Wild Horses / 10 lb Penalty Author:Dick Francis Wild Horses -- Once a blacksmith, now famous and respected as a newspaperman, Valentine Clark knows everyone who is anyone in the racing world. Aged, confused, blind and dying, he harbors a daunting secret that he is desperate to be rid of. he makes his last confession to his visiting film-director friend, Thomas Lyon, whom in h... more »is delirium he mistakes for a priest. Unburdened and at peace, Valentine passes away, yet his legacy remains, guarded by Thomas.
On location in Newmarket, Thomas is troubled by the old man's secret. Seeking to understand this puzzling revelation, he uncovers a long-unsolved mystery that he soon finds is very much unforgotten. But as much as he wants to learn more, it seems he already knows too much. Imaginative and decisive though he may be, he will need superhuman courage and extreme cunning to stay alive.
10 lb Penalty -- At 18, easygoing Benedict Juliard has no stronger ambition than to ride as an amateur jockey in steeplechase races. His father, driven towards a life of politics asks his only son to enter into a pact that neither of them will commit any act that could destroy the fathers.... career......« less