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Texas Bred
In Texas quarter-horse country, the magnificent animals are fast, beautiful and expensive - just like their privileged owners.
First place in the All-American Futurity brings more than just the richest purse in the nation. It brings power, prestige, and ignites passions that flame hotter and brighter in the winner's circle than anywhere else.
Just about anyone with a good horse, a big dream, or an angle. Including the lucky lady whose mother won a breeding ranch in a poker game. The Arab determined to create the fastest horse who ever lived. An aging cowboy star with one last chance at the brass ring. An ambitious woman reporter with her eyes on the big time - and the big money. A wealthy young polo player ready to give up the sport of gentlemen for the sport of kinds... And with the stakes so high, not everyone is content to let the best horse win.
Not when there are other ways to get what you want - like theft, blackmail...and murder.
First place in the All-American Futurity brings more than just the richest purse in the nation. It brings power, prestige, and ignites passions that flame hotter and brighter in the winner's circle than anywhere else.
Just about anyone with a good horse, a big dream, or an angle. Including the lucky lady whose mother won a breeding ranch in a poker game. The Arab determined to create the fastest horse who ever lived. An aging cowboy star with one last chance at the brass ring. An ambitious woman reporter with her eyes on the big time - and the big money. A wealthy young polo player ready to give up the sport of gentlemen for the sport of kinds... And with the stakes so high, not everyone is content to let the best horse win.
Not when there are other ways to get what you want - like theft, blackmail...and murder.
352 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 1986
4 people want to read
About the author
Michael R. French
27 books121 followers#1 Amazon best selling author Michael French graduated from Stanford University and Northwestern University. He is a businessman and author who divides his time between Santa Barbara, California, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is an avid high-altitude mountain trekker, as well as a collector of first editions of twentieth-century fiction.
He has published twenty-four books, including fiction, young adult fiction, biographies, and art criticism. His novel, Abingdon’s, was a bestseller and a Literary Guild Alternate Selection. His young adult novel, Pursuit, was awarded the California Young Reader Medal.
The Reconstruction of Wilson Ryder was published January 2013.
Mountains Beyond Mountains was published April 2013.
Once Upon a Lie was published March 2016.
He has published twenty-four books, including fiction, young adult fiction, biographies, and art criticism. His novel, Abingdon’s, was a bestseller and a Literary Guild Alternate Selection. His young adult novel, Pursuit, was awarded the California Young Reader Medal.
The Reconstruction of Wilson Ryder was published January 2013.
Mountains Beyond Mountains was published April 2013.
Once Upon a Lie was published March 2016.
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October 25, 2016
This is not a book I would have picked up for myself. The characters are genuinely likeable. The plot revolves around a quarter horse race and the ending is a surprise. I liked the book and even though it was given to me, I am glad I read it.
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