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Horse
Racing's Top 100 Moments
Staff
of Blood-Horse Publications
Pub Date: May 2006. Some
of horse racing’s most respected authorities looked
at feats of greatness, world records, legendary rivalries,
and innovations to rank the sport’s top 100 moments.
They weighed individual accomplishments against industry
initiatives, innovations against lucky breaks to come
up with the definitive list.
They
pondered Secretariat’s 31-length Belmont Stakes victory,
Smarty Jones’ elusive Triple Crown, the creation
of the Breeders’ Cup, and advancements in equine
surgery. Racing’s top 100 list will generate debate
for years to come, just as did the ranking of Man o’
War over Secretariat as Horse of the Century. Richly illustrated
with historic and modern photos, Horse Racing’s
Top 100 Moments also contains comprehensive lists
of leading earners, fastest times, highest prices, and
most races won.
Some
of the Top 100 Moments:
•
Seabiscuit vs. War Admiral in the 1938 Pimlico Special
• Secretariat's 31-length Belmont Stakes win
• Affirmed and Alydar's 1978 Belmont duel
• Matt J. Winn saves Churchill Downs and the Kentucky
Derby
• Man o' War is upset by Upset for his only loss
• Cigar wins the inaugural Dubai World Cup
• Calumet Farm files for bankruptcy
• Afleet Alex wins the 2005 Preakness after nearly
going down
• Citation becomes the first horse to earn a million
dollars
• The Breeders' Cup, racing's championship day, is
first run in 1984 at Hollywood Park
About the Panelists:
The following racing experts selected the Top 100
Moments:
Edward L. Bowen is president of The Grayson-Jockey
Club Foundation and the author of seventeen books, including
Legacies of the Turf and biographies of Man o’
War, Bold Ruler, and Nashua.
Timothy T. Capps has served as editor of The
Thoroughbred Record and as an executive for the
Maryland Jockey Club. He is the author of a biography
of Affirmed and Alydar.
Morton Cathro is a former reporter, editor, and
columnist for the Oakland Tribune.
Alice Chandler, who has raised champions and a
Kentucky Derby winner on her Mill Ridge Farm in Lexington,
Ky., is active in many Thoroughbred organizations, including
The Jockey Club and the Keeneland Association.
Steve Haskin is the award-winning senior correspondent
for The Blood-Horse magazine and the author of
several books about horse racing, including Holy Grail:
The Epic Quest for the Kentucky Derby.
Joe Hirsch, retired Daily Racing Form reporter
whose venerated Turf-writing career spanned five decades,
is known as the dean of Thoroughbred racing. He is the
author or co-author of five books about Thoroughbred racing.
John McEvoy, former Midwest editor of Daily
Racing Form, is the author of Great Horse Racing
Mysteries and Round Table.
Multiple Eclipse Award winner William Nack, a longtime
writer for Sports Illustrated, is the author of
Secretariat: The Making of a Champion and My
Turf: Horses, Boxers, Blood Money and the Sporting Life.
About the Authors:
Contributors to Horse Racing's Top 100 Moments
include the following:
Panelists Edward L. Bowen and Steve Haskin,
plus Ray Paulick, editor-in-chief of The Blood-Horse;
Dan Liebman, executive editor of The Blood-Horse;
Tom LaMarra, news editor of The Blood-Horse;
David Schmitz, stud news editor of The Blood-Horse;
Ron Mitchell, online editor of bloodhorse.com;
and Jacqueline Duke, editorial director of Eclipse
Press.
Praise for Horse Racing's Top 100 Moments:
"This work belongs in every racing aficionado's personal library. It is an amazing look back at 100 years of racing history and some of the greatest horses and people to have graced the Turf, showing how the sport got to where it is today. For many of the events featured, fans will either remember where they were when it happened or wish they had witnessed it in person."
--Cindy Pierson Dulay, Horse-Races.net
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Paperback Original
8 1/2 x 10 1/2
256 pages
150 b/w photos
150 color photos
Product #B11-1110
List Price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1-58150-139-0
ISBN-13: 978-1-58150-139-1
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