Racing History
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Racing for the Bomb
- The True Story of General Leslie R. Groves, the Man Behind the Birth of the Atomic Age
- By: Robert S. Norris
- Narrated by: Peter Johnson
- Length: 23 hrs and 1 min
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Revealed for the first time in Racing for the Bomb, Groves played a crucial and decisive role in the planning, timing, and targeting of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions. Norris offers new insights into the complex and controversial questions surrounding the decision to drop the bomb in Japan and Groves' actions during World War II, which had a lasting imprint on the nuclear age and the Cold War that followed.
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Racing for the Bomb
- The True Story of General Leslie R. Groves, the Man Behind the Birth of the Atomic Age
- Narrated by: Peter Johnson
- Length: 23 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 04-11-14
- Language: English
- Revealed for the first time in Racing for the Bomb, Groves played a crucial and decisive role in the planning, timing, and targeting of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions....
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- The Sub-Two-Hour Marathon Is Within Reach - Here’s How It Will Go Down, and What It Can Teach All Runners About Training and Racing
- By: Philip Maffetone, Bill Katovsky
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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What will it take to run a marathon in less than two hours? The world's fastest times for the marathon have been dropping since the distance of 26.2 miles was made official nearly one hundred years ago. But after a noticeable decline that occurred for a half century, the times, while still edging lower, have stalled several minutes north of two hours for the past decade. For the first time, 1:59 examines what it will take for an elite distance runner to go subtwo hours.
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Turns conventional wisdom on its head
- By Van Dieu on 31-12-15
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- The Sub-Two-Hour Marathon Is Within Reach - Here’s How It Will Go Down, and What It Can Teach All Runners About Training and Racing
- Narrated by: LJ Ganser
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 25-11-14
- Language: English
- The world's fastest times for the marathon have been dropping since the distance of 26.2 miles was made official nearly one hundred years ago....
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The Brown Bullet
- Rajo Jack’s Drive to Integrate Auto Racing
- By: Bill Poehler
- Narrated by: David Sadzin
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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The powers-that-be in auto racing in the 1920s, namely the American Automobile Association's Contest Board, prohibited everyone who wasn't a White male from the sport. Dewey Gaston, a Black man who went by the name Rajo Jack, broke into the epicenter of racing in California, refusing to let the pervasive racism of his day stop him from competing against entire fields of White drivers. In The Brown Bullet, Bill Poehler uncovers the life of a long-forgotten trailblazer and the great lengths he took to even get on the track.
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The Brown Bullet
- Rajo Jack’s Drive to Integrate Auto Racing
- Narrated by: David Sadzin
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 05-05-20
- Language: English
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The powers-that-be in auto racing in the 1920s prohibited everyone who wasn't a White male from the sport. Dewey Gaston, a Black man who went by the name Rajo Jack, broke into the epicenter of racing in California, refusing to let the pervasive racism of his day stop him....
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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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Growing Wings
- The Inside Story of Red Bull Racing
- By: Ben Hunt, Christian Horner - contributor
- Narrated by: Nigel Barden
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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Intrigue, high-stakes machinations and adrenaline-fuelled track action – Growing Wings is the never-before-told inside story of how the grid’s most fascinating, swagger-rich and win-at-all-costs team competed their way to total domination and disrupted Formula One’s world order. With exclusive access to Red Bull's inner sanctum, leading F1 writer Ben Hunt probes the operations of a world-beating Formula One team over its eventful twenty-year history, from the rivalries, turbulence and controversy, to the game-changing tech and the leadership strategies.
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must read for any F1 fan
- By George on 22-09-24
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Growing Wings
- The Inside Story of Red Bull Racing
- Narrated by: Nigel Barden
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 23-05-24
- Language: English
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Intrigue, high-stakes machinations and adrenaline-fuelled track action – Growing Wings is the never-before-told inside story of how the grid’s most fascinating, swagger-rich and win-at-all-costs team competed their way to total domination and disrupted Formula One’s world order.
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The Call of the Road
- A Complete History of Cycle Road Racing
- By: Chris Sidwells
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
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The Call of the Road reveals the epic battles of all of the racing seasons since the first Tour de France, looking beyond the results to see the drama - not just on the road but within the teams and between individuals - and the politics and scandal that continue to fascinate cycle road race fans everywhere.
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Probably the best book on cycli g on audible
- By L. Soden on 10-01-19
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The Call of the Road
- A Complete History of Cycle Road Racing
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 28-06-18
- Language: English
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The Call of the Road reveals the epic battles of all of the racing seasons since the first Tour de France, looking beyond the results to see the drama....
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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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When the Heavens Went on Sale
- The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach
- By: Ashlee Vance
- Narrated by: Ashlee Vance, Robert Petkoff
- Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
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In 2008, Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. Suddenly Silicon Valley, not NASA, was the epicentre of the new Space Age. Start-ups and investors began to realise that the heavens - ungoverned and unregulated - were open for business. When the Heavens Went on Sale tells the remarkable, unfolding story of this frenzied race to control access to outer space. Ashlee Vance follows four pioneering companies - Astra, Firefly, Planet Labs and Rocket Lab - as they attempt to launch thousands of low-cost rockets and satellites into orbit.
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Another slice of the space pie 👍
- By Neil on 19-07-23
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When the Heavens Went on Sale
- The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach
- Narrated by: Ashlee Vance, Robert Petkoff
- Length: 18 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 11-05-23
- Language: English
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A momentous look at the private companies driving the revolutionary new space race, When the Heavens Went on Sale tells the remarkable, unfolding story of this frenzied race to control access to outer space....
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Racing to Extinction
- Why Humanity Will Soon Vanish
- By: Lyle Lewis, Sue Coulstock
- Narrated by: Lyle Lewis, Heather Henderson
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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A former endangered species biologist looks at the ongoing sixth mass extinction through the prism of human behavior, personal experience, ecology, evolutionary biology, and contemporary conservation efforts. He provides new insights into factors triggering the current mass extinction event and examines conventional wisdom regarding human intelligence. The author suggests—as humanity edges ever closer to disappearing forever—a clear-eyed, real-world rationale for resignation but also acceptance.
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Fascinating insight
- By Oobbee on 10-03-24
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Racing to Extinction
- Why Humanity Will Soon Vanish
- Narrated by: Lyle Lewis, Heather Henderson
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 26-01-24
- Language: English
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A former endangered species biologist looks at the ongoing sixth mass extinction through the prism of human behavior, personal experience, ecology, evolutionary biology, and contemporary conservation efforts....
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Cycling's 50 Triumphs and Tragedies
- The Rise and Fall of Bicycle Racing's Champions
- By: Les Woodland
- Narrated by: David L. Stanley
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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When more than 100 men or women go racing down a road, inches away from each other, in all weather, over all kinds of roads, the opportunity for a brilliant win or a terrible accident is always there. For more than a century, bicycle racers have sought glory, but have often found only misery. There can be only one winner, and even that triumph can be mixed with terrible loss. Fausto Coppi, coached by a blind man, set the World Hour Record in Milan during the war while the city was being shattered by bombs.
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Heard some of these before
- By stufie on 07-06-18
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Cycling's 50 Triumphs and Tragedies
- The Rise and Fall of Bicycle Racing's Champions
- Narrated by: David L. Stanley
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 16-10-15
- Language: English
- Join cycling's most accomplished writer, Les Woodland, as he explores the heroic, sometime triumphant side of cycling....
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