Horse Racing's Top 100 Moments

Horse Racing's Top 100 Moments
Title Horse Racing's Top 100 Moments PDF eBook
Author Staff of Blood-Horse Publications
Publisher
Pages 0
Release 2024-02
Genre
ISBN 9781493076963

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Some of horse racing's most respected authorities looked at feats of greatness, world records, legendary rivalries, and innovations to rank the sport's top 100 moments. They weighed individual accomplishments against industry initiatives, innovations against lucky breaks to come up with the definitive list. They pondered Secretariat's 31-length Belmont Stakes victory, Smarty Jones' elusive Triple Crown, the creation of the Breeders' Cup, and advancements in equine surgery. Racing's top 100 list will generate debate for years to come, just as did the ranking of Man o' War over Secretariat as Horse of the Century. Richly illustrated with historic and modern photos, Horse Racing's Top 100 Moments also contains comprehensive lists of leading earners, fastest times, highest prices, and most races won.

Thoroughbred Champions

Thoroughbred Champions
Title Thoroughbred Champions PDF eBook
Author Blood-Horse, Inc
Publisher Eclipse Press
Pages 262
Release 1999
Genre Horse racing
ISBN 9781581500240

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Follows The Blood-Horse's Top 100 list, beginning with Man o' War in the No. 1 spot and ending with Blue Larkspur at No. 100.

Off-Track and Online

Off-Track and Online
Title Off-Track and Online PDF eBook
Author Holly Kruse
Publisher MIT Press
Pages 213
Release 2016-04
Genre Computers
ISBN 0262034417

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Holly Kruse explores how horse racing has used media over the last several decades, arguing that examining the history and context of horse racing and gambling gives us a clearer understanding of the development of data networks, media complexes, public entertainment, and media publics. She describes an enormous industry that depends on global information and communication flows made possible by a network linking racetracks, homes, off-track betting, farms, and auction sites.

Best of Talkin' Horses

Best of Talkin' Horses
Title Best of Talkin' Horses PDF eBook
Author Ron Mitchell
Publisher Eclipse Press
Pages 306
Release 2008
Genre Horse owners
ISBN 1581501927

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Best of Talkin' Horses features provocative chats with Thoroughbred racing's most prominent names. Adapted from the popular weekly online series of the same name hosted by Bloodhorse.com, this edited collection will provide additional insights by Ron Mitchell.

At the Wire

At the Wire
Title At the Wire PDF eBook
Author Edward Bowen
Publisher Lyons Press
Pages 0
Release 2024
Genre Nature
ISBN 9781493066438

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Award-winning racing writer Edward L. Bowen captures dominating victories, great duels, astounding rallies, and more in At the Wire, a compilation of nearly thirty races plus Breeders' Cup highlights that have earned a solid place in America's Turf history. The updated edition includes new chapters on Cigar and the 1995 Breeders' Cup Classic, Zenyatta and the 2009 Breeders' Cup Classic, and American Pharoah and the 2015 Belmont Stakes.

Noor

Noor
Title Noor PDF eBook
Author Milton C. Toby
Publisher Arcadia Publishing
Pages 174
Release 2012-09-04
Genre History
ISBN 1614236690

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While Seabiscuit is perhaps the best-known Thoroughbred in history, Charles S. Howard owned another remarkable racehorse that should never be forgotten. Irish-bred Noor dominated the 1950 racing season, setting world records in victories over Citation and winning the Hollywood Gold Cup by defeating a Triple Crown winner, the Horse of the Year and the previous year's Kentucky Derby winner. Sadly, that fame faded as he failed to sire champions, and Noor was buried in an unmarked grave in Northern California decades later. Veteran turf writer Milt Toby recounts Noor's colorful career and the inspiring story of racing enthusiast Charlotte Farmer's personal mission to exhume the Thoroughbred's remains for reburial in central Kentucky years after the horse was inducted into the hall of fame.

Kentucky Handicap Horse Racing

Kentucky Handicap Horse Racing
Title Kentucky Handicap Horse Racing PDF eBook
Author Melanie Greene
Publisher Arcadia Publishing
Pages 161
Release 2014-04-08
Genre History
ISBN 1625850026

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In a handicap, horses are assigned weights based on their past performances as a way to try to create evenly matched fields. The better the horse, the heavier the weight assigned. In the United States, handicaps once accounted for the majority of stakes races and were known to boast large purses attracting the leading horses of the day. Kentucky-bred horses such as Discovery, Equipoise and Kelso won under the heaviest of weights, dominating the handicap division year after year, and were immortalized in the hall of fame. These equine stars brought recognition to the Sport of Kings and became renowned athletes for their courage, fortitude and durability. Join author and turf historian Melanie Greene as she recounts the harrowing tales of these noble steeds.