Includes index.

Flying feet -- Champion racers -- Ready to race -- Racing gear -- And they're off! -- Fast and furious -- Up and over -- Racing wheels -- Famous races -- Unusual races.

"Racehorses are fast, strong Thoroughbreds. Some race in short, speedy sprints, while others leap over high fences and deep ditches in exciting steeplechases. Racehorses tells you all about these thrilling horses. It describes the different types of racehorces and shows them in action. It also explains the different events that racehorces compete in, including some of the world's most famous horse-racing events."-- Page [4] of cover.