Horse Racing

See also horses.

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, involving two or more jockeys riding horses over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports and its basic premise – to identify which of two or more horses is the fastest over a set course or distance – has remained unchanged since the earliest times.
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Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Thinking Racehorse
Horse
Secretariat: The Making of a Champion
Ruffian: Burning From the Start
Under Orders (Sid Halley, #4)
American Pharoah: The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise
The Horse God Built
Native Dancer: The Grey Ghost Hero of a Golden Age
Wild Ride: The Rise and Tragic Fall of Calumet Farm Inc., America's Premier Racing Dynasty
Silks
Man o' War: A Legend Like Lightning
Lord of Misrule (National Book Award)
Twice Shy
Dead Cert

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Horse Racing in Romance Novels
30 books — 14 voters
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10 books — 1 voter

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Horse Racing - Nonfiction
39 books — 9 voters

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Kentucky Derby
36 books — 5 voters
The Sea Horse Trade by Sasscer HillFull Mortality by Sasscer HillDead Cert by Dick FrancisThinking Racehorse by Jimmy TudeskiHorse Heaven by Jane Smiley
Horse Racing Fiction
139 books — 77 voters


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When a horse and a jockey flew over the track together, there were moments in which the man's mind wedded itself to the animal's body to form something greater than the sum of both parts. The horse partook of the jockey's cunning, the jockey partook of the horse's supreme power. For the jockey the saddle was a place of unparalleled exhilaration, of transcendence. ...more
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