Virginia Horse Racing
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Virginia Horse Racing

Triumphs of the Turf

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eBook - ePub

Virginia Horse Racing

Triumphs of the Turf

About this book

Virginia, mother of presidents, is also the mother of American horse racing. From the very beginning, Virginians have risked it all on the track as eagerly as on the battlefield. Follow the bloodlines of three foundation sires of the American Thoroughbred through generations of rollicking races and larger-than-life grandees wagering kingly stakes, sometimes on horses not yet born. How did the horse nicknamed Damn His Eyes get protection money from other horse owners? What did it mean to ?tap the claret? to break a neck-and-neck tie? Why was Confederate cavalry so much better than Union?was it the riders, or was it the mounts? All these and many more stories of horsemanship on and off the track fill the pages of Virginia Horse Racing: Triumphs of the Turf.

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Yes, you can access Virginia Horse Racing by Virginia C. Johnson,Barbara Crookshanks in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & North American History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2008
eBook ISBN
9781625843920
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1. Virginia’s First Runners
  10. Chapter 2. Improving the Breed
  11. Chapter 3. Race Days
  12. Chapter 4. Come Revolution
  13. Chapter 5. The Great Studs—and Mares
  14. Chapter 6. Turfmen of Prominence
  15. Chapter 7. The Antebellum Years
  16. Chapter 8. North and South: The Great Match Races
  17. Chapter 9. The Thoroughbreds Join the Cavalry
  18. Chapter 10. The Racehorse Region Rebounds
  19. Selected Sources
  20. About the Authors