New Releases by Walter Farley

La situation est grave ! Alec vient d''être sanctionné : pendant plusieurs jours, il ne pourra pas monter Black, son étalon. Et pourtant approche une des courses les plus importantes de la saison. Qui va pouvoir remplacer le jeune jockey ? Black n''est pas un cheval comme les autres ! Il lui faut un cavalier hors du commun. Et si, à la surprise de tous, ce cavalier était... une cavalière ?

" Quel désastre ! " s''écrie la mère d''Alec. Un incendie a complètement ravagé le ranch familial : les bêtes ont pu être sauvées, mais de l''écurie, il ne reste qu''un tas de cendres. Afin de la reconstruire, il faut trouver cent mille dollars. Pour Alec, il n''y a qu''une solution : faire courir Black. Mais l''étalon Noir est hors de compétition. Son jeune maître décide alors de tenter le tout pour le tout...

Stève prend dans ses bras le poulain blessé. Que va-t-il faire de ce petit orphelin ? Si encore il suffisait de le soigner.. Mais voilà : Tom, le brutal dresseur de chevaux, a décidé de s''emparer du petit pur-sang. Et non content de cela, il a juré de dompter Flamme, l''étalon sauvage. Le danger est grand pour les deux protégés de Stève ! Mais à qui aime, il n''est rien d''impossible...

While riding the Black in the Everglades one day, Alec meets a man astride a ghostly gray mare. Alec’s fascination with the man turns to fear as he realizes the man is dangerously close to insanity. Soon Alec and the Black are caught up in a deadly chase through the depths of the Everglades, where a misstep could be fatal.

For use in schools and libraries only. 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.

When Alec receives the Black Stallion’s first son as a gift, he believes his dreams have come true, but Satan’s savage arrogance makes him dangerous and unpredictable. Still, Alec is resolved to gain the fiery colt’s trust, even if he must risk his life to do it.

In this, the second book in the series, the heart-stopping adventures of the Black Stallion continue as Alec discovers that two men are after the Black. One claims to be the Black’s rightful owner and one is trying to kill the beautiful steed. An Arab chieftain proves his ownership of the Black and takes him away, but Alec is determined to find his horse again. Following the pair to Arabia, Alec encounters great evil and intrigue, as only a horse as spectacular as the Black could inspire.

After a nespaper story brings some shattering news, Alec Ramsay flees far away form all that he knows, taking only his famous horse, the Black, with him.

Young Alec Ramsay is shipwrecked on a desert island with a horse destined to play an important part in his life.

Only Steve Duncan and his friend Pitch know of the valley hidden behind the high cliffs of the remote Caribbean Azul Island. And only the two of them know of the beautiful, purebred horses that live there, under the watchful eye of the great red stallion, Flame. But when Pitch’s half-brother Tom learns of this lost paradise, he will stop at nothing to make it his own, even if he has to destroy it.

"She’ll never be a racehorse,” murmurs the crowd as Black Minx is led into the sales ring. But Alec Ramsay thinks differently and buys the Black’s first filly to train her for the Kentucky Derby. But Black Minx, like her sire, has a mind of her own. This fast-paced racing story follows a great horse’s journey through training and preliminary races to the opening gate at America’s most famous racetrack: Churchill Downs.

When Hopeful Farm burns down, Alec’s dreams for the future go up in smoke. How can he get the money to rebuild? To make matters worse, a strong young colt named Eclipse has taken the racing world by storm, threatening to replace the Black in the hearts of racing fans. Against all odds, Alec sets out to save the farm and prove that the Black is still the greatest race horse of all time! “Everyone loves a champion. And when the champion is a gallant horse, when his story is told by a champion writer of horse stories, every reader is a winner.”—The New York Times

Bonfire, the Black Stallion’s colt who is a champion harness racer, is in training for the biggest race of his career: the Hambletonian. But a routine practice race turns disastrous in a collision of wood, metal, horses, and jockeys. Bonfire escapes unharmed, but is spooked and refuses to race. Alec Ramsey, the owner of the Black, witnesses the crash and is determined to see that Bonfire follow in the winning footsteps of his world-famous sire.

For use in schools and libraries only. A plane wreck at sea separates Alec and the Black until the search for a rabid vampire bat leads the boy to Flame''s island sanctuary.

Alec has a hard time persuading his partners to retain the girl he hired as a trainer and to race the Black Stallion.

Little Black, the pony, fails at the circus, but after his young master''s encouragement, returns to become a popular success.

Little Black, the pony, fails at the circus, but after his young master''s encouragement, returns to become a popular success.