Rereading: THE BLACK STALLION’S SULKY COLT by Walter Farley

The tenth book in Farley’s horse series combines the harness-racing son of the Black Stallion from “The Blood Bay Colt” with Alec Ramsey and Henry Dailey from the main series. Jimmy Creech, the owner and trainer of Bonfire is desperate to get him to harness racing’s biggest feature race The Hamiltonian, and while he’s too ill to go himself, Jimmy has sent his horse and his rider Tom Messenger to Roosevelt Raceway, near New York City, where harness racing is done at night. Jimmy wants Bonfire to get in some races with other top horses in the sport there, but Tom is nervous about it.

Meanwhile, Alec Ramsey has come to see Bonfire race, he’s interested in the second son of his own stallion The Black. He meets Tom and Bonfire and their assistant George, and offers his help. Tom and George are suspicious, even though Jimmy Creech and Alec’s trainer Henry Dailey are old friends. Then a race accident puts Tom out of commission with a broken hip. Alec offers to ride for him even though he’s never tried harness racing, but will Bonfire be able to overcome his own fears after the accident?

These books are becoming more predictable but well written and fun to read. Recommended.

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