Derby Fever (Thoroughbred #53) [School & Library Binding]

J. Campbell (Author)

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About the Author

Joanna Campbell appears here with her six-year-old Thoroughbred, Meyersville Magic, known around the barn as CC. He's a son of Horatius out of Northwich by Timothy's Champ and is owned by Cathy Day. Formerly trained for racing, he is now being trained for eventing. Last Year he was the Maine Entry Level Champion in Combined Training. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• School & Library Binding
• Publisher: San Val (June 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0613671864
• ISBN-13: 978-0613671866
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,478,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good...but a few things were wrong, June 14, 2002

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"razzle271" (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Derby Fever (Thoroughbred #53) (Paperback)

Okay, first I'd like to say that this was a good book and here is how it goes. Christina wants to race Star before the Derby, but Ashleigh says no, it will wear him out. She has a bunch of flash-backs to when Pride was overraced before and during the Triple Crown and she doesn't want that to happen to Star. Every other chapter focuses on Ash and her flashbacks. Anyway, Chris knows Star and knows he wants to race. Then she races Raven and was thinking about Star. She goes for a hole and it's too small and there is a crash. Melanie is furious because Raven is injured badly and might have to be put down. I think Mel acted rudely, but Chris should've paid more attention. To top it all off, Chris sees Parker with another girl, could it be his new girlfriend? So if you want to know if Raven recovers, if Mel forgives Chris, and if Star gets to race. Get this book, it is awesome. The only thing that bugged me is that Melanie has this big surprise that Image is going to race in the Derby. Well...uh...it said in book #51 that Image was racing in the Derby, so what's the giant surprise? Big Mistake!!!! I believe it was in the book number #51 that Ian said to Christina "Do you think you can arrange a three-way dead heat {in the Derby}, between Star, IMAGE, and Gratis?" So why was Christina so surprised, why was Melanie suddenly all excited when apparently she already knew!!! Ahhhhhh! Anyway, it was a good book that really went back to what Thoroughbred si all about. With going back to Pride and all and mentioning some of the older horses. I recomend this book to Thoroughbred readers to get it and read it, even with the mistake that really was the ending of the book, but I will not give away anymore. Hope this review was helpful to you.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book, but slightly dissapointing for me., June 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Derby Fever (Thoroughbred #53) (Paperback)

I thought that the author did a good job in this book keeping you interested, and bringing up past horses and experiences. I'm glad that Glory was for once mentioned in this book, they never talk about him. He was a very valuable racehorse, along with all the othe studs that belong to Whitebrook, but they only ever mention Pride, Jazzman, Terminator etc... I'd like to see a Glory foal sometime. I was a little dissapointed that the actual Derby race wasn't in this book. I had been waiting for 2 months, and no Derby. Now I'll have to wait another 2 or 3 months for the next one. Oh well... I was really taken aback when Christina was all surprised and jealous when Parker supposedly had a new girlfriend. HELLO!! What ever happened to Aaron from California in Thorughbred #51 (Distance Runner). Aaron and Christina really hit it off, they went to Disney world (or some theme park in California), Aaron helped Christina with Star, and Christina helped Aaron to be recognized by some well-known racehorse people. That was one of my favorite TB books. Overall I liked this book, but I'd like to see what happens in the Derby and to see Aaron to return somehow in a future book. And I really hope they don't have a dead heat between 2 or more horses in the Derby, or in any of the Tripple Crown Jewels.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The book is ok but does have mistakes in it, June 20, 2002

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Lauren (York, Pa USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Derby Fever (Thoroughbred #53) (Paperback)

Ok, well i just got the new Thoroughbred book and to tell you the truth im losing interest in them cuz its the same old story everytime,and you know that in then end Melanie or Christina will get what they want. But in this book, i like how is focuses on Ashleigh alot and goes back to flashbacks. Ive been re-reading the thoroughbred series and am at the point where Pride is racing in the Triple Crown. When i started to read this book i couldnt help compare the 2 and the facts dont match up. In this book it makes it seem that Sam is kinda bratty/snobby, and Clay seems alot like Brad, and Ashleigh seems to want to race more than care about Pride. That doenst match up with the older book,and clearing up the girls other review below, they werent gonna race Image because she couldnt behave, so they decided not to but now they are after the 2nd place finish. What i think would help the series is if they had ONE author write them, not 3 or 4. It confuses me at times because im getting 2 stories for one fact...im gonna finish this book and see if it ends good or not, i just want to see who wins the Kentucky Derby so I have to keep reading the series.