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While not Super Edition books, #47 Cindy's Desert Adventure and #48 Cindy's Bold Start are two "lost diary specials" published within the regular series in an attempt to explain the missing characters and continuity problems created by the ten-year gap which occurred between Cindy's Honor and the New Generation books. These books detail how ...
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Thoroughbred is a series of young-adult novels that revolves around Kentucky Thoroughbred racing and equestrianism.The series was started in 1991 by Joanna Campbell (better known as Jo Ann Simon, previously Haessig), and numbered 72 books, in addition to several "super editions" and a spin-off series, Ashleigh, by the time it ended in 2005.
The Grand National is the most prominent race in British culture, watched by many people who do not normally watch or bet on horse racing at other times of the year. [56] Many of the sport's greatest jockeys, most notably Sir Gordon Richards, have been British. The sport is regulated by the British Horseracing Authority.
They were often compared to the large stable of best-selling horse mysteries by fellow jockey/author Dick Francis. Shoemaker's Stalking Horse (1994), Fire Horse (1995), and Dark Horse (1996) all featured jockey-turned-sleuth Coley Killebrew using his racetrack experience in and about his restaurant and the horse world.
A collection of his writings, titled The Down Side: The Very Best of Racing's Top Writer and TV Presenter, was published in 2012. [6] Its sequel, Cheltenham et Al: The Best of Alastair Down, was compiled by Sean Magee and published in 2014. [2] The book won the 2015 British Sports Book Award in the Best Horse Racing Book category, the last one ...
Seabiscuit: An American Legend is a non-fiction book written by Laura Hillenbrand, published in 1999.The book is a biography of the Thoroughbred racehorse Seabiscuit.It won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and was adapted as a feature film in 2003.
Racing Calendar (1775) Racing Calendar is the official horseracing publication of the Jockey Club . Its first predecessor came when John Cheny (fl.1727–1750) published the first calendar in 1727, titled An Historical List of Horse-Matches Run , [ 1 ] and maintained annual publication until his death in 1750. [ 2 ]