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Book Synopsis Kentucky Handicap Horse Racing: A History of the Great Weight Carriers by : Melanie Greene
Download or read book Kentucky Handicap Horse Racing: A History of the Great Weight Carriers written by Melanie Greene and published by History Press Library Editions. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Kentucky Handicap Horse Racing by : Melanie Greene
Download or read book Kentucky Handicap Horse Racing written by Melanie Greene and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-08 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Thoroughbred Horse Handicapping and Wagering by : Andrew J. Page
Download or read book Thoroughbred Horse Handicapping and Wagering written by Andrew J. Page and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-05-08 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughbred Horse Handicapping and wagering using the Holy Bible of Horse Racing is a book that contains a primer for folks that do not know much about thoroughbred horse racing. In addition, it provides a methodology for picking horses that will most likely finish second or better in races that are qualified for wagering. It then describes different approaches to wagering. There are what I call another section which I call special conditions that prompt special attention and will provide an avenue for Win/Place/Show bets (across the board), as well as some short stories of the some of the real characters I have met while playing the ponies.
Book Synopsis Sir Barton and the Making of the Triple Crown by : Jennifer S. Kelly
Download or read book Sir Barton and the Making of the Triple Crown written by Jennifer S. Kelly and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2019-04-22 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was always destined to be a champion. Royally bred, with English and American classic winners in his pedigree, Sir Barton shone from birth, dubbed the "king of them all." But after a winless two-year-old season and a near-fatal illness, uncertainty clouded the start of Sir Barton's three-year-old season. Then his surprise victory in America's signature race, the Kentucky Derby, started him on the road to history, where he would go on to dominate the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, completing America's first Triple Crown. His wins inspired the ultimate chase for greatness in American horse racing and established an elite group that would grow to include legends like Citation, Secretariat, and American Pharoah. After a series of dynamic wins in 1920, popular opinion tapped Sir Barton as the best challenger for the wonder horse Man o' War, and demanded a match race to settle once and for all which horse was the greatest. That duel would cement the reputation of one horse for all time and diminish the reputation of the other for the next century -- until now. Sir Barton and the Making of the Triple Crown is the first book to focus on Sir Barton, his career, and his historic impact on horse racing. Author Jennifer S. Kelly uses extensive research and historical sources to examine this champion's life and achievements. Kelly charts how Sir Barton broke track records, scored victories over other champions, and sparked the yearly pursuit of Triple Crown glory. This book reveals the legacy of Sir Barton and his seminal contributions to Thoroughbred racing one hundred years after his pioneering achievement.
Book Synopsis Betting the Kentucky Derby by : Dean Keppler
Download or read book Betting the Kentucky Derby written by Dean Keppler and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kentucky Derby attracts thousands of spectators on and off track and millions of wagering dollars. Now for the first time there's one title geared specifically for successfully handicapping and playing America's biggest race day.The author discusses proven historical handicapping methods, the advantages of modern exotic betting menus, and other expert tools that will enhance both your wallett and your Kentucky Derby experience.
Book Synopsis The Kentucky Thoroughbred by : Kent Hollingsworth
Download or read book The Kentucky Thoroughbred written by Kent Hollingsworth and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2011-01-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kent Hollingsworth captures the flavor and atmosphere of the Sport of Kings in the dramatic account of the development of the Thoroughbred in Kentucky. Ranging from frontier days, when racing was conducted in open fields as horse-to-horse challenges between proud owners, to the present, when a potential Triple Crown champion may sell for millions of dollars, The Kentucky Thoroughbred considers ten outstanding stallions that dominated the shape of racing in their time as representing the many eras of Kentucky Thoroughbred breeding. No less colorful are his accounts of the owners, breeders, trainers, and jockeys associated with these Thoroughbreds, a group devoted to a sport filled with high adventure and great hazards. First published in 1976, this popular Kentucky classic has been expanded and brought up to date in this new edition.
Book Synopsis Become A Winner Claiming Thoroughbred Racehorses by : Marino Specogna
Download or read book Become A Winner Claiming Thoroughbred Racehorses written by Marino Specogna and published by marino specogna. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author provides thoroughbred horse racing secrets and tips on becoming a successful thoroughbred horse owner or handicapper. The author outlines the keys for success in the thoroughbred horse racing industry.
Book Synopsis A Year in The Anatomy of Horse Race Handicapping Volume IV by : J.M. Chodkowski
Download or read book A Year in The Anatomy of Horse Race Handicapping Volume IV written by J.M. Chodkowski and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A year-in-review for the sport of Horse Racing in 2016 which ties the races run in that year to the book The Anatomy of Horse Race Handicapping Or How to Have Fun at the Track
Book Synopsis A Handicapper's Guide to the Kentucky Derby by : Liam Durbin
Download or read book A Handicapper's Guide to the Kentucky Derby written by Liam Durbin and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-12-28 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago Tribune and LA Times public handicapper, Liam Durbin, shares with readers his insights into handicapping the Kentucky Derby. In addition to being a well known public handicapper, Liam is also owner of a popular horse racing web site, E-ponies.com. This book is aimed at recreational or beginning horse racing enthusiasts, but also has something to offer to more experienced handicappers.The book begins with some of Liam's background and roots in Kentucky racing and handicapping, and then quickly launches into a very detailed, laser focused study of the Kentucky Derby as a handicapping challenge.Readers will find a chapter entirely dedicated to how the Derby has changed in recent years, another chapter on pace, another to how to use Liam's computer program to assist in handicapping the Derby, and another which offers a five-minute short course on handicapping the Derby. And much more.Visit the author's web site at http://www.e-ponies.com.
Book Synopsis Hidden History of Horse Racing in Kentucky by : Foster Ockerman
Download or read book Hidden History of Horse Racing in Kentucky written by Foster Ockerman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A behind-the-scenes history of the Bluegrass State’s iconic sport. Horse racing and the Commonwealth of Kentucky are synonymous. The equine industry in the state dates as far back as the eighteenth century, and some of that history remains untold. The Seventeenth Earl of Derby made the trip from England to Louisville for the famed Kentucky Derby. Many famous African American jockeys grew up in the area but fled to Europe during the Jim Crow era. Gambling on races is a popular pastime, but betting in the early days caused significant changes in the sport. Hidden History of Horse Racing in Kentucky details the rich and the lesser-known history at the tracks in the Bluegrass State.
Book Synopsis The Kentucky Oaks by : Avalyn Hunter
Download or read book The Kentucky Oaks written by Avalyn Hunter and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2024-04-30 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No Thoroughbred race in the state of Kentucky holds a more hallowed place in the national and international consciousness than the Kentucky Derby. Its fame is richly deserved, yet there are other equally important and historic races whose significance deserves a larger share of the spotlight—none more so than the Derby's sister race, the Kentucky Oaks. Inaugurated on May 19, 1875—just two days after the first Kentucky Derby—and run annually at Churchill Downs since then, the Kentucky Oaks is America's most prestigious race for three-year-old fillies and the second-oldest continuously run horse race in North America. Always cherished by horsemen as a test for the future mothers of the Thoroughbred, the Oaks has in recent years become a major charity and fashion gala in addition to its significance as a sporting event. Yet, although multiple books have been published about the Kentucky Derby, popular and academic historians alike have largely overlooked the Oaks. In The Kentucky Oaks: 150 Years of Running for the Lilies, author Avalyn Hunter sets out to recover the history of one of the most watched and highly attended events in Thoroughbred racing. Beginning with Meriweather Lewis Clark Jr.'s creation of a race designed to parallel England's historic Oaks Stakes, Hunter traces the evolution of the Kentucky Oaks through the stories of the men, women, and fillies that have made the Kentucky Oaks a symbol for women's growing participation in the sport at all levels.
Book Synopsis Kentucky Horse Park by : Victoria M. Howard
Download or read book Kentucky Horse Park written by Victoria M. Howard and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2017-01-18 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kentucky Horse Park: Paradise Found is the first complete book written on the #1 horse sanctuary in the United StatesKentucky Horse Park. Ms. Howard takes you behind the scenes as you meet and discover the dozens of unique breeds of horses that call Kentucky Horse Park home. From the most popular, the Arabian, to the rarest breed, the Marwari, you will discover where and when each breed originated. Also included is an invaluable, superb photo gallery. This book is bound to become a collectors item passed from generation to generation. Kentucky Horse Park has won an Equus Film Festival Award in New York.
Download or read book Noor written by Milton C. Toby and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis The Longest Shot by : John Eisenberg
Download or read book The Longest Shot written by John Eisenberg and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the first Saturday in May every year in Louisville, Kentucky, shortly after 5:30 PM, a new horse attains racing immortality. The Kentucky Derby is like no other race, and its winners are the finest horses in the world. Covered in rich red roses, surrounded by flashing cameras and admiring crowds, these instant celebrities bear names like Citation, Secretariat, Spectacular Bid, and Seattle Slew. They're worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. But in 1992, a funny thing happened on the way to the roses. The rattling roar of 130,000 voices tailed off into a high, hollow shriek as the horses crossed the finish line. Lil E. Tee? ABC broadcasters knew nothing about him, but they weren't alone. Who knew about Lil E. Tee? A blacksmith in Ocala, Florida, a veterinary surgeon in Ringoes, New Jersey, a trainer a Calder Race Course, and a few other people used to dealing with average horses knew this horse—and realized what a long shot Lil E. Tee really was. On a Pennsylvania farm that raised mostly trotting horses, a colt with a dime-store pedigree was born in 1989. His odd gait and tendency to bellow for his mother earned him the nickname "E.T." Suffering from an immune deficiency and a bad case of colic, he survived surgery that usually ends a horse's racing career. Bloodstock agents dismissed him because of his mediocre breeding, and once he was sold for only $3,000. He'd live in five barns in seven states by the time he turned two. Somehow, this horse became one of the biggest underdogs to appear on the American sporting landscape. Lil E. Tee overcame his bleak beginnings to reach the respected hands of trainer Lynn Whiting, jockey Pat Day, and owner Cal Partee. After winning the Jim Beam stakes and finishing second in the Arkansas Derby, Lil E. Tee arrived at Churchill Downs to face a field of seventeen horses, including the highly acclaimed favorite, Arazi, a horse many people forecast to become the next Secretariat. A 17-to-1 longshot, Lil E. Tee won the Derby with a classic rally down the home stretch, and finally Pat Day had jockeyed a horse to Derby victory. John Eisenberg draws on more than fifteen years of sports writing experience and a hundred interviews throughout Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Florida, and Arkansas to tell the story almost nobody knew in 1992. Eisenberg is a sports columnist for the Baltimore Sun and has won more than twenty awards for his sports writing, including several Associated Press sports editors' first places."
Book Synopsis Kentucky Derby Stories by : Jim Bolus
Download or read book Kentucky Derby Stories written by Jim Bolus and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Kentucky Derby written by Blaine Wiseman and published by Sporting Championships (Paperb. This book was released on 2010-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, spectators flock to Louisville, Kentucky, to watch one of the world's best-known horse races. Known as the "the most exciting two minutes in sports," the Kentucky Derby features fast horses, skilled jockeys, and intense competition.Sporting Championships offers a compelling look at some of the world's most prestigious sporting events. Each fact-packed title provides an analytical examination of the sport, an outline of the rules, and a graphic glimpse at the varied locations around the world where the competitions take place. Sporting Championships takes the action off the playing field and puts it on the page.
Book Synopsis A Plea for Sanity in Thoroughbred Racing by : Reginald J. Vickers
Download or read book A Plea for Sanity in Thoroughbred Racing written by Reginald J. Vickers and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
