Author : Thoroughbred Times
Publisher : Thoroughbred Times
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 45,51 MB
Release : 2004-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781931993579
This book is a fan's treasure trove of racing information featuring hundreds of pages of information on racetracks, trainers, owners and a directory on the sport's organizations.
Author : Thoroughbred Times
Publisher : Thoroughbred Times
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 37,10 MB
Release : 2002-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781889540948
This book is the definitive reference on the Sport of Kings.
Author : The Staff of Thoroughbred Times
Publisher : Thoroughbred Times
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 17,76 MB
Release : 2003-07
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781931993418
This Almanac is the ultimate reference guide to Thoroughbred racing, containing statistics from the early days of the sport through the 2003 Triple Crown races.
Author : The Staff of Thoroughbred Times
Publisher : Thoroughbred Times
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,99 MB
Release : 2006-09
Category : Almanacs, American
ISBN : 9781933958002
The Original Thoroughbred Times Racing Almanac, 2007 5th edition, is the ultimate reference guide to Thoroughbred racing. Highlights include great names in the history of racing, both people and horses, past champions, and profiles of all Racing Hall of Fame members.
Author : Marino Specogna
Publisher : marino specogna
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 40,82 MB
Release : 2011-11-08
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 193794204X
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.
Author : Bill Christine
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 49,23 MB
Release : 2016-11-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 147662545X
Bill Hartack won the Kentucky Derby five times, and seemed to hate every moment. "If only Bill could have gotten along with people the way he got along with horses," a trainer said. His impoverished upbringing didn't help: his mother was killed in an automobile accident; the family home burned down; his father was murdered by a girlfriend; and he was estranged from his sisters for most of his life. Larry King, his friend, said it was just as well Hartack never married, because it wouldn't have lasted. Hartack was one of racing's most accomplished jockeys. But he was an inveterate grouch and gave the press a hard time. At 26, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Whenever the media tried to bury him, he would win another Derby. At the end of his life, he was found alone in a cabin in the Texas hinterlands. Drawn from dozens of interviews and conversations with family members, friends and enemies, this book provides a full account of Hartack's turbulent life.
Author : Bert Sugar
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 25,65 MB
Release : 2003-05-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780471445579
With the success of such books as "Seabiscuit, " horse racing has never been so popular. Written by the Kentucky Derby announcer for Fox TV, this new book takes a look at the business behind this remarkable $100 billion industry.
Author : Philip Von Borries
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,17 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781455619290
"Through numerous images, most from the world-famous Keeneland Library and many being published for the first time in book form, Philip Von Borries takes you back in time to meet the great spirits of racing, and the long-forgotten racelensmen who photographed them"--Amazon.com.
Author : Elliott Kalb
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 36,58 MB
Release : 2009-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1602396787
In this book, long-time TV sports statistician and self-professed skeptic Elliot Kalb examines the most notorious conspiracies in sports history-in baseball and football, the NBA and the NHL, the racetrack and the prize ring, and beyond. Separating myth from fact, Kalb attempts to determine which of these long-held conspiracy theories hold water, and which ones fall flat under scrutiny. He thoroughly evaluates conspiracies like the possible fixing of Super Bowl III, Sonny Liston throwing his fights with Muhammad Ali, and why Michael Jordan retired from basketball the first time. In this updated addition, he also includes sections on Spygate, questioning whether or not the Patriots had footage of the Rams walk-through before Super Bowl XXXVI; the 1973 tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King, which Riggs may have thrown; and the controversy surrounding Roger Clemens, who has never failed a drug test, yet seems destined to be hanged with the steroids rope
Author : Brenda Wahler
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 33,45 MB
Release : 2019-09-02
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1439668736
For centuries, on prairie grasslands, dusty streets and racing ovals, everyday Montanans participated in the sport of kings. More than a century after horses arrived in the region, Lewis and Clark's Nez Perce guides staged horse races at Traveler's Rest in 1806. In response to hazardous street races, the Montana legislature granted communities authority to ban "immoderate riding or driving." Helena led the way to respectable racing, with Madam Coady's fashion course hosting the first territorial fair in 1868. Soon, leading citizens like Marcus Daly built oval tracks and glitzy grandstands. By 1890, a horse named Bob Wade set a world record for a quarter mile in Butte, a mark that stood until 1958. Horsewoman and historian Brenda Wahler highlights the Big Sky's patrons of the turf and courageous equine champions, including Kentucky Derby winner Spokane.
