While flying to a race, Alec Ramsay and the Black’s plane crash-lands in the stormy Caribbean. Chance brings the Black to the hidden island home of the giant red stallion, Flame. Such a small island can only support one alpha male. But before the two can fight–a fight that can only result in the death of one–a new danger appears. Together, can the stallions defeat the deadly foe which threatens the lives of the entire herd of wild horses?

In The Black Stallion and Flame, Alec and the Black are in a plane wreck when flying over the Caribbean. The chapters then alternate between Alec and Henry, who make there way to a populated island, and the Black, who makes his way to a nonpopulated island. Alec and Henry are looking for the Black when they discover that a deadly diseased vampire bat is on the loose. Meanwhile the Black finds his way onto an island through a tiny passage that is almost invisible. Alec and Henry take a boat out looking for the Black and discover the island that he is on, but they can’t figure out how to get onto it (this is the same island from The Island Stallion, for those of you who have read it). Alec realizes that the bat has traveled in their boat with them to the island! The Black meets Flame, the Island Stallion, but it doesn’t use the name “Flame” in the story so unless you have read The Island Stallion, you have no idea who the “Flame” in the title is. Anyway, they are battling! But then the bat comes onto the island and starts trying to attack them! Will the horses team up to defeat the deadly bat, or will one (or both) of the heroes die (either thru battle or from the bat)? And there’s the big question looming over it all: Will Alec find his horse? And if he does, will the Black be willing to give up his new life in the wild for the world of racing? This is a super book!

The Amazing story of Alec Ramsay and his horse The Black is back. Is the long-term tale of this duo something that could happen in real life? Not really this is not something that would be your usual real life tale but that is one reason it is so fantastic and pleasant to read and so enjoyable. Never anything wrong with dreaming and fully enjoying that dream. Once again, Walter Farley brings his characters to us and you just want to take them off the page and immerse yourself in their real life. I know I am behind on my reviews but I really do love these books and as always, this one was wonderful with the rest of them.

More than anything, Steve Duncan dreams of racing his huge, wild stallion, Flame. The horse is untrained, but incredibly fast and Steve just wants to show him off. When two strangers show up and offer to make Steve’s dream a reality, Steve cannot believe his luck. But soon he realizes that a professional racetrack is no place for an unbroken stallion.

Once again, we will see what happens when a wild horse meets the world of modern racetracks it is not always a bright idea. So we venture deep into the world of what happens when savage meets modern. Look for more fights and what happens with a horse that needs training. Being such a fantastic horse lover, I really cannot get over the books I have always loved them and will continue to.

Bonfire, the Black Stallion’s colt who is a champion harness racer, is in training for the biggest race of his career: the Hambletonian. But a routine practice race turns disastrous in a collision of wood, metal, horses, and jockeys. Bonfire escapes unharmed, but is spooked and refuses to race. Alec Ramsey, the owner of the Black, witnesses the crash and is determined to see that Bonfire follow in the winning footsteps of his world-famous sire.

I loved Bonfire the first time that I saw him in the Blood bay colt and I loved that was visiting him again in this fantastic book. Once again, we delve into the world and psychology of horses. Bonfire is spooked and will no longer race after a horrible accident, something that can and does happen to horses. I worked with one myself that had been in a trailer accident and than refused to load into a trailer. Alec does what many of us horse people do when faced with this…tries to help and move the horse beyond his fear.

After the Black attacks another horse, Alec realizes that the once-wild horse needs more space and freedom, so they head out west to a huge ranch. But a terrible accident separates the two, leaving Alec with amnesia and the Black alone to reclaim the wild life to which he was born. As the Black struggles to survive, and as Alec struggles to remember who he is and his connection to the magnificent stallion in the canyon, a gripping adventure story unfolds.

Another look and reminder as why why wild horses can sometimes never be fully tamed. Especially a wild and savage horse like the Black. The story that unfolds is a fantastic one with Alec making the right choice for his horse by moving him out to a large ranch where he has space. Sadly, the accident happens so we follow a split story line of survival both of them. Another wonderful book truly Walter Farley keeps it going fantastically.

“She’ll never be a racehorse,” murmurs the crowd as Black Minx is led into the sales ring. But Alec Ramsay thinks differently and buys the Black’s first filly to train her for the Kentucky Derby. But Black Minx, like her sire, has a mind of her own. This fast-paced racing story follows a great horse’s journey through training and preliminary races to the opening gate at America’s most famous racetrack: Churchill Downs.

It is so hard to say more about Walter Farley’s books because I feel like I am always repeating myself but once again another amazing book by Walter Farley and he has continued the series of the Black Stallion without making you think the series is getting to long. Each book covers new issues and another horse is brought into the line, just like should be with Horse Breeding and Racing. Of course, Arabians have never been in some of the races he brings up but hey, THEY SHOULD BE.

Only Steve Duncan and his friend Pitch know of the valley hidden behind the high cliffs of the remote Caribbean Azul Island. And only the two of them know of the beautiful, purebred horses that live there, under the watchful eye of the great red stallion, Flame. But when Pitch’s half-brother Tom learns of this lost paradise, he will stop at nothing to make it his own, even if he has to destroy it.

Another fantastic novel in The Black Stallion series by Walter Farley. We again leave the story of Alec and the Black for a while and visit Steve and Flame at the Island of Azul. Tom Steve’s half Brother turns out to be the perfect antagonist in this story.

He had his mother’s champion bloodlines and his father’s fiery spirit!

Well this ones cover description is not very long but the book is another show of horse loving excellence by Walter Farley. The Blood bay Colt is one of the black stallion’s sons, and he becomes a harness racer. However, this trip is as always not without trials after all any bloodline of the Black Stallion is going to have temper, fire, and flare. However, there also proves to be that underlying spirit of loyalty and love. Walter Farley truly captures the spirit of the Arabian horse and the spirit that has made me love that breed of horse for as long as I can remember.