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With a solid string of wins at the Portland Meadows, sixteen-year-old Trish Evanston has quickly become the wonder jockey at the Oregon racetrack. And despite her mother's worries about Trish's grades and the slippery track conditions, her father makes their nomination for the upcoming Santa Anita Derby and then the Kentucky Derby. Just the thought of riding in these races is almost too much for Trish to dream!

But after a wonderful family Christmas, it appears that everything is conspiring to keep them away from the Santa Anita Derby. Troubles with Spitfire, nature, and Trish's family are further complicated when she herself has an accident!

How can so many things go wrong so fast? Is there any chance of getting Spitfire ready for the big race?

It looks like Trish will miss the biggest opportunity of her life. . . .

Reviews (3)

Really Good!!!
This book is great!!! My 2nd Favorite in the series.This book has suspensful moments and I just can't get enough of the series. If you like horses this is a great book/series for you.

Great!!!!!!!
Don't listen to "a reader from the USA." I love this whole series and Go for the Glory is one of my favorite books in this series.It is a wonderful book. I especially love the Christmas in this book.

VERY BORING!
Well,I thought that this was the most boring book I have ever read!!Day 1-Her mom's mad,her dad's sick,Spitfires leg is hot again.Day2-Same thing. I stopped the series after that very boing book!! ... Read more

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It was turning into a year of first for sixteen-year-old Trisha Evanston. First race, first win, first trip to California and now, the first female to win the Kentucky Derby. What a feeling it had been to hear the cheering spectators and to take the victory bow! She and her father's dream had come true, and Trish felt butterflies as she thought about their chance to win the Triple Crown of thoroughbred horse racing in the upcoming weeks. And then there's Red, the jockey Trish met in Kentucky!

So many things are going so well for Trish, but the road that leads to the final race at Belmont park is filled with untold adversity and near tragedy. Although Spitfire has lived up to his name and become a world-class horse, he and Trish have yet to meet their biggest challenge. And despite the chemotherapy, Trish's father is growing weaker and his cancer has spread.

Her father had taught her courage. Would it be there when they needed it?

This One Is for Her Dad!

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Best horse book ever
This book made want to cry especially when trica dad dies after she wins the triple crown it is a heart filled story for all ages i recommanded this book to anyone and every one

Good but...
Liked it, thought it was good... but her dad DIED for pitie's sake. That's more like real life but after reading the other four books where her dad and she are fighting and fighting, the end of this book left me somewhat defeated. THe story was good. I like the characters, LOVE the horse. Still, winning the Triple Crown and losing your dad on the same day would be very tough. You wouldn't be able to celebrate without feeling kind of guilty. It made me want to cry.

The end made me cry
This book was great! I loved tackling all of the problems along with the characters. Spitfire and Trish kept it together through thick and thin. These books show how everything is possible through God. As she constantly reminds herself, "I can do all things through the lord, who strenghens me." The ending made me cry along with Trish. I could feel the pain that she felt and the glory at the same time. This book truly shines in the winners circle.

A very emotional book also has tear jerking end.
I loved the whole book if you have read the other books in this series you will be devastated as Trish's lif turns upside down. A must read!!!! ... Read more

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loved it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It was a great book. I collect all of loraine snelling's books.I loved the part when Trish won her first race since her dad died.I think everyone should read this book.I think that if everyone did read this book theuniverse would be a better place.All of my friends love this book and weall agree that there should be another book to add to the series,aboutmaybe Trish and Red getting married.It would be so cool if they had theirwedding in the barn with all of the horses.Take me to yourleader! ... Read more

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heartwarming
I loved this book my mom got 2-6 at a garage sale and I would spend hours in my room reading book after book.I haven't gotten my hands on book 1 yet but I'm sure I'll enjoy it just as much as the others!:) 0<- ... Read more

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The Sequel to Close Call

After an intense near-death experience, Triple Crown-winner Trish Evanston battles to recover from her tragic racing accident. The pain is agonizing, but it isn't enough to keep her mind off her injured filly, Firefly or off the culprit who continues to send her venomous threats.

When Trish is well enough to travel, she returns home to Runnin' on Farm, where life on the ranch settles down to a normal pace until a disturbing phone call reminds her that the stalker must be caught before she can feel safe again. As graduation day nears, her pursuer closes in and Trish finds herself in a desperate race for her life! Has winning come at too high a price?

The accident is behind her, but the real challenge is just beginning -.

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A great conclusion to a wonderful series!
You cannot read this book! Not if you've read 1-9 before it! It was wonderful, filled with nail biting tension and great racing action, I recommend this book to all horse loving teenagers! ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), published by Paddock Publications on May 28, 2000. The length of the article is 1146 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Grodek, Fillies shut down Jacobs Barrington denies Golden Eagles another trip to state with 3-0 win.(Sports)
Author: Rich Carlson
Publication: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) (Newspaper)
Date: May 28, 2000
Publisher: Paddock Publications
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Trish Evanston could hardly believe that she and the true-black horse she'd raised from a colt had beaten world-famous jockeys and their horses at the Santa Anita Derby. The thrill of such a win was beyond words. Coming from their small ranch in Vancouver, Washington, this unknown horse and sixteen-year-old female jockey are suddenly top news in the racing world!

They had proven they were true contenders to enter the dream of a lifetime, the Kentucky Derby. But dreams have never come easy for the Evanston family. Spitfire's knee is warm again and must be handled with great care. Trish's father is back in for chemotherapy, and something's wrong with her mother seriously wrong.

But when Trish is involved in a tragic accident at the track, there's a reason to wonder if she'll even have the courage to ride again.

Will the dream of the Kentucky Derby fade with her hopes for Spitfire?

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Wow!
This was a fast paced, heart wrenching novel! Although it had a deja-vous feeling toward the end, I thoroughly enjoyed this book and hope to read the rest of this teriffic series! A must for all horse lovers. ... Read more

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After a summer-long losing streak, sixteen-year-old Trisha Evanston is ready to give up racing. Once the winner of the Triple Crown, not it seems her desire for racing died along with her father, and no amount of tears will bring either of them back. Trish decides that if she doesn't win Firefly's last race, she will quit the racing scene altogether and go home.

Trish's sympathetic chemistry tutor offers to help but Trish is caught off-guard when his solution is a handful of pills. Trish shoves them into her purse. The drugs seem like they'd be such an easy way out of her darkness. Richard promised they would make her feel better but at what price?

Will Trish ever find the peace her father knew?

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Out of the Mist
I really enjoyed this book, and all the other Golden Filly Series.This book was unique because Trish isn't perfect, and niether is her life.Most other books go on and on about the perfect lives of young people, but this book was different.It's about a teen aged girl named Trish, who hasn't had it easy.I think the moral of this story was that Trish came "Out of the Mist" of a terribly broken heart that is on the way to the healing process, which will make Trish a better, and stronger person.This was an awesome book!!I recommend that you read the previous books in this series!!

Out of the mist of grief, Trisha learns more about herself
Trisha has finally accomplished all she dreamed of, and lost the one thing that could tear her apart. After her father died she stays with friends in California to race, and take a summer school class in chemistry. Trisha is so lock up in her grieve, lost in her faith and struggling to make sense of her life that she takes chances and makes some bad decisions. This book is an excellent example of the trial and tribulations that occur when someone you hold very dear to you heart dies, and how one comes to heal the wounds of their heart and the wounds of their soul. Trisha is a wonderful charater, in a series that makes you laugh, cry, and wonder at the strenght in one girl.

Sad, but with a great ending.
Anyone who loved horses should read this book! It kept me up untill late at night. Better than any other horse series I have ever read! Go Trish! ... Read more

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It should have been the most thrilling moment in Trisha Evanston's life. She and her thoroughbred, Spitfire, had just won the famed Belmont Classic, the third diamond in the Triple Crown. Trish was the first woman jockey to win the honor.

But none of it mattered now. Not the trophies, not the applause, not the money. Unknown to her during the race, Trish's father had died at the hospital just before the race of her life began. When she didn't see him in the crowd, a nod from her brother confirmed her worst fears.

In the days ahead, Trish is overwhelmed with reminders of her father. Shadows of grief cloud her life. The healing process must come, but where does it begin?

Her Father's Race Is Finished. Will Trish Be Able to Keep Going?

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Exciting, really pulled at the heart strings
This book really showed the love Trish and her father had for each other. The way she not only had to give up her father but her beloved horse too was really almost unbarible for her, and the auther really deminstrated this by the way Trish reacted.It is trully a remarkable story of love andbetral of the one person who Trish thought would always be there, God.Andthen how she learnd to trust him once again.I tip my hat to the auther,job well done.

read this book
trish has just won the triple crown on her father's horse spitfire only to find out that during the race her father has died of lung cancer trish now must turn to god for the strength she needs to carry on if you are readingthis review and you have just experinced the death of someone you love youneed to read this book and out of the mist also in this series i havewritten a review on that book even though messed up on it you need to readthese books they are good books you can get them off of this website orfrom your local christian book store ... Read more