Horse Racing History
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The Lucky Thirteen
- The Winners of America's Triple Crown of Horse Racing
- By: Edward Bowen
- Narrated by: Barry Abrams
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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In more than a century of American Thoroughbred racing, only 13 horses have won the Triple Crown (the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes, all won in the same season). Veteran turf writer and racing historian Edward L. Bowen takes us through the rich history of one of the most formidable and exciting challenges in all of sport. Bowen covers the trainers, owners, and jockeys who etched their names into the annals of thoroughbred racing, and the “lucky 13” who captured all three jewels of the Triple Crown, racing’s most prestigious prize.
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The Lucky Thirteen
- The Winners of America's Triple Crown of Horse Racing
- Narrated by: Barry Abrams
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 09-10-19
- Language: English
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In more than a century of American Thoroughbred racing, only 13 horses have won the Triple Crown (the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes, all won in the same season)....
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Taking Shergar
- Thoroughbred Racing's Most Famous Cold Case (Horses in History)
- By: Milton C. Toby
- Narrated by: Robert Ferraro
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
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It was a cold and foggy February night in 1983 when a group of armed thieves crept onto Ballymany Stud, near The Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland, to steal Shergar, one of the thoroughbred industry's most renowned stallions. The thieves demanded a hefty ransom for the safe return of one of the most valuable Thoroughbreds in the world, but the ransom was never paid and Shergar's remains have never been found.
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Not what I expected
- By Amazon Customer on 15-05-24
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Taking Shergar
- Thoroughbred Racing's Most Famous Cold Case (Horses in History)
- Narrated by: Robert Ferraro
- Series: Horses in History, Book 2
- Length: 6 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 28-06-19
- Language: English
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It was a cold and foggy February night in 1983 when a group of armed thieves crept onto Ballymany Stud, near The Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland, to steal Shergar, one of the thoroughbred industry's most renowned stallions....
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The Grand National
- A Celebration of the World's Most Famous Horse Race
- By: Anne Holland
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
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Every year the Grand National produces very different stories from jockeys and horses alike; uplifting scenes from a victor and heartbreak when a mere inch divides the loser from the winner at the end of nearly four-and-a-half miles and 30 challenging fences. The race has evolved over the years, but there is one constant: luck, or the lack of it. How fitting, then, that in 1839 the first winner was named Lottery.
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A fascinating insight with even better narration
- By E. Barker on 11-04-21
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The Grand National
- A Celebration of the World's Most Famous Horse Race
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 18-03-21
- Language: English
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Every year the Grand National produces very different stories from jockeys and horses alike; uplifting scenes from a victor and heartbreak when a mere inch divides the loser from the winner at the end of nearly four-and-a-half miles and 30 challenging fences....
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Unbreakable
- By: Richard Askwith
- Narrated by: Richard Askwith
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
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Czechoslovakia, October 1937. Vast crowds have gathered to watch the threatened nation's most prestigious sporting contest: the Grand Pardubice steeplechase. Notoriously dangerous, the race is considered the ultimate test of manhood and fighting spirit. The Nazis have sent their paramilitary elite-SS officers on a mission to crush the 'subhuman Slavs'. The local cavalry officers have no hope of stopping them. But there is one other contestant: a countess riding a little golden mare.
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Unbreakable
- Narrated by: Richard Askwith
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 01-12-23
- Language: English
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Czechoslovakia, October 1937. Vast crowds have gathered to watch the threatened nation's most prestigious sporting contest: the Grand Pardubice steeplechase....
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Centaur
- By: Declan Murphy, Ami Rao
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan, Julie Maisey
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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A natural on a horse since he was able to walk, and imbued with a pure love of riding, Declan Murphy became one of the most brilliant jockeys of his generation before his world came crashing down at the final hurdle of a race at Haydock Park. His skull shattered in 12 places, he was believed to be dead, the last rites were read and the Racing Post published his obituary. Miraculously, and the word is not used lightly, he survived and defied medical thinking in recovering to the extent that 18 months after his fall, he was able to saddle up for one more race.
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Best autobiography I've listened to
- By Rachael on 18-05-17
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Centaur
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan, Julie Maisey
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 27-04-17
- Language: English
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A natural on a horse since he was able to walk, and imbued with a pure love of riding, Declan Murphy became one of the most brilliant jockeys of his generation before his world came crashing down....
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The Age of the Horse
- An Equine Journey Through Human History
- By: Susanna Forrest
- Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
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Fifty-six million years ago, the earliest equid walked the earth-and beginning with the first-known horse-keepers of the Copper Age, the horse has played an integral part in human history. Combining fascinating anthropological detail and incisive personal anecdotes, Susanna Forrest draws from an immense range of archival documents as well as literature and art to illustrate how our evolution has coincided with that of horses.
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Disappointing in many ways
- By Ms. G. Mills on 04-05-24
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The Age of the Horse
- An Equine Journey Through Human History
- Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 12-09-17
- Language: English
- With passion and singular insight, Forrest investigates the complexities of human and horse coexistence, illuminating the multifaceted ways our cultures were shaped by this powerful creature....
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The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime
- Horse Racing Politics and Organized Crime in New York 1865-1913
- By: Steven Riess
- Narrated by: Emil N Gallina
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
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Thoroughbred racing was one of the first major sports in early America. Horse racing thrived because it was a high-status sport that attracted the interest of both old and new money. It grew because spectators enjoyed the pageantry, the exciting races, and, most of all, the gambling. In The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime, author Steven Riess fills a long-neglected gap in sports history, offering a richly detailed and fascinating chronicle of thoroughbred racing's heyday.
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The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime
- Horse Racing Politics and Organized Crime in New York 1865-1913
- Narrated by: Emil N Gallina
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 09-08-18
- Language: English
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In The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime, author Steven Riess fills a long-neglected gap in sports history, offering a richly detailed and fascinating chronicle of thoroughbred racing's heyday....
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The Best There Ever Was
- Dan Patch and the Dawn of the American Century
- By: Sharon B. Smith
- Narrated by: Rob Gorden
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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His winning percentage was well above Jordan’s shooting average or Woods’s domination of golf tournaments. And he sold products and drew spectators like no one had ever done. He was hands down the most famous athlete in America’s most popular spectator sport, and exactly one hundred years ago you would have been hard pressed to find anybody in the country who didn’t know his name. He was Dan Patch, and he was a racehorse.
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The Best There Ever Was
- Dan Patch and the Dawn of the American Century
- Narrated by: Rob Gorden
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 05-11-13
- Language: English
- His winning percentage was well above Jordan’s shooting average or Woods’s domination of golf tournaments. And he sold products and drew spectators like no one had ever done....
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Out of the Clouds
- By: Linda Carroll, David Rosner
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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In the wake of World War II, as turmoil and chaos were giving way to optimism, Americans were looking for inspiration and role models showing that it was possible to start from the bottom and work your way up to the top—and they found it in Stymie, the failed racehorse plucked from the discard heap by trainer Hirsch Jacobs. Taking listeners on a crowd-pleasing ride with Stymie and Jacobs, Out of the Clouds unwinds a real-life Horatio Alger tale of a dauntless team and its working-class fans who lived vicariously through the stouthearted little colt they embraced as their own.
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Out of the Clouds
- Narrated by: Kevin T. Collins
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 29-05-18
- Language: English
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Taking listeners on a crowd-pleasing ride with Stymie and Jacobs, Out of the Clouds unwinds a real-life Horatio Alger tale of a dauntless team and its working-class fans who lived vicariously through the stouthearted little colt they embraced as their own....
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Never Say Die
- A Kentucky Colt, the Epsom Derby, and the Rise of the Modern Thoroughbred Industry
- By: James Nicholson
- Narrated by: John Chester
- Length: 5 hrs
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A quarter of a million people braved miserable conditions at Epsom Downs on June 2, 1954, to see the 175th running of the prestigious Derby Stakes. Queen Elizabeth II and Sir Winston Churchill were in attendance, along with thousands of Britons who were all convinced of the unfailing superiority of English bloodstock and eager to see a British colt take the victory. They were shocked when a Kentucky-born chestnut named Never Say Die galloped to a two-length triumph at odds of 33-1.
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The pronunciation is a place names, and the race itself drove me potty
- By althegoat on 19-01-23
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Never Say Die
- A Kentucky Colt, the Epsom Derby, and the Rise of the Modern Thoroughbred Industry
- Narrated by: John Chester
- Length: 5 hrs
- Release date: 18-03-16
- Language: English
- A quarter of a million people braved miserable conditions at Epsom Downs on June 2, 1954, to see the 175th running of the prestigious Derby Stakes....
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The Big Book of Australian Racing Stories
- By: Jim Haynes
- Narrated by: Jim Haynes
- Length: 18 hrs and 9 mins
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Great tales of the turf, from Jorrocks to Black Caviar. Jim Haynes loves the sport of kings nearly as much as he loves bush yarns, and in this volume he brings these two great loves together in the biggest book of Australian racing stories ever. Full of tall tales and true, laughter, romance and heartbreak, and chock-a-block with the best Australian racing stories, verses and yarns, Jim tells of the great champions, the tragedies, and the unique characters (equine and human) of the track.
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A stayer, not a sprint
- By jillian grant on 09-09-16
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The Big Book of Australian Racing Stories
- Narrated by: Jim Haynes
- Length: 18 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 11-11-15
- Language: English
- Jim Haynes loves the sport of kings nearly as much as he loves bush yarns, and in this volume he brings these two great loves together....
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Unnatural Ability
- The History of Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Thoroughbred Racing
- By: Milton C. Toby
- Narrated by: Barry Abrams
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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In a mere twelve months, between May 2020 and May 2021, horse racing's most recognizable face—Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert—had five horses that failed postrace drug tests. Among those was the 2021 Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit. While the incident was a major scandal in the Thoroughbred racing world, it was only the latest in a series of drug-related infractions among elite athletes. Milton C. Toby addresses the historical and contemporary context of the Thoroughbred industry's most pressing issue.
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Unnatural Ability
- The History of Performance-Enhancing Drugs in Thoroughbred Racing
- Narrated by: Barry Abrams
- Series: Horses in History, Book 9
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 26-12-23
- Language: English
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Milton C. Toby addresses the historical and contemporary context of the Thoroughbred industry's most pressing issue....
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Sir Barton and the Making of the Triple Crown
- Horses in History
- By: Jennifer S. Kelly
- Narrated by: James McSorley
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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He was always destined to be a champion. Royally bred, with English and American classic winners in his pedigree, Sir Barton shone from birth, dubbed the "king of them all". But after a winless two-year-old season and a near-fatal illness, uncertainty clouded the start of Sir Barton's three-year-old season. Then his surprise victory in America's signature race, the Kentucky Derby, started him on the road to history, where he would go on to dominate the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, completing America's first Triple Crown.
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Nostalgia in spades
- By Anonymous User on 14-02-22
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Sir Barton and the Making of the Triple Crown
- Horses in History
- Narrated by: James McSorley
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 06-01-21
- Language: English
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He was always destined to be a champion. Royally bred, with English and American classic winners in his pedigree, Sir Barton shone from birth, dubbed the "king of them all"....
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The Foxes of Belair
- Gallant Fox, Omaha, and the Quest for the Triple Crown (Horses in History)
- By: Jennifer S. Kelly
- Narrated by: Lee Ann Howlett
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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The story of one of racing's earliest dynasties, the historic Belair Stud, began with William Woodward's childhood memories of grand days at the racetrack, inspiring dreams of breeding a champion or two of his own. Woodward turned those dreams into reality, building Belair Stud on his family's Maryland estate, launching what would become the preeminent thoroughbred breeding and racing empire in America and chasing racing's biggest prizes in both the United States and England.
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Captivating
- By Anonymous User on 06-11-23
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The Foxes of Belair
- Gallant Fox, Omaha, and the Quest for the Triple Crown (Horses in History)
- Narrated by: Lee Ann Howlett
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 16-10-23
- Language: English
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The story of one of racing's earliest dynasties, the historic Belair Stud, began with William Woodward's childhood memories of grand days at the racetrack, inspiring dreams of breeding a champion or two of his own....
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Seabiscuit
- The Life of the Most Famous Horse in American History
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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Of all the things that a nation, or even an individual, need to survive a crisis, none is perhaps as necessary as hope. That feeling that somehow one can survive, win even, though the odds are stacked against them and the outlook is grim. Throughout its history, the United States has been blessed, often when most needed, with hope from a strange place.
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Seabiscuit
- The Life of the Most Famous Horse in American History
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 07-02-17
- Language: English
- Of all the things that a nation, or even an individual, need to survive a crisis, none is perhaps as necessary as hope....
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Kelso
- The Horse of Gold
- By: Linda Kennedy
- Narrated by: Randi Bachman
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
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At his three-year debut in June 1960, no one could know that Mrs. Allaire DuPont’s small, deerlike gelding named Kelso would come to dominate American racing like no other horse before or since. In Kelso: The Horse of Gold, Linda Kennedy tells the remarkable story of one of the greatest athletes of the ages, recreating the excitement of "Kelly's" unique and brilliant career while placing his unparalleled achievements in the context of racing history.
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Kelso
- The Horse of Gold
- Narrated by: Randi Bachman
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 23-03-20
- Language: English
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In Kelso: The Horse of Gold, Linda Kennedy tells the remarkable story of one of the greatest athletes of the ages, recreating the excitement of "Kelly's" unique and brilliant career while placing his unparalleled achievements in the context of racing history....
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Spectacular Bid: The Last Superhorse of the Twentieth Century
- Horses in History
- By: Peter Lee
- Narrated by: Chaz Allen
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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On the morning of the 1979 Belmont Stakes, Spectacular Bid stepped on a safety pin in his stall, injuring his foot. He had impressively won the first two races - the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness - but finished third in the Belmont, most likely due to his injury, making him one win shy of becoming the sport's third straight Triple Crown champion. But that loss did not prevent him from becoming one of horse racing's greatest competitors.
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Spectacular Bid: The Last Superhorse of the Twentieth Century
- Horses in History
- Narrated by: Chaz Allen
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 08-12-20
- Language: English
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On the morning of the 1979 Belmont Stakes, Spectacular Bid stepped on a safety pin in his stall, injuring his foot. He had impressively won the first two races - the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness - but finished third in the Belmont, most likely due to his injury....
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Lexington
- The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse
- By: Kim Wickens
- Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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Kim Wickens, a lawyer and dressage rider, became fascinated by this legendary horse when she learned that twelve of Thoroughbred racing's thirteen Triple Crown winners descended from Lexington. Wickens spent years meticulously researching the horse and his legacy—and with Lexington, she presents an absorbing, exciting account that transports listeners back to the raucous beginning of American horse racing and introduces them to the stallion at its heart.
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The incredible detail
- By Belinda Blouin on 26-05-24
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Lexington
- The Extraordinary Life and Turbulent Times of America's Legendary Racehorse
- Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 11-07-23
- Language: English
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Kim Wickens, a lawyer and dressage rider, became fascinated by this legendary horse when she learned that twelve of Thoroughbred racing's thirteen Triple Crown winners descended from Lexington....
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The Fast Ride
- Spectacular Bid and the Undoing of a Sure Thing
- By: Jack Gilden
- Narrated by: Jack Gilden
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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In an era of spectacular thoroughbreds, Spectacular Bid was perhaps the most exalted racehorse of them all. In 1979, he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes—and transcended his sport on a run of 12 consecutive stakes victories—but his quest for the Triple Crown was lost with a third-place finish in the Belmont Stakes due to a series of bizarre events that have never been accurately reported. In The Fast Ride, Jack Gilden tells the story of what really happened that day the Bid lost the biggest race of his life.
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Superb
- By Anonymous User on 17-11-22
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The Fast Ride
- Spectacular Bid and the Undoing of a Sure Thing
- Narrated by: Jack Gilden
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 10-08-22
- Language: English
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In an era of spectacular thoroughbreds, Spectacular Bid was perhaps the most exalted racehorse of them all. In 1979, he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes—and transcended his sport on a run of 12 consecutive stakes victories....
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Isaac Murphy
- The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey
- By: Katherine C. Mooney
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
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Isaac Murphy, born enslaved in 1861, still reigns as one of the greatest jockeys in American history. Black jockeys like Murphy were at the top of the most popular sport in America at the end of the nineteenth century. They were internationally famous, the first African American superstar athletes—and with wins in three Kentucky Derbies and countless other prestigious races, Murphy was the greatest of them all.
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Isaac Murphy
- The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 16-01-24
- Language: English
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Isaac Murphy, born enslaved in 1861, still reigns as one of the greatest jockeys in American history. Black jockeys like Murphy were at the top of the most popular sport in America at the end of the nineteenth century....
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