This portrait of the elite of the horse racing world focuses on the trainers, owners, and jockeys who vie for cherished Triple Crown: The Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes.
The football team in Smith Center, Kansas, has won sixty-seven games in a row, the nation's longest high-school winning streak. They have done so by embracing a philosophy of life taught by their legendary coach, Roger Barta: 'Respect each other, then learn to love each other and together we are champions'. But as they embarked on a quest for a ...
Some of the greatest writers of horse racing have come together to create a monumental book on the Triple Crown, including the rivalries, flukes and near misses, and the legendary horses and jockeys. 12 b&w photos throughout.
Going beyond anything written before, "Black Maestro" is the complete, enthralling biography of the life of the last black jockey to win the Kentucky Derby--an inspiring rags-to-riches true story that embodies the hope and tragedy of the 20th century.
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