Jack Spinty's booklet on Phar Lap from 1932 is augmented by Tom Thompson's locating Phar Lap's racing memorabilia - saddles, bridles, silks, race books and ephemera, fully illustrated.
Ron Taylor’s broad involvement with horse racing from 1948, when he began his journalistic career, to the present day has given him a knowledge of the sport and its participants that is unique in the industry today.
Throughout recorded history, the horse has played many roles in human life. He has been man's partner in war, his servant in work, his teammate in sports, his inspiration in art. So it is only natural that literature includes many masterpieces about horses and horsemanship. The Greatest Horse Stories Ever Told gathers together the best of the ......
Accompanied by stunning photographs, here is the behind-the-scenes story of Secretariat: Horse of the Century. A coin toss determined ownership of the yet unborn foal that was to become the first Triple Crown winner in twenty-five years, breaking and still holding all three track records. The author, who was on personal terms with Secretariat's ......
Dominating victories, great duels, and astounding rallies make up some of horse racings greatest moments. Award-winning racing writer Edward L. Bowen captures these and more in At the Wire, a compilation nearly thirty races plus Breeders Cup highlights that have earned a solid place in Americas Turf history.
Women in all facets of the horse-racing industry share their stories. The updated edition includes an interview with horse-racing pioneer Diane Crump, the first woman to ride in the Kentucky Derby.
The Winners of America's Triple Crown of Horse Racing
In more than a century of American Thoroughbred racing, only thirteen horses have won the Triple Crown--the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes..Veteran turf writer and racing historian Edward L. Bowen takes us through the rich history of one of the most formidable and exciting challenges in all of sport.
Adolphe Pons, Man O' War, and the Founding of Maryland's Oldest Thorough
Josh Pons, a third-generation horseman and owner of Country Life Farm, depicts a century of life inside the horse business, written from inside the fences of Maryland's oldest Thoroughbred farm. In 2016, in the basement of his farmhouse, Josh Pons discovered thousands of letters from his grandfather's life in the Thoroughbred horse business. The ......
