Author: Frederick Tynte WarburtonPublisher:
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Category : Horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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The Race Horse
Author: Frederick Tynte WarburtonPublisher:
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Category : Horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Subject-index of the Books in the Author Catalogues for the Years 1869-1895
Author: Public Library of New South Wales. Reference DeptPublisher:
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 920
Book Description
Sport
Author: C. M. van StockumPublisher:
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Category : Classification
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Lexington
Author: Kim WickensPublisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0593496728
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A vivid portrait of America’s greatest stallion, the larger-than-life men who raced and bred him, and the dramatic times in which they lived.”—Geraldine Brooks, author of Horse The powerful true story of the champion Thoroughbred racehorse who gained international fame in the tumultuous Civil War–era South, and became the most successful sire in American racing history The early days of American horse racing were grueling. Four-mile races, run two or three times in succession, were the norm, rewarding horses who brandished the ideal combination of stamina and speed. The stallion Lexington, named after the city in Kentucky where he was born, possessed these winning qualities, which pioneering Americans prized. Lexington shattered the world speed record for a four-mile race, showing a war-torn nation that the extraordinary was possible even in those perilous times. He would continue his winning career until deteriorating eyesight forced his retirement in 1855. But once his groundbreaking achievements as a racehorse ended, his role as a sire began. Horses from his bloodline won more money than the offspring of any other Thoroughbred—an annual success that led Lexington to be named America’s leading sire an unprecedented sixteen times. Yet with the Civil War raging, Lexington’s years at a Kentucky stud farm were far from idyllic. Confederate soldiers ran amok, looting freely and kidnapping horses from the top stables. They soon focused on the prized Lexington and his valuable progeny. Kim Wickens, a lawyer and dressage rider, became fascinated by this legendary horse when she learned that twelve of Thoroughbred racing's thirteen Triple Crown winners descended from Lexington. Wickens spent years meticulously researching the horse and his legacy—and with Lexington, she presents an absorbing, exciting account that transports readers back to the raucous beginning of American horse racing and introduces them to the stallion at its heart.
A Catalogue of the Most Important Books Available for Free Circulation Among Subscribers to 'The Times'
Author: The Times, London. Book clubPublisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1060
Book Description
Catalogue of Books in the Lending Department of the Woolwich Library
Author: National and English Review
Author: The Keeneland Association Library
Author: Amelia King BuckleyPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813162300
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A research center for Thoroughbred racing, breeding, and related subjects, the Keeneland Association Library is located at Keeneland Race Course near Lexington, Kentucky. Amelia King Buckley, who became librarian in 1953, has compiled an alphabetical author listing of the titles in this unique collection as of June 1, 1958. Begun in 1939 with a gift of 2,000 volumes from William Arnold Hanger, the library has grown with the addition of other gifts and purchases, and now comprises one of the finest collections in its field. The published catalog includes more than 900 monograph titles, more than 100 serial titles, selected sales catalogs, private studbooks, bound pamphlets, and a small amount of manuscript material. The volume is illustrated with photographs from the library's remarkable collection of 15,000 negatives taken by the late Charles Christian Cook, one of the first American photographers to specialize in racing scenes.
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