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The Horsemen and The Derby Man

Author : Gary McCarthy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781647349851
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (498 download)

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Download or read book The Horsemen and The Derby Man written by Gary McCarthy and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-24 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National award winning western and historical novelist Gary McCarthy brings together the cast from two of his most popular and long running series - The Horsemen and The Derby Man. Several years have passed since Ruff, Dixie and Houston Ballou fled Civil War-ravaged Tennessee with two of their great thoroughbred stallions and a handful of mares. The displaced Ballou family has been looking for a place to build a horse ranch and racetrack when a series of events take them to the beautiful Prescott Valley, home of Fort Whipple and Arizona's new Territorial capital. In a blinding snowstorm, Darby Buckingham is racing from Santa Fe to Prescott in order to help his longtime love, Miss Dolly. Almost at his destination he helplessly rages at his drunken stagecoach driver to slow down, but the coach overturns and leaves him in desperate circumstances until the Ballou riders and their thoroughbreds appear. And so begins a friendship and adventure in Prescott that will change the lives of these famous characters.

Race Horse Men

Author : Katherine C. Mooney
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 067428142X
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Race Horse Men written by Katherine C. Mooney and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katherine C. Mooney recaptures the sights, sensations, and illusions of America’s first mass spectator sport. Her central characters are not the elite white owners of slaves and thoroughbreds but the black jockeys, grooms, and horse trainers who called themselves race horse men and made the racetrack run—until Jim Crow drove them from their jobs.

Sir Barton and the Making of the Triple Crown

Author : Jennifer S. Kelly
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813177170
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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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.

Secretariat

Author : William Nack
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 1401396216
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Secretariat written by William Nack and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Secretariat" is an elegantly crafted, exhilarating tale of speed and power, grace and greatness, told with such immediacy that the reader is lost in the rush of horses and the clatter and ring of the grandstand." --Laura Hillenbrand, bestselling author of "Seabiscuit" Updated with a new preface by the author In 1973, Secretariat, the greatest champion in horse-racing history, won the Triple Crown. The only horse to ever grace the covers of "Time," "Newsweek," and "Sports Illustrated" in the same week, he also still holds the record for the fastest times in both the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes. He was also the only non-human chosen as one of ESPN's "50 Greatest Athletes of the Century." The tale of "Big Red" is an enduring and inspiring classic, more than thirty years after its initial publication.

The Compendium of Health Pertaining to the Physical Life of Man and the Animals which Serve Him

Author : Edwin Moses Hale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Compendium of Health Pertaining to the Physical Life of Man and the Animals which Serve Him written by Edwin Moses Hale and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The History of the County of Derby ... Edited by T. Noble

Author : Stephen Glover
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The History of the County of Derby ... Edited by T. Noble written by Stephen Glover and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The history of the county of Derby, ed. by T. Noble

Author : Stephen Glover
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The history of the county of Derby, ed. by T. Noble written by Stephen Glover and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Derby Man

Author : Gary McCarthy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780385124089
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Derby Man written by Gary McCarthy and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The history and gazetteer of the county of Derby

Author : Stephen Glover
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The history and gazetteer of the county of Derby written by Stephen Glover and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Derby

Author : Stephen Glover
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book The History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Derby written by Stephen Glover and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Kentucky Derby

Author : James C. Nicholson
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813135761
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Kentucky Derby written by James C. Nicholson and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides a complete history of the Kentucky Derby, examining the tradition, spectacle, culture and evolution of an event that has marveled America--and the world--for more than 130 years.

Two Minutes to Glory

Author : Pamela K. Brodowsky
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 006123656X
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Two Minutes to Glory written by Pamela K. Brodowsky and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-02-17 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a front row seat at "the Run for the Roses" with the first comprehensive history of the Kentucky Derby. From mint juleps to the garland of roses, to weeping men and women in the Winner's Circle, Two Minutes to Glory is the official story of the world's greatest horse race—the Kentucky Derby. This book is chockablock with facts, figures, and statistics on all 132 years of this incredible race. It also contains a capsuled yet detailed history of the race and of Churchill Downs, focusing on all the larger-than-life personalities from Col. M. Lewis Clark, who founded the Derby in 1875, to Col. Matt Winn, who saved it when it was in the stretch, out of breath, about to break down, and in need of a miracle—and beyond that to the present day. But perhaps the best parts of this lavishly illustrated book are the stories of the races, from 1875 to 2006. It is not a mere recitation of what happened—though there is that—but the human (and horse) stories behind the races, like that of Conn McCreary, who, astride Count Turf in 1951, looked down the track before the gates opened and knew that he was riding not just to win the Derby, but for his life. Or the 2005 race where a seventy-nine-year-old woman named Alice Chandler burst into tears as she watched her 50-1 shot Giacomo roar down the stretch to win—but also cried because she knew that when just a foal, he had previously beaten an opponent called death. This book looks at all the people and horses who made the Derby what it is over the years: trainer Ben A. Jones with six Derby winners; Eddie "Banana Nose" Arcaro and Secretariat, who broke the two-minute barrier and ran the fastest Derby in history; the great owners, the grooms—and all the rest. It is history, yes, but history with heart and soul. As horsemen say, have a good ride.

Memories of Men and Horses

Author : William Allison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Memories of Men and Horses written by William Allison and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The History of the County of Derby

Author : Stephen Glover
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of the County of Derby written by Stephen Glover and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Here Comes Exterminator!

Author : Eliza McGraw
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466872721
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Here Comes Exterminator! written by Eliza McGraw and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Seabiscuit and The Eighty-Dollar Champion, Eliza McGraw tells the story of how a gangling, long-shot Kentucky Derby winner named Exterminator became one of the most beloved racehorses of all time. The father of the Kentucky Derby called him “the greatest all-around Thoroughbred in American racing history.” Sportswriter Grantland Rice simply called him “the greatest racehorse.” Here Comes Exterminator! draws readers into the golden age of racing, with all its ups and downs, the ever-involving interplay of horses and people, and the beauty, grace, fear, and hope that are a daily part of life at the track. Caught between his hotheaded millionaire owner and his knowledgeable trainer, Exterminator captured fans’ affection with his personality, consistency, athleticism, and heart. Exterminator’s staggering success would dramatically change the world of horse-racing. He challenged the notion that American horses would never live up to Europe’s meticulously charted bloodlines and became a patriotic icon of the country after World War I. And his longevity established him as one of the public’s most beloved athletes, paving the way for equine celebrities like Seabiscuit and showing Americans they could claim—and love—a famous racehorse as their own.

Headless Horsemen

Author : Jim Squires
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429985291
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Headless Horsemen written by Jim Squires and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pointed and irreverent critique of thoroughbred racing's breakdown, by a prominent journalist turned horse breeder Jim Squires was in trouble. He had gone from one business seemingly intent on committing suicide to another, both led over the cliff by visionless leaders. First it was the newspaper bean-counters' blind adherence to the demands of Wall Street. Then in horse racing it was a clannish group called "the Dinnies" refusing to share power and unable to see that vast overproduction and unbridled greed had created a subprime-like bubble in the market. Overpriced animals of dubious quality and drug-enhanced performance on the track were undermining the integrity of competition and ultimately the very breed itself. With its economic model broken, its tawdry sales practices under attack, and its public image in tatters after a series of televised fatal breakdowns by horses in famous races, the sport was overdue for a reckoning. Headless Horsemen is Squires's comic but poignant critique of what is happening to the sport and the animals he loves, as he and a small group of unlikely heroes agitate for a return to fair dealing. For anyone who cares about the soul and survival of horse racing, this book is an impassioned call to arms.

Man O'War

Author : Walter Farley
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 0307804917
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Man O'War written by Walter Farley and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Secretariat and Seabiscuit, Man o’ War set the standard for horse racing. Walter Farley, the creator of the Black Stallion, chronicles the mightiest racer ever seen on an American racetrack from his surging power and blistering speed to his overwhelming desire to run! Here is the unofficial biography of the “red giant,” from the moment he was foaled through all of his racing triumphs. Winning an astonishing 20 of his 21 starts, Man o’ War became a legend, and captured the heart of a nation before he retired in 1920 to sire Hard Tack, the father of Seabiscuit, and Triple Crown winner War Admiral. With his seamless storytelling, Farley tells the life story of the horse most horse lovers continue to regard as America’s greatest thoroughbred. Told through the eyes of a fictional stableboy, Danny Ryan, Farley makes the intricate world of the “Sport of Kings” accessible and exciting to horse lovers and racing fans of all ages.