Funny Cide Team
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 798.4 FUNWickens, 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 WICCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Sports WickensSummary: 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 SEADrape, 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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798 DRACopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798 DRAGammie, 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 GAMSummary: Set in a former mining village in Wales, an inspirational true story of a group of friends from a working men's club who decide to take on the elite 'sport of kings' and breed themselves a racehorse.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DAR1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF DAR
Stewart, Gail B.
Summary: Describes the physical appearance of the thoroughbred horse, its development, and its ability to race.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 1995
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Animal Horse StewartBennett, 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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 798.4 BENSquires, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 SQUMoody, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Nebraska Press 2003
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 798.4009 MOOFlake, Carol.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 1987
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.43 FLANack, 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2010
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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 SCABongianni, Maurizio.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bonanza Books 1984
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 798.4 BONEisenberg, John
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 EISNack, William.
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Publisher / Publication Date: ESPN Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 NACMagee, Michael.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 1980
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 798.4 MAGShoop, Robert L.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Russell Dean and Company 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 SHOSummary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 JENCooper, Page
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Publisher / Publication Date: Westholme 1950
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 COOHunter, Avalyn.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eclipse Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 798.4 HUNMcKerley, Jennifer Guess.
Summary: Presents the story of the famous racing thoroughbred that was named greatest horse of the twentieth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2005
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Rising Reader (Purple), Call number: JBR PURPLE MCKOurs, Dorothy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2006