Crown Jewels of Thoroughbred Racing

Crown Jewels of Thoroughbred Racing
Title Crown Jewels of Thoroughbred Racing PDF eBook
Author Richard Stone Reeves
Publisher Eclipse Press
Pages 209
Release 1997
Genre Horse racing
ISBN 0939049902

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Includes articles about twenty five of the world's most famous racetracks, along with paintings of many of the world's most famous race horses.

Great Horse Racing Mysteries

Great Horse Racing Mysteries
Title Great Horse Racing Mysteries PDF eBook
Author John McEvoy
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 311
Release 2022-06-01
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 1493070134

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Great Horse Racing Mysteries digs beneath the surface of some of the sport's most intriguing cases, including the death by poisoning of the great Australian champion Phar Lap; the shooting of William Woodward by his wife Ann, owners of the great horse Nashua; the disqualification of 1960 Derby winner Dancer's Image (was he drugged?); the theft and disappearance in 1983 of Shergar, Europe's best-known racehorse and stallion; and the scandalous financial collapse of Calumet Farm after the death by euthanasia of Alydar, one of the world's most successful sires.John McEvoy researched several unsolved mysteries of the racing world— murder...suicide...arson...fraud—and recounts some of horse racing's strangest, most fascinating tales. In this updated edition, veteran turf writer Lenny Shulman adds to the intrigue by exploring the mysterious death of the troubled jockey Chris Antley, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness aboard Charismatic, and Big Brown's stunning collapse in the Belmont after cruising to winsin the first two legs of the Triple Crown.

Royal Blood

Royal Blood
Title Royal Blood PDF eBook
Author Richard Stone Reeves
Publisher Eclipse Press
Pages 0
Release 1994
Genre Horse racing
ISBN 9780939049639

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Featuring original paintings by Richard Stone Reeves, Royal Blood celebrates Reeves' five decades among the finest sporting painters of the modern era with paintings of the world's greatest Thoroughbreds. Each of the 50 chapters opens with Mr. Reeves' personal recollections, which serve as a prelude to thorough historical profiles by award-winning turf writer Jim Bolus. The presentations include full pedigrees of each subject, plus sketches and photographs used by Mr. Reeves to construct his portraits.

Crown Jewels of Thoroughbred Racing

Crown Jewels of Thoroughbred Racing
Title Crown Jewels of Thoroughbred Racing PDF eBook
Author Richard S. Reeves
Publisher
Pages 200
Release 1997-09
Genre
ISBN 9780939049912

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This book contains beautiful portraits of champions in the exotic settings of 24 racecourses around the world. In addition, 21 world-class turf writers paint word portraits of the racecourses they love. Mr. Reeves adds his comments for each of the paintings.

Women of the Year

Women of the Year
Title Women of the Year PDF eBook
Author Jacqueline Duke
Publisher Eclipse Press
Pages 209
Release 2004
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 1581501161

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Women of the Year profiles the ten fillies and mares that have earned Horse of the Year honors in American racing.

Happy Trails

Happy Trails
Title Happy Trails PDF eBook
Author Les Sellnow
Publisher Eclipse Press
Pages 294
Release 2004
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 9781581501148

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Happy Trails offers practical advice from choosing the right horse to training and conditioning as well as dealing with problems along the trail.

Duel for the Crown

Duel for the Crown
Title Duel for the Crown PDF eBook
Author Linda Carroll
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 244
Release 2014-04-22
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 1476733228

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A gripping look at the great duel between Affirmed, the last horse to win the Triple Crown—comprised of the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes—and his archrival, Alydar. From the moment they first galloped head-to-head in Saratoga Springs, the two chestnut colts showed they were the stuff of racing legend. Alydar, all muscle with a fearsome closing kick, was already the popular favorite to win the Kentucky Derby. Affirmed, deceptively laid-back streamlined elegance, was powered forward by his steely determination not to settle for second place. In the Sport of Kings, the Triple Crown is the most valued prize, requiring a horse to win not just one race, but three: the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes. And 1978 would not be just for the record books, but also one of the greatest dramas ever played out in the racing world. There were names to conjure with, worthy of the Sport of Kings. The bloodline of Native Dancer. The teen wonderboy jockey Steve Cauthen. The once unbeatable Calumet Farm—the Damn Yankees of the racing world—now in eclipse and hoping for a comeback. The newcomer Harbor View Farm—owned by brash financier Louis Wolfson, who wouldn’t let even a conviction and a prison sentence for securities violations stand in the way of his dreams of glory. And the racetracks themselves: Belmont, Saratoga, Pimlico. And, of course, Churchill Downs. It has been thirty-five years since Affirmed and Alydar fought for the Triple Crown, thirty-five years when no other horse has won it. Duel for the Crown brings this epic battle to life. Not just two magnificent Thoroughbreds but the colorful human personalities surrounding them, caught up in an ever-intensifying battle of will and wits that lasted until the photo finish of the final Triple Crown race . . . and Alydar and Affirmed leaped into the history books.