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Legacies
of the Turf: A Century of Great Thoroughbred Breeders
(Vol. 2)
Edward
L. Bowen
Pub Date: November 2004. The
real stories behind the people who gave racing some of
its greatest names include the man who bred Secretariat
yet was too ill to see him race; the owner of the Pittsburgh
Pirates who honored his greatest player by bestowing the
name Roberto on a regal colt; a Canadian industrialist
who couldn’t sell a horse that become the century’s
greatest stallion; and a Mormon cowboy derided by the
East Coast establishment he beat at its own game.
Brash
upstarts, old money, and savvy titans of industry color
the pages of Legacies of the Turf (Vol.
2). Their persistence, hard work, genetics theories, and
good old-fashioned luck resulted in the greatest racehorses
of the second half of the century.
For
a detailed look inside this book, click here.
About the Author:
Edward L. Bowen is a respected racing historian whose
previous works include the Thoroughbred Legends Man
o' War and War
Admiral as well as Matriarchs:
Great Mares of the 20th Century and Dynasties:
Great Thoroughbred Stallions. He is president
of the Grayson-Jockey Club Foundation, which raises money
for equine research. Bowen lives in Versailles, Kentucky.
In
2004 Bowen and Legacies of
the Turf (Vol. 1) were honored with a Book of
the Year Award from ForeWord Magazine.
Read
a Q&A with the
author.
Praise
for Edward L. Bowen and Legacies of the Turf, Vol.
2:
"As
well as being simply fascinating, I found it highly readable.
It never hurts that author Ed Bowen has the true knack
for making history entertaining."
-- Susan van Dyke, Washington Thoroughbred
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