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Famous Horses

27 Items Tagged With ‘Famous Horses’

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The Horse God Built

The Horse God Built

By Lawrence Scanlon

He was the perfect horse, it was said, "the horse God built.""

Most of us know the legend of Secretariat, the tall,…

£9.99(Paperback)
To the Swift

To the Swift

By Joe Drape

A dramatic compilation of the finest writing on the Triple Crown of horse racing by bestselling and award-winning authors.

Horse racing's…

£16.99(Hardback)
My Guy Barbaro

My Guy Barbaro

By Edgar Prado, John Eisenburg

A new superstar appeared on the American sports landscape in the spring of 2006: Barbaro, a three-year-old racehorse, won the Kentucky Derby by six…

£16.99(Hardback)
Gold Rush

Gold Rush

By Avalyn Hunter

Mr. Prospector showed early brilliance as a speedster on the racetrack, but nothing could have prepared the horse racing world for the spectacular…

£16.99(Hardback)
Ouija Board

Ouija Board

By Lord Derby

The official story of the much travelled super-mare, beautifully illustrated and written by her owner, Lord Derby.

It was not only her…

£20.00 £18.00 (Save 10%)(Hardback)
Sergeant Cecil

Sergeant Cecil

By Steve Dennis

Inexpensively bred, trained in deepest Devon (far from Newmarket's rolling acres and the traditional racing spotlight) and owned not by a sheikh or a…

£20.00 £18.00 (Save 10%)(Hardback)
Seabiscuit

Seabiscuit

By William H Nichols

Did you ever wonder what became of the principle characters after the conclusion of the Seabiscuit book and movie? Seabiscuit, The Rest of the Story,…

£8.99(Paperback)
Kelso

Kelso

By Linda Kennedy

At his three-year debut in June 1960, no one could know that a small, deerlike gelding named Kelso would come to dominate American racing like no…

£16.99 £15.99 (Save 6%)(Hardback)
Ruffian

Ruffian

By William Nack

On July 6,1975, a 3-year-old filly named Ruffian was loaded into the starting gate at Belmont Park for a televised match race against Kentucky…

£9.99(Hardback)
Man O' War

Man O' War

By Dorothy Ours

His trainer said that managing him was like holding a tiger by the tail. His owner compared him to "chain lightning." His jockeys found…

£9.99(Paperback)
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