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Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Equestrian & animal sports > Horse racing > General

Horse Racing Colouring Book (Paperback): Cindy Pierson Dulay Horse Racing Colouring Book (Paperback)
Cindy Pierson Dulay; Illustrated by Cindy Pierson Dulay
R179 Discovery Miles 1 790 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Zenyatta - Queen Z - the Legend (Paperback): Patricia Probert Gott Zenyatta - Queen Z - the Legend (Paperback)
Patricia Probert Gott
R273 Discovery Miles 2 730 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Ben Said (Paperback): MaryAnn Myers Ben Said (Paperback)
MaryAnn Myers
R377 Discovery Miles 3 770 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Riding, Driving, Fencing for Young People - Long-Distance Riding, Etc. (Paperback): Theodore Ayrault Dodge Riding, Driving, Fencing for Young People - Long-Distance Riding, Etc. (Paperback)
Theodore Ayrault Dodge
R585 Discovery Miles 5 850 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Northern Dancer - The Legend and His Legacy (Paperback): Muriel Lennox Northern Dancer - The Legend and His Legacy (Paperback)
Muriel Lennox
R512 Discovery Miles 5 120 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Discipleship With Horses - Practical Guide to Using Obstacles, Exercises, and Simple Cues to Get the Results You Want... Discipleship With Horses - Practical Guide to Using Obstacles, Exercises, and Simple Cues to Get the Results You Want (Paperback)
Lynn Baber
R367 Discovery Miles 3 670 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Champions (Hardcover): Lisa J Hall Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Champions (Hardcover)
Lisa J Hall
R707 R626 Discovery Miles 6 260 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Farming and Foxhunting (Paperback): Charles W Whatley Farming and Foxhunting (Paperback)
Charles W Whatley
R531 Discovery Miles 5 310 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Garrett Gomez Story - A Jockey's Journey Through Addiction & Salvation (Paperback): Garrett Keith Gomez The Garrett Gomez Story - A Jockey's Journey Through Addiction & Salvation (Paperback)
Garrett Keith Gomez; Edited by Star Burton-West; Rudolph Valier Alvarado
R532 Discovery Miles 5 320 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
American Pharoah - The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise (Paperback): Joe Drape American Pharoah - The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise (Paperback)
Joe Drape
R484 Discovery Miles 4 840 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

History was made at the Belmont Stakes in Summer 2015 when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown title, the first racehorse to achieve the momentous feat since Affirmed in 1978. Pharoah was the crowd favorite, as spectators had anxiously anticipated the American Thoroughbred's victory, already a proven winner at the year's earlier Kentucky Derby and Preakness races. By all appearances, American Pharoah has led a successful career, unmarred by any controversy as he was the undisputed champion-only twelve horses total in American history have won the Triple Crown. Unfortunately however, his training team has not fared nearly as well. With accusations ranging from sour business transactions to poor gambling practices to active litigation with bankruptcy courts and other legal cases pending, his owner Ahmed Zayat has many rooting against him. The flamboyant Egyptian-American businessman has been leading a double-life that has threatened to overwhelm his small empire. Victor Espinoza, the famed racehorse's relentless jockey, left rural Mexico only to face harsh conditions on a farm where he had to overcome his fear of horses before learning that he had a gift for race riding. Finally, Bob Baffert, American Pharoah's trainer, has an interesting arc that includes tremendous wins, personal losses, and controversial medication violations. Beginning with American Pharoah's modest showing at his first maiden race in 2014, Joe Drape will recount the winning thoroughbred's explosive racing career by weaving in details of Zayat's questionable business practices, Espinoza's heartbreaking loss with California Chrome last year, and Baffert's temperamental, unreliable track record. By interviewing many of the parties involved, Drape will explore the claims of corruption, illegal gambling, and secretive business practices that have been prevalent throughout, all that have ultimately contributed to the makings of this award-winning racehorse.

Tetch (Paperback): MaryAnn Myers Tetch (Paperback)
MaryAnn Myers
R269 Discovery Miles 2 690 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Turf Stars - Horses to Follow 2016 (Paperback): Kel Mansfield Turf Stars - Horses to Follow 2016 (Paperback)
Kel Mansfield
R184 Discovery Miles 1 840 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The 21ST Century Complete Guide To Strippers.Everything you need to know about S (Paperback): Mark Gorge The 21ST Century Complete Guide To Strippers.Everything you need to know about S (Paperback)
Mark Gorge
R249 Discovery Miles 2 490 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Golden Age of New Jersey Horse Racing (Paperback): Linda Dougherty The Golden Age of New Jersey Horse Racing (Paperback)
Linda Dougherty
R234 Discovery Miles 2 340 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Moods - The Peter Moody Saga (Large Print 16 Pt Edition) (Paperback): Helen Thomas Moods - The Peter Moody Saga (Large Print 16 Pt Edition) (Paperback)
Helen Thomas
R822 Discovery Miles 8 220 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Horseplayer II - Longshot Strategy and Angles (Paperback): Bill Peterson Horseplayer II - Longshot Strategy and Angles (Paperback)
Bill Peterson
R434 Discovery Miles 4 340 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Getting Down - An Unveiling of the Horse Racing Industry: Its Insiders, Workers, Patrons, and Me (Paperback): David Nalick Getting Down - An Unveiling of the Horse Racing Industry: Its Insiders, Workers, Patrons, and Me (Paperback)
David Nalick
R556 Discovery Miles 5 560 Ships in 18 - 22 working days

"Getting Down" is not a typical racetrack story. Seabiscuit, Swaps, Man o' War, John Henry, Secretariat, and Zenyatta may well be mentioned, but this story is about the people of racing, not the horses. It's about racetrack workers, on both the back and front sides of the track. It's about racetrack owners and managers. It's about those who own the horses and train them, and it's about the people who ride them. It's also about the people who pay to go to the races - the patrons, including the rich and famous, along with the not so rich and famous, all the way down the economic ladder to the out and out homeless.

The above categories include some of the strangest, meanest, most dangerous, most pathetic, most ruthless people on the face of this earth. Yet, my list of characters also includes some of the nicest, kindest, most generous, funniest, happiest people one could ever hope to meet. And since this book is also about me and my over fifty yeras working in this industry, I'm going to let you decide in which of the above categories you think I might best fit.

"Getting Down" is about "getting down." The term, getting down, is racetrack lingo having to do with the process of successfully putting one's wager on a given horse, in the right race, before getting "shut out." In other words, it's about successfully making one's bet before the race begins and betting for that race But the scope of this story is, as you will see, much broader than that. Indeed, it is a story about life, because in one way or another, ine one form or another, life itself is about getting down.

Riders up! (Paperback): Jr Jr Rene Riera Riders up! (Paperback)
Jr Jr Rene Riera
R337 Discovery Miles 3 370 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Arab Horse, the Thoroughbred and the Turf (Paperback): James Penn Boucaut The Arab Horse, the Thoroughbred and the Turf (Paperback)
James Penn Boucaut
R719 Discovery Miles 7 190 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
America's Long Distance Challenge II - New Century, New Trails, and More Miles (Paperback): Karen Bumgarner America's Long Distance Challenge II - New Century, New Trails, and More Miles (Paperback)
Karen Bumgarner
R551 Discovery Miles 5 510 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Derby Innovator - The Making of Animal Kingdom (Paperback): Barry Irwin Derby Innovator - The Making of Animal Kingdom (Paperback)
Barry Irwin
R587 Discovery Miles 5 870 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency in Sports Turf (Paperback): Jeff Haag Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency in Sports Turf (Paperback)
Jeff Haag
R522 Discovery Miles 5 220 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Racing For Glory - The Story of American Pharoah And His Run To Triple Crown Immortality (Paperback): Michael Keneski Racing For Glory - The Story of American Pharoah And His Run To Triple Crown Immortality (Paperback)
Michael Keneski
R521 Discovery Miles 5 210 Out of stock
The 21st Century Complete Guide to Harness Racing (Paperback): Mark Gorge The 21st Century Complete Guide to Harness Racing (Paperback)
Mark Gorge
R406 Discovery Miles 4 060 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Wire to Wire - Book Five of the Winning Odds Series (Paperback): MaryAnn Myers Wire to Wire - Book Five of the Winning Odds Series (Paperback)
MaryAnn Myers
R343 Discovery Miles 3 430 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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