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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: | Blood-Horse Publications. |
ISBN: | 1581501390 9781581501391 |
OCLC Number: | 68218504 |
Description: | 256 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
Contents: | The inaugural Breeder's Cup -- Seabiscuit vs. War Admiral -- Kelso's five horse of the year titles -- Secretariat's Belmont -- Hollywood Park introduces first film patrol -- Nashua vs. Swaps -- Dr. Fager's world-record mile -- The first photo finish camera -- Affirmed and Alydar's Belmont -- Woody Stephens' five Belmonts -- Regret wins the Kentucky Derby -- D. Wayne Lukas wins six straight Triple Crown races -- Lip tattoos improve racehorse identification -- The arrival of intertrack wagering -- The modern starting gate opens its doors -- Kentucky tracks Institute Pari-Mutuel betting -- The first Washington, D.C. international -- Samuel D. Riddle purchases Man o' War -- Matt Winn saves Churchill Downs and the derby -- La Troienne is imported -- Native Dancer's derby upset -- Laffit Pincay Jr. becomes all-time leading rider -- Nasrullah imported from England -- Sir Gallahad III is imported -- Ruffian's breakdown -- Forego's Marlboro cup -- Tom Fool's Pimlico special -- Northern Dancer enters stud -- Man o' War's upset -- John Henry wins inaugural Arlington million -- Belmont Park opens -- Calumet Farm purchases Bell Lea -- Count Fleet's Belmont -- Barbara Jo Rubin's historic riding victory -- New York Racing Association is created -- Racing comes to television -- Drug testing of horses begins -- The Jersey Act is rescinded -- The 1967 Woodward Stakes -- Cigar wins first Dubai World Cup -- Bold Ruler leads sire list record eight times -- Person Ensign's Breeders' Cup distaff -- Citation becomes racing's first millionaire -- The "Fighting Finish" derby -- Caliente safety helmet is introduced -- Carl Nafzger's famous derby "call" -- Keeneland conducts first summer yearling sale -- Calumet Farm files for bankruptcy -- The advent of arthroscopic surgery -- The first network radio derby broadcast -- John Longden's derby double -- The legend of Phar Lap -- Keeneland opens -- Afleet Alex's Preakness -- Julie Drone wins the Belmont stakes -- Jim Dandy upsets Gallant Fox -- Hialeah Park popularizes winter racing -- First transcontinental flight of thoroughbreds -- Mr. Prospector moves to Claiborne Farm -- Dancer's image's derby disqualification -- Best-seller sparks Seabiscuit mania -- The first race call -- Sir Barton captures the first Triple Crown -- Exceller's death mobilizes rescue groups -- Richard Mandella's Breeders' Cup feat -- Seabiscuit and Pollard make their comeback -- Citation's sixteen-race win streak -- The division of E.R. Bradley's bloodstock -- Seattle Slew sells for $17,500 -- Easy Goer and Sunday Silence's Preakness -- Ribot wins back-to-back arcs -- The first meeting of Triple Crown winners -- Alydar's death -- Princequillo moves to Claiborne Farm -- Triumvirate of Sangster, O'Brien, and Magnier -- Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation created -- Dahlia's international achievement -- Exceller and Seattle Slew's Jockey Club gold cup -- Jaipur and Ridan's travers -- The broadcast of Man o' War's funeral -- The Zev-Papyrus match race -- Dale Baird trains 9,000 winners -- Bold Ruler and Round Table born same day -- The Miracle Million at Arlington Park -- Launch of Claiborne Farm -- First two-year-olds in training sale -- Colin holds off fair play in 1908 Belmont -- Swaps' record-breaking season -- Sir Ivor wins the Epsom Derby -- Whisk Broom II's handicap Triple Crown -- Smarty Jones : The people's horse -- Spectacular Bid's walkover caps undefeated season -- Go for Wand's breakdown -- Breeders' Cup pick 6 scandal -- The theft of Fanfreluche -- Shergar's kidnapping -- The Jockey Club begins DNA typing -- Equibase is formed -- William Woodward Jr. is shot -- Mary Hirsch becomes first licensed female trainer. |
Responsibility: | by the staff of Blood-Horse Publications. |
Abstract:
"Milestones in horse racing including: world records; innovations; controversies; great rivalries"--Cover.
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