Eclipse
eBook - ePub

Eclipse

The Horse That Changed Racing History Forever

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  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Eclipse

The Horse That Changed Racing History Forever

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About this book

Watching Eclipse is the man who wants to buy him. An adventurer and rogue who has made his money through gambling, Dennis O'Kelly is also a known companion to the madam of a notorious London brothel. Under O'Kelly's management, Eclipse would go on a winning streak unparalleled for the next two centuries. As journalist Nicholas Clee explores in this captivating romp, while O'Kelly was destined to remain an outcast to the racing establishment, his horse would go on to become the undisputed, undefeated champion of the sport. Not only a consummate winner, Eclipse exemplified the perfect thoroughbred -- a status he retains even today. Eclipse's male-line descendants include Secretariat, Barbaro, and all but three of the Kentucky Derby winners of the past fifty years.

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Information

Publisher
Abrams Press
Year
2012
eBook ISBN
9781468300055
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Also by Nicholas Clee
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Prologue
  6. 1 The Chairman
  7. 2 The Bawd
  8. 3 The Gambler
  9. 4 The Duke
  10. 5 The Meat Salesman
  11. 6 The Young Thoroughbred
  12. 7 Coup de Foudre
  13. 8 The Rest Nowhere
  14. 9 1-100 Eclipse
  15. 10 The First Lady Abbess
  16. 11 The Stallion
  17. 12 The Most Glorious Spectacle
  18. 13 Cross and Jostle
  19. 14 An Example to the Turf
  20. 15 The 14lb Heart
  21. 16 The Litigant
  22. 17 The Decline of the Jontleman
  23. 18 Artistsā€™ Models
  24. 19 Eclipseā€™s Legacy ā€“ the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
  25. 20 Eclipseā€™s Legacy ā€“ the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
  26. 21 The Skeleton
  27. Sources
  28. Appendix 1: Eclipseā€™s Racing Career
  29. Appendix 2: Eclipseā€™s Pedigree
  30. Appendix 3: The Oā€™Kelly Family
  31. Appendix 4: Racing Terms, Historical and Contemporary
  32. Bibliography
  33. Acknowledgements
  34. Picture Acknowledgements
  35. Index