When Hopeful Farm burns down, Alec’s dreams for the future go up in smoke. How can he get the money to rebuild? To make matters worse, a strong young colt named Eclipse has taken the racing world by storm, threatening to replace the Black in the hearts of racing fans. Against all odds, Alec sets out to save the farm and prove that the Black is still the greatest race horse of all time!
“Everyone loves a champion. And when the champion is a gallant horse, when his story is told by a champion writer of horse stories, every reader is a winner.”—The New York Times
- ISBN10 0340229861
- ISBN13 9780340229866
- Publish Date 18 February 1993 (first published 12 June 1978)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 19 April 2005
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Imprint Knight
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 176
- Language English