Book Three of the Winning Odds Series - Continuing story of life on the backside of a Thoroughbred racetrack.
“There isn’t a racehorse fan alive that doesn’t know Ben Miller. He’s the man who changed the course of history in modern Thoroughbred racing. He brought the fans back. He instilled integrity in the sport. He enacted strict policies to ensure a racehorse’s well-being. He lives by the creed that no Thoroughbred will ever be forgotten and believes every racehorse breeder, owner, and trainer should be held accountable. To Ben Miller it’s all about the horses and it always has been,” Simon Fitzgerald – Nottingham Downs State Steward
Barn 14 - Meg’s Meadows is the long-awaited continuation of Favored to Win and Odds on Favorite. Book Three of the Winning Odds Series takes you to the backside of the Sport of Kings and into the shedrows of Thoroughbred racing.
What is Dawn seeing as she stares down the road between the barns? Where’s Tom? Is that Ben? What is he doing? Where’s Randy been? Junior, it’s time you grow up. Lucy, don’t cry. Matthew, fight, you can do this. Where will the old-timers go? Hillary? Why is someone trying to put Nottingham Downs out of business? How can newspapers print lies? Mim, what are we going to do?
Bestselling author MaryAnn Myers has done it again. As with her previous page-turning novels, drop what you’re doing, settle back, and enjoy the ride. The bugle sounds. The horses wait. The starting gate rings. "And they're off!"
Professional Reviews
Best Series Ever!
The Winning Odds Series has been without a doubt the best books I have ever read. The characters became so real to me, as did the farm and the racetrack. I'd give anything if this were a true story, and I could meet Ben, Dawn, Tom, Randy, Wendy and everyone else. Even those not necessarily interested in Thoroughbred racing should like this series. Meg's Meadows picked right up where Odds on Favorite left off. When describing some sad scenes, the author doesn't dwell on what is going on, but doesn't just gloss over it either. Very tastefully done. I wish all trainers, owners, and everyone associated with horses could be as caring. They always put the well-being of the horse first. Reading these books has made me become interested in working at a racetrack.
I hope this is not the last book of this series. A movie would be awesome!
I loved this book!
I so enjoyed this sequel to the series! I fell in love with the characters in the beginning and it keeps getting better and better. I feel like I am at the dinner table with them when they discuss everything important in their lives! I also love all the details about their race track, horses, races, jockeys - all of it is so detailed I feel like I am at the track! I look forward to more to follow - I did not want this book to end!!!!
Excellent Series Continuous
This is a 5 star book (and series) all the way. MaryAnn Myers continues her Winning Odds Series with more from our friends Dawn, Ben and Tom and the entire rest of the family. When I say family I am serious about that because the author writes this series and continues to build in more characters and increase what we know about each person -- but -- everyone has a family connection. Still set primarily at Nottingham Downs, we find ourselves spending more time at Meg's Meadows (The Home Farm) in this story.
The racetrack and horse racing part of the series is once again fabulous. Never one to shy away from issues needing to be discussed in horse racing, MaryAnn Myers takes on the next topic that needs to be discussed . She also keeps us engaged in the story of the racing careers of the horses, trainers and the inner workings of the racetrack.
What elevates this book, and in fact the entire series and related book (Shipping Out in the Morning), is that the author presents real world situations that we have all encountered and she walks us through positive solutions to these issues. Not everything is easy or solved in a few words or pages and there are plenty of tears shed by our friends in the book. We live with the characters as they find the path through problems such as being young and lost in life, overcoming pain and injury, learning how to love and be loved, realizing that home is a good place to be, navigating old age, and working to hard and to long while missing the important parts of life.
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