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Field of 13

In this collection of short stories the settings range from the National Hunt at Cheltenham, where a middle-aged owner falls in love with her jockey, to the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, where the demon drink and wilting willpower take their toll.

Raid at Kingdom Hill
Dead on Red
Song for Mona
Bright White Star
Collision Course
Nightmare
Carrot for a Chestnut
The Gift
Spring Fever
Blind Chance
Corkscrew
The Day of the Losers
Haig's Death

First published in 1998