"A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history Kentucky, 1850. Jarrett, an enslaved groom, and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. As the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young...

Examines the traits, origins, breeds, uses, and care of the big workhorses which have been in use from the Middle Ages to the present.

Describes the equipment and attention needed to care for a horse.

Pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, then rescued by a southbound freighter, a seventeen-year-old boy befriends the horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory in a match race.

Ava befriends Diamond, an old Arabian horse, at the stable, but becomes worried when other riders make fun of Diamond for being so old.

Felicity rescues a beautiful horse from being beaten and starved by her cruel owner.