Virginia Horse Racing

Triumphs of the Turf

Nonfiction, Sports, Horse Sports, Horse Racing, Science & Nature, Nature, Animals, Horses, Pets
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Author: Barbara Crookshanks, Virginia C. Johnson ISBN: 9781625843920
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: August 29, 2008
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Barbara Crookshanks, Virginia C. Johnson
ISBN: 9781625843920
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: August 29, 2008
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English
Virginia, mother of presidents, is also the mother of American horse racing. From the very beginning, Virginians have risked it all on the track as eagerly as on the battlefield. Follow the bloodlines of three foundation sires of the American Thoroughbred through generations of rollicking races and larger-than-life grandees wagering kingly stakes, sometimes on horses not yet born. How did the horse nicknamed Damn His Eyes get protection money from other horse owners? What did it mean to �tap the claret� to break a neck-and-neck tie? Why was Confederate cavalry so much better than Union�was it the riders, or was it the mounts? All these and many more stories of horsemanship on and off the track fill the pages of Virginia Horse Racing: Triumphs of the Turf.
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Virginia, mother of presidents, is also the mother of American horse racing. From the very beginning, Virginians have risked it all on the track as eagerly as on the battlefield. Follow the bloodlines of three foundation sires of the American Thoroughbred through generations of rollicking races and larger-than-life grandees wagering kingly stakes, sometimes on horses not yet born. How did the horse nicknamed Damn His Eyes get protection money from other horse owners? What did it mean to �tap the claret� to break a neck-and-neck tie? Why was Confederate cavalry so much better than Union�was it the riders, or was it the mounts? All these and many more stories of horsemanship on and off the track fill the pages of Virginia Horse Racing: Triumphs of the Turf.

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