Barbaro: The Horse Who Captured America's Heart
by Sean Clancy
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Author: Sean ClancyEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04-02
ISBN: 1581501595
Number of pages: 191
Publisher: Eclipse Press
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Book Review: A Wonderful Tribute To The Greatest Of Champions
Summary: 5 Stars
This could be the most anticipated book ever that covers Thoroughbred racing, and it is a most perfect trip from gate-to-wire.
Author Sean Clancy tells the triumphant and tragic story of Barbaro as it happens, with the reader feeling the euphoria of victory, heartfelt pain of uncertainty and anger seconds after the start of the Preakness Stakes & the optimism that - through the surgeries and setbacks - this champion was going to beat the long odds, because we were urging him to make that great drive to the finish line to defeat death by a nose.
As Clancy explained in a recent column in The Blood-Horse magazine, he was confronted with a deadline as Barbaro's health began to teeter precariously for what was the final time. Those final words to close the book really aren't the end, though, as Barbaro's death won't be in vain if research avenues open up that will save the lives of racers in years to come and each runner who gives it all for us on the track is treated with respect & dignity when that inevitable final home stretch in life is being run.
The wealth of pictures alone tells the story and shows the time & thought that went into the planning for the book.
Barbaro captured America's heart in a way that is rarely seen in today's sports media. But it was his trust in caretakers and will to live that ultimately showed that Barbaro had the biggest heart of all.
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