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- In a Class by Himself
Engelsk Hardback
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- In a Class by Himself
Engelsk Hardback

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When Citation (1945-1970) retired in mid-1951, he was horseracing''s first and, to that point, only millionaire racehorse. Following his 1948 triumphs at the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont in 1948, it would be twenty-five years before another horse (Secreteriat) would again wear the coveted Triple Crown. Citation, by legendary announcer and longtime horseracing insider Phil Georgeff, reveals all about the thoroughbred, his remarkable career, and those in his inner circle. Georgeff delves into Citation''s unusual bloodline; the death of his original rider, Al Snider, swept out to sea while fishing off the Florida keys; Citation''s stunning 1948 Triple Crown victory; and the ultimate effects of the horse''s excessive, aggressive schedule (racing on little rest after traveling cross-country in sweltering vans and railroad boxcars). Based on interviews from those who knew the thoroughbred, including famed jockey Eddie Arcaro and renowned son-and-father trainers Ben A. and Jimmy Jones; Citation is more than merely the biography of a gifted horse. It the full story of the greatest sports figure in the history of horseracing, a champion who won or placed in thirty different contests in his career and whose spirit continue to captivate the American public.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
256
ISBN-13:
9780878332922
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0878332928
Udg. Dato:
3 maj 2003
Længde:
19mm
Bredde:
158mm
Højde:
235mm
Forlag:
Taylor Trade Publishing
Oplagsdato:
3 maj 2003
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