Other editions of book The Black Stallion's Filly

"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.

"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.

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.

Hardcover, first edition/first printing. Black Minx, the first filly sired by the Black Stallion, had been spoiled and when she came to auction, no one appeared to think the little horse had any future on the race track. But Henry Dailey, the trainer at Hopewell farm wanted her and when he took her home to Alex Ramsey, his patience was strained to the limit as the two battled gamely with a filly who had a mind of her own. This is a story that will take you to the exciting preparatory races leading up to the Kentucky Derby, and finally to the great classic itself. It's a story in which, once again, you'll find The Black and Satan as well as the filly Farley fans helped name in a contest held by the author.