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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- Cover
- Also by Nicholas Clee
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Prologue
- 1 The Chairman
- 2 The Bawd
- 3 The Gambler
- 4 The Duke
- 5 The Meat Salesman
- 6 The Young Thoroughbred
- 7 Coup de Foudre
- 8 The Rest Nowhere
- 9 1-100 Eclipse
- 10 The First Lady Abbess
- 11 The Stallion
- 12 The Most Glorious Spectacle
- 13 Cross and Jostle
- 14 An Example to the Turf
- 15 The 14lb Heart
- 16 The Litigant
- 17 The Decline of the Jontleman
- 18 Artistsā Models
- 19 Eclipseās Legacy ā the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
- 20 Eclipseās Legacy ā the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries
- 21 The Skeleton
- Sources
- Appendix 1: Eclipseās Racing Career
- Appendix 2: Eclipseās Pedigree
- Appendix 3: The OāKelly Family
- Appendix 4: Racing Terms, Historical and Contemporary
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Picture Acknowledgements
- Index