Cigar:
America's Horse
By Jay Hovdey
Winner
of the 1997 Benjamin Franklin Award for outstanding Recreation/Sports
book from Publishers Marketing Association. The Benjamin
Franklin Awards are given by PMA for excellence in independent
publishing.
Cigar:
America's Horse is an engaging true story of how a
champion racehorse is made. Follow Cigar from his early
disappointment to his rise from obscurity as he equals
the modern-day record for consecutive victories. Travel
with author Jay Hovdey as he chronicles this superstar's
dominance of North American racetracks and the desert
sands of the United Arab Emirates. Witness when Cigar
becomes the richest racehorse of all time. The
epilogue now includes Cigar's final races, aborted stud
career, and retirement to the Kentucky Horse Park.
Also
available in a leather-bound limited
edition.
Praise
for Jay Hovdey's Cigar:
"Jay
Hovdey is a splendid writer and indefatigable reporter.
The story of Cigar -- and the people around him and hte
genealogical forces that brought him to Earth -- is one
of the most fascinating of ouir time."
--Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, former editor-in-chief,
Reader's Digest
****
"Take
this extraordinary journey with a brilliant writer as
your guide. It's better than a winning day at the track."
--Dave Johnson, ABC Sports and ESPN Commentator
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