Aliens who love horse racing land near Azul Island and make it possible for Steve and Flame to sneak over to Puerto Rico for a race. It doesn't go very well. ( )

I have no memory of this aside from the drawings. Walt, Walt, Walt, what were you thinking? Aliens? Aliens with a passion for horse racing? Aliens with a passion for horse racing so strong they are willing to transport a boy and his wild stallion from the middle of the Caribbean to Havana so they can race in the Internacional? Ludicrous, every word. The race scenes are, of course, stellar. The rest is laughable. ( )

This was one of the weirdest of Farley's books. Space aliens (!) take the boy and his stallion to Florida to run in a big race. Setting aside the whole aliens angle, no reputable racetrack would let an unknown and unregistered horse into a race. Even when I was a kid, I knew that. Details like that kept me from enjoying the book more, which is why it only gets 2 stars. ( )

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