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Author: Dean Hoffman Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1614236291 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 156
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Since the eager stallion Messenger trotted off a boat from Europe in 1788, harness racing in America has been a popular sport, and nowhere is this truer than New York State. In the nineteenth century, harness racing attracted spectators from all walks of life. An 1823 race was so popular that businesses adjourned for the day to watch it. The sport reached its peak when the spectacular Roosevelt Raceway opened in 1957. Dean Hoffman offers an in-depth history of the sport's evolution in the Empire State, from the drivers and breeding to betting, legislation and accounts of the most exciting races. Join Hoffman as he sheds light on one of New York's most venerable sports traditions.
Author: Dean Hoffman Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1614236291 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 156
Book Description
Since the eager stallion Messenger trotted off a boat from Europe in 1788, harness racing in America has been a popular sport, and nowhere is this truer than New York State. In the nineteenth century, harness racing attracted spectators from all walks of life. An 1823 race was so popular that businesses adjourned for the day to watch it. The sport reached its peak when the spectacular Roosevelt Raceway opened in 1957. Dean Hoffman offers an in-depth history of the sport's evolution in the Empire State, from the drivers and breeding to betting, legislation and accounts of the most exciting races. Join Hoffman as he sheds light on one of New York's most venerable sports traditions.
Author: Ed Hotaling Publisher: Syracuse University Press ISBN: 9780815603504 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 392
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As much social history as sports history, this is an account of how America's first national resort, Saratoga Springs, gave birth to and nurtured its first national sport and in the process had significant impact on American cultural life. Fine bandw photographs, etchings, and drawings illustrate the text. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: New York (State). Governor's Commission on the Future of Horse Racing in New York State Publisher: ISBN: Category : Horse racing Languages : en Pages : 210
Author: Steven A. Riess Publisher: Syracuse University Press ISBN: 0815651546 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 476
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Thoroughbred racing was one of the first major sports in early America. Horse racing thrived because it was a high-status sport that attracted the interest of both old and new money. It grew because spectators enjoyed the pageantry, the exciting races, and, most of all, the gambling. As the sport became a national industry, the New York metropolitan area, along with the resort towns of Saratoga Springs (New York) and Long Branch (New Jersey), remained at the center of horse racing with the most outstanding race courses, the largest purses, and the finest thoroughbreds. Riess narrates the history of horse racing, detailing how and why New York became the national capital of the sport from the mid-1860s until the early twentieth century. The sport’s survival depended upon the racetrack being the nexus between politicians and organized crime. The powerful alliance between urban machine politics and track owners enabled racing in New York to flourish. Gambling, the heart of racing’s appeal, made the sport morally suspect. Yet democratic politicians protected the sport, helping to establish the State Racing Commission, the first state agency to regulate sport in the United States. At the same time, racetracks became a key connection between the underworld and Tammany Hall, enabling illegal poolrooms and off-course bookies to operate. Organized crime worked in close cooperation with machine politicians and local police officers to protect these illegal operations. In The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime, Riess fills a long-neglected gap in sports history, offering a richly detailed and fascinating chronicle of thoroughbred racing’s heyday.
Author: Allan Carter Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1467149217 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 1
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Champion Race Horses of the Empire State From Saratoga to Belmont Park, New York hosts some of horse racing's most important races, but many of the most successful thoroughbreds of the past five decades also have called the state home. Say Florida Say seemed to only improve with age, winning thirty-three times throughout a seven-year career that made him a regional favorite in the 1990s. The first ever New York horse to win the Kentucky derby, Funny Cide, rose to national prominence in 2003, winning both the Derby and the Preakness in incredible fashion. The thoroughbred Audible shared owners with triple-crown winner Justify, and though embroiled in some controversy as a result, was also an elite race horse during a brief career. Author Allan Carter highlights the stories behind the greatest New York thoroughbreds of the past half-century.
Author: New York (State). Legislature. Joint Committee to Study All Laws, Rules and Regulations Relative to Horse Racing Publisher: ISBN: Category : Animal welfare Languages : en Pages : 35
Author: Allan Carter Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 143967535X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 135
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Champion Race Horses of the Empire State From Saratoga to Belmont Park, New York hosts some of horse racing's most important races, but many of the most successful thoroughbreds of the past five decades also have called the state home. Say Florida Say seemed to only improve with age, winning thirty-three times throughout a seven-year career that made him a regional favorite in the 1990s. The first ever New York horse to win the Kentucky derby, Funny Cide, rose to national prominence in 2003, winning both the Derby and the Preakness in incredible fashion. The thoroughbred Audible shared owners with triple-crown winner Justify, and though embroiled in some controversy as a result, was also an elite race horse during a brief career. Author Allan Carter highlights the stories behind the greatest New York thoroughbreds of the past half-century.
Author: Source Wikipedia Publisher: University-Press.org ISBN: 9781230844190 Category : Languages : en Pages : 62
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 60. Chapters: Belmont Park, New York Racing Association, Belmont Stakes, Aqueduct Racetrack, Belmont Futurity Stakes, Suburban Handicap, Jerome Handicap, Dwyer Stakes, Manhattan Handicap, Brooklyn Handicap, Metropolitan Handicap, Matron Stakes, Gazelle Stakes, Jockey Club Gold Cup, Sheepshead Bay Stakes, Man o' War Stakes, Coaching Club American Oaks, Champagne Stakes, Mother Goose Stakes, August Belmont, Jr., Beldame Stakes, New York Stakes, Saratoga Race Course, Acorn Stakes, Jamaica Handicap, Ogden Phipps, Woodward Stakes, Vagrancy Handicap, Frizette Stakes, Prioress Stakes, Vosburgh Stakes, Harry Frank Guggenheim, Bowling Green Handicap, Peter Pan Stakes, American thoroughbred racing top attended events, Ogden Phipps Handicap, Ruffian Handicap, Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Handicap, Earle I. Mack, John Meriwether, Mount Vernon Stakes, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt II, Astoria Stakes, Pilgrim Stakes, Kingston Stakes, Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes, Shuvee Handicap, Tom Fool Handicap, Ashley T. Cole Handicap, Hart-Agnew Law, Athenia Stakes, True North Handicap, Jaipur Stakes, First Flight Handicap, Kelso Stakes, Shevlin Stakes, Ogden Mills Phipps, Tremont Stakes, Christopher Chenery, Poker Stakes, Nassau County Stakes, Woody Stephens Stakes, American Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing, Hill Prince Stakes, Just A Game Stakes, Knickerbocker Handicap, Astarita Stakes, Sport Page Handicap, Gallant Bloom Handicap, Sands Point Stakes, Messenger Stakes, Floral Park Handicap, August Belmont Trophy, Woodward Stakes top three finishers, Brighton Derby, Triple Crown Trophy, Suburban Handicap top three finishers, Joe Hirsch Turf Classic Invitational Handicap top three finishers and starters, Great American Stakes, Brighton Mile, Barry K. Schwartz, Miss Grillo Stakes, Metropolitan Handicap top three finishers, Brighton Oaks, Empire...
Author: C. E. Morgan Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 0374715173 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 561
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A Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize Winner of the Kirkus Prize for Fiction • A Recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction • A Finalist for the James Tait Black Prize for Fiction • A Finalist for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction • A Finalist for the Rathbones Folio Prize • Longlisted for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence • One of New York Times Book Review 100 Notable Book Named a Best Book of the Year by Entertainment Weekly • GQ • The New York Times (Selected by Dwight Garner) • NPR • The Wall Street Journal • San Francisco Chronicle • Refinery29 • Booklist • Kirkus Reviews • Commonweal Magazine "In its poetic splendor and moral seriousness, The Sport of Kings bears the traces of Faulkner, Morrison, and McCarthy. . . . It is a contemporary masterpiece."—San Francisco Chronicle Hailed by The New Yorker for its “remarkable achievements,” The Sport of Kings is an American tale centered on a horse and two families: one white, a Southern dynasty whose forefathers were among the founders of Kentucky; the other African-American, the descendants of their slaves. It is a dauntless narrative that stretches from the fields of the Virginia piedmont to the abundant pastures of the Bluegrass, and across the dark waters of the Ohio River; from the final shots of the Revolutionary War to the resounding clang of the starting bell at Churchill Downs. As C. E. Morgan unspools a fabric of shared histories, past and present converge in a Thoroughbred named Hellsmouth, heir to Secretariat and a contender for the Triple Crown. Newly confronted with one another in the quest for victory, the two families must face the consequences of their ambitions, as each is driven---and haunted---by the same, enduring question: How far away from your father can you run? A sweeping narrative of wealth and poverty, racism and rage, The Sport of Kings is an unflinching portrait of lives cast in the shadow of slavery and a moral epic for our time.
Author: Dean Hoffman
Author: Dean Hoffman
Author: Ed Hotaling
Author: New York (State). Governor's Commission on the Future of Horse Racing in New York State
Author: Steven A. Riess
Author: Allan Carter
Author: New York (State). Legislature. Joint Committee to Study All Laws, Rules and Regulations Relative to Horse Racing
Author: Allan Carter
Author: Source Wikipedia
Author: C. E. Morgan
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