Kent Hollingsworth captures the flavor and atmosphere of the Sport of Kings in the dramatic account of the development of the Thoroughbred in Kentucky. Ranging from frontier days, when racing was conducted in open fields as horse-to-horse challenges between proud owners, to the present, when a potential Triple Crown champion may sell for millions of dollars, The Kentucky Thoroughbred considers ten outstanding stallions that dominated the shape of racing in their time as representing the many eras of Kentucky Thoroughbred breeding. No less colorful are his accounts of the owners, breeders, trainers, and jockeys associated with these Thoroughbreds, a group devoted to a sport filled with high adventure and great hazards.
First published in 1976, this popular Kentucky classic has been expanded and brought up to date in this new edition.
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"Sliding with ease and grace between accounts of the sport's greatest horses and most colorful characters, Hollingsworth gives a remarkably complete history of horse racing in America"―Booklist
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. These 156 pages open with a chapter on the son of Black Jack Chinn. The year is 1893, and No, its not fiction. LEARN more about : Sallie Waters, Highlander, Flamingo Stakes, Hill Gail, Blenheim II, three-year-old, St. Leger, American Derby, Clarence Kummer, Jerome Handicap, betting-ring, and prep-race. B/W photos throughout with a section of colour plates following page 56. Cond ; Binding sound, spine fine, colours bright. Clean. Very minor edge wear. No names, marks, creases, nor tears. Collectible ! ! Quote (p. 25) : " In attendance was Richard Ten Broeck, who owned most of the stock in the Metairie Course in New Orleans and who was on the lookout for horses to run in the Great State Post Stakes, an event he was promoting to draw ._._._. ." Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # 010919
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