The Most Glorious Crown: The Story of America's Triple Crown Thoroughbreds from Sir Barton to Affirmed
by Marvin Drager
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Author: Marvin DragerBrand: Unknown
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-04-01
ISBN: 1572437243
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Triumph Books
Product features:
- 304 pages
- 9 x 10, Hardbound
- pub date 2005-04-01
- b/w images throughout
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Book Review: A must for Triple Crown Fanatics
Summary: 5 Stars
If you adore the yearly triple crown thoroughbred races, you gotta get this book. I was born in a triple crown year,1948, and of course learned much more about the wonderful colt, Citation, in 1973, when the media kept saying about Secretariat, "the first triple crown winner since Citation 25 years ago".Since I was so wowwed by that gorgeous creature Secretariat, I wanted to learn more about the great Citation. What a gem he was! Eddie Arcaro said "he was a doll to ride," meaning he did exactly what the jockey wanted and more. Then I wanted to learn about ALL the T.C. winners, since there are only 11 of them! This isn't a book you read like a novel, though you can; it's more like a reference book that a fanatic has to have; plus it may be the only such book in print, if I recall. There's even a DVD by the History Channel on the inside front cover. Need any more encouragement? If ya love or own horses, or just yearn to watch them on TV, like me, you will adore this book. The photos are wonderful - all B & W, but that doesn't bother me one bit. I find that most color photos of horses markedly distort their color: dark browns look black, blacks may have a reddish cast, etc. Ya gotta go to the track to see the REAL color of the horse, I guess. I digress. The statistics presented are so interesting, like triple crown "near misses". I'm so glad this book was published for the likes of me. It's a beaut!
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