Product Description: The all new Entertaining with Bluegrass Winners cookbook has updated menus and recipes that reflect the changing seasons at Central Kentucky's horse farms. In this book, racing historian Edward L. Bowen provides details of the 40 thoroughbred farms that are featured.

Product Description: Man o' War didn't run in the Kentucky Derby because owner Sam Riddle thought the distance was too long for 3-year-olds that early in the year. But nearly two decades later, Riddle had a change of heart. In 1937, he agreed to run War Admiral, a son of the great Man o' War, in the Derby...read more

Explores the lives of early twentieth-century horse trainers who were responsible for shaping the landscape of American horse racing, in a tribute that includes profiles of such figures as Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, the Jones Boys, and James Rowe.

SUPERANNO Belmont Park has played host to some of Thoroughbred racing’s greatest champions, from Man o’ War and Citation to modern-day heroes Secretariat and Cigar. Internationally acclaimed equine artist Richard Stone Reeves salutes Belmont’s first century with portraits of 70 racehorses who thrilled crowds, set records, and became legends at the fabled New York track. Award-winning Turf writer Edward L. Bowen profiles each horse in this volume, bringing these champions, their owners, and their trainers to life.

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Product Description: Acclaimed as the greatest racehorse of all time, and more than half a century after his death his legend continues to grow. Mentioned with the same reverence as Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, and Red Grange. Winner of twenty races in twenty-one starts...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Examines how the modern American Thoroughbred has evolved primarily through the influence of 26 noteworthy stallions. Also covers the people who bred or owned these horses, intertwining their stories with those of their horses. These stallions helped America become the source of the world's best racehorses...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Chronicles the lives of racehorses from birth to retirement, featuring behind-the-scenes glimpses of many of the greats: the birth of Secretariat's offspring, the heavily guarded Alydar exercising in early morning solitude, and the champion Spectacular Bid being fitted for new shoes...read more