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Books like The Perfect Ride

What to read after The Perfect Ride by Gary Stevens: 24 titles sharing themes of Horse Racing, Animal Sports, Sports, and Sports & Recreation, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Top related books to The Perfect Ride

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

Dream Derby The Myth and Legend of Black Gold — Avalyn Hunter

Dream Derby The Myth and Legend of Black Gold

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Henry Cecil Trainer of Genius — Brough Scott

Henry Cecil Trainer of Genius

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Northern Dancer The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation — Kevin Chong

Northern Dancer The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Nicky Henderson My Life in 12 Horses — Kate Johnson

Nicky Henderson My Life in 12 Horses

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Broken The Suspicious Death of Alydar and the End of Horse Racing’s Golden Age — Fred M. Kray

Broken The Suspicious Death of Alydar and the End of Horse Racing’s Golden Age

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Mick Fitzgerald A Jump-Jockey’s Life — Mick Fitzgerald

Mick Fitzgerald A Jump-Jockey’s Life

Mick Fitzgerald

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Biographical Encyclopedia of British Flat Racing — Roger Mortimer

Biographical Encyclopedia of British Flat Racing

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Method in My Madness 10 Years Out of the Saddle — Richard Dunwoody

Method in My Madness 10 Years Out of the Saddle

Richard Dunwoody

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Long Shot My Bipolar Life and the Horses Who Saved Me — Sylvia Harris

Long Shot My Bipolar Life and the Horses Who Saved Me

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

The Sure Thing The Greatest Coup in Horse Racing History — Nick Townsend

The Sure Thing The Greatest Coup in Horse Racing History

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Funny Cide How a Horse, a Trainer, a Jockey, and a Bunch of High School Buddies Took on theShieks and Bluebloods…and Won — The Funny Cide Team

Funny Cide How a Horse, a Trainer, a Jockey, and a Bunch of High School Buddies Took on theShieks and Bluebloods…and Won

The Funny Cide Team

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

The Horse God Built The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World’s Greatest Racehorse — Lawrence Scanlan

The Horse God Built The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World’s Greatest Racehorse

Lawrence Scanlan

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Saving Baby How One Woman’s Love for a Racehorse Led to Her Redemption — Jo Anne Normile

Saving Baby How One Woman’s Love for a Racehorse Led to Her Redemption

Jo Anne Normile

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Lucky Break — Paul Nicholls

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Jenny Pitman The Autobiography — Jenny Pitman

Jenny Pitman The Autobiography

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

The Foxes of Belair Gallant Fox, Omaha, and the Quest for the Triple Crown — Jennifer S. Kelly

The Foxes of Belair Gallant Fox, Omaha, and the Quest for the Triple Crown

Jennifer S. Kelly

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Seabiscuit An American Legend — Laura Hillenbrand

Seabiscuit An American Legend

Laura Hillenbrand

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Jockey Queen Lillian Jenkinson Holder, Horse Racing’s Fearless Lady — Roger Peach

Jockey Queen Lillian Jenkinson Holder, Horse Racing’s Fearless Lady

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Frankel The Greatest Racehorse of All Time and the Sport That Made Him — Simon Cooper

Frankel The Greatest Racehorse of All Time and the Sport That Made Him — Simon Cooper

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Sacrifice A Year in the Life of a Champion Jockey — Oisin Murphy

Sacrifice A Year in the Life of a Champion Jockey

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Belair Stud The Cradle of Maryland Horse Racing — Kimberly Gatto

Belair Stud The Cradle of Maryland Horse Racing

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

True Colours My Autobiography — Barry Geraghty

True Colours My Autobiography

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Isaac Murphy The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey — Katherine C. Mooney

Isaac Murphy The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey

Katherine C. Mooney

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

Sky Watch Chasing an American Saddlebred Story — Emma Hudelson

Sky Watch Chasing an American Saddlebred Story

Themes: Horse Racing • Animal Sports • Sports

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with The Perfect Ride by Gary Stevens. Connected by Horse Racing, Animal Sports, Sports. Authors featured include Avalyn Hunter, Brough Scott, Kevin Chong, Kate Johnson, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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