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5) Enquiry
Author
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
When jockey Kelly Hughes and trainer Dexter Cranfield are falsely charged with fixing a race for personal profit, Hughes launches his own investigation into the case in order to prove his innocence, unaware that his questions could get him killed.
Author
Series
Black stallion (Walter Farley) volume 5
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
When the Black is returned to Alec Ramsey, the whole racing world, including Alec himself, wonders which horse is faster: the great stallion or his son, Satan.
15) Under orders
Author
Series
Sid Halley novels volume 4
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sadly, death at the races in not uncommon. However, three in a single afternoon was sufficiently unusual to raise more than one eyebrow. It's the third death on Cheltenham Gold Cup day that really troubles Sid Halley, last seen in 1995's 'Come to Grief.' Former champion jockey Halley knows the perils of racing all too well -- but in his day, jockeys didn't usually reach the finishing line with three .38 rounds in the chest."--Book Jacket.
16) Dead heat
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Max Moreton is a rising culinary star, until nearly all the guests who enjoyed one of his meals at a private catered affair fall victim to severe food poisoning. At his next obligation, an exclusive luncheon for forty in the glass-fronted private boxes at the 2,000 Guineas, a bomb blast rips through the private boxes, killing some of Max's trusted staff and many of the guests. Two close calls are too close for comfort, and Max vows to protect his...
17) Crisis
Author
Series
Dick Francis novels volume 8
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Harrison Foster, a crisis manager for a London firm, is summoned to Newmarket after a fire in the Chadwick Stables kills six very valuable horses, including the short-priced favorite for the Derby. There is far more to the "simple" fire than initially meets the eye...for a start, human remains are found among the equestrian ones in the burnt-out shell. All the stable staff are accounted for, so who is the mystery victim?
20) The night ride
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Saving her coppers to buy a beloved horse that has been transferred to the royal stables of the king of Mael Dunn, new stablehand Sonnia must compete in a dangerous, highly illegal Night Ride to protect her horse.
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