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Sir Barton and the Making of the Triple Crown (Hardcover)
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Sir Barton and the Making of the Triple Crown (Hardcover)
Series: Horses in History
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He was always destined to be a champion. Royally bred, with English
and American classic winners in his pedigree, Sir Barton shone from
birth, dubbed the "king of them all." But after a winless
two-year-old season and a near-fatal illness, uncertainty clouded
the start of Sir Barton's three-year-old season. Then his surprise
victory in America's signature race, the Kentucky Derby, started
him on the road to history, where he would go on to dominate the
Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, completing America's first Triple
Crown. His wins inspired the ultimate chase for greatness in
American horse racing and established an elite group that would
grow to include legends like Citation, Secretariat, and American
Pharoah. After a series of dynamic wins in 1920, popular opinion
tapped Sir Barton as the best challenger for the wonder horse Man
o' War, and demanded a match race to settle once and for all which
horse was the greatest. That duel would cement the reputation of
one horse for all time and diminish the reputation of the other for
the next century -- until now. Sir Barton and the Making of the
Triple Crown is the first book to focus on Sir Barton, his career,
and his historic impact on horse racing. Author Jennifer S. Kelly
uses extensive research and historical sources to examine this
champion's life and achievements. Kelly charts how Sir Barton broke
track records, scored victories over other champions, and sparked
the yearly pursuit of Triple Crown glory. This book reveals the
legacy of Sir Barton and his seminal contributions to Thoroughbred
racing one hundred years after his pioneering achievement.
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