -- than steeplechase racing.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1998