150 years of racing in Saratoga: little known stories and facts from America's most historic racing city 9781625845559, 9781626191020, 1625845553
First Things First -- Whichone : The "Other" Horse in the 1930 Travers -- Filly for the Course -- A Pair of De
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English Pages (143 pages) : illustrations Year 2013
Table of contents :
First Things First --
Whichone : The "Other" Horse in the 1930 Travers --
Filly for the Course --
A Pair of Dead-Heats Travers --
Travers Trainer Mary Hirsch Stands Alone --
Nineteenth-Century Steeplechasing and Hurdles Racing --
Leading Jockeys and Trainers, 1900-1960 --
A History of the Flash Stakes --
Saratoga's Top Fifteen Fields --
Common Errors About Saratoga Racing --
Hopeful and Spinaway Winner Tanya --
Surprising Winners : Upset, Jim Dandy and Onion --
An Ode to the Popular Molly Brant --
The Notorious Gottfried Walbaum --
East versus West in the 1879 Travers --
Things to Know About Saratoga --
Three Equine Meteors --
A History of the Saratoga Cup --
Gates Closed on Union Avenue --
Record-Setting Checkmate --
Appendix: Hall of Fame and Other Champion Horses that Broke Their Maidens at Saratoga.
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