Horse Of A Different Color: A Tale of Breeding Geniuses, Dominant Females, and the Fastest Derby Winner Since Secretariat
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.93 (624 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1586481800 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Everybody in the thoroughbred horse business wants to win the Kentucky Derby, but the odds on making it to the winner's circle at Churchill Downs are about 35,000-to-1. Squires takes you on an exciting journey through the close-knit and secretive world of horse breeders, buyers, sellers, owners, and trainers. And his hilarious tour of racehorse culture ends with a blazing sprint down the homestretch of the second fastest Derby in history in the company of a crowd of Kentuckians driven mad with "Derby Fever." . How did a former Chicago newspaper editor bring together the stallion and mare and breed the winner of the world's most famous and important horserace? Jim Squires's
. Though the winner is known from the outset, Squires weaves a spellbinding tale of millionaire owners, trainers, and auction houses. He looks critically at all involved, including himself, with a good eye, a broad sense of humor, and sharp wit. Horse folks will love this, but they may need patience getting used to Squires's voice. From Library Journal On Saturday, May 5, 2001, the steel-gray colt Monarchos won the Kentucky Derby for owner John Oxley, trainer John Ward, and jockey Jorge Chavez. It is a journey of great frust
A bumpy road to the 2001 Kentucky Derby Readers of "Horse of a Different Color" will soon realize that all people who raise, train, or race Thoroughbreds are a bit eccentric by non-horse-lover standards, especially if they own or have bred a three-year-old with the potential to run in the Kentucky Derby. Incidentally, this is a great book to read during the annual run-up to the Derby. It will gi. Great horses, great writing, great wit! As a lifelong devotee of the horse, and particularly the Thoroughbred, I've read more than a few horse books. Few have delighted me as much as has this treasure by Jim Squires. My only complaint is that it wasn't at least 1000 pages long (and even then I'd probably wish it was longer). What makes this book so delicious is the writer's horse-savvy coupled w. audiobook maven said A Runaway Winner. The audio set (which is unabridged) contains 8 two-sided tapes that are never once dull. In fact, I often laughed out loud and almost wept during his telling of the Kentucky Derby race that the colt from his breeding farm won, even though he tells the listener in the prologue how the race ends. The author (who is also the reader)casts the story around a Da