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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816958303321

Autore

O'Meara Brendan

Titolo

Six weeks in Saratoga : how three-year-old filly Rachel Alexandra beat the boys and became horse of the year / / Brendan O'Meara

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, , c2011

ISBN

1-4384-3943-1

1-4416-9791-8

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 pages)

Disciplina

636.1/320922

Soggetti

Horse racing - New York (State) - Saratoga Springs - History

Race horses - United States

Thoroughbred horse - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-267).

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Six Weeks in SARATOGA -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: The Answer -- Pre-Meet -- 1. Knock, Knock, Knockin' on'Toga's Door -- 2. Health, History, Horses -- 3. Is She the One? -- 4. Lunch with Trophy -- 5. No Fear -- 6. Christmas Eve -- Week One -- 7. Opening Day -- 8. The Problem with Pairs -- Week Two -- 9. A Shot at No. 3 -- 10. Where He Still Races -- Week Three -- 11. Old Smoke -- 12. The Triple Crown Assembled -- 13. Enshrined -- 14. Out of the Fog and into the Fog -- Week Four -- 15. Fragility Illustrated -- 16. For Clarity's Sake -- 17. The Fog Lifts -- 18. A Good Guy -- 19. One Tough Throat -- 20. The Travers Stakes -- 21. Comings and Goings -- 22. The Rachel Show -- 23. The Orphan -- 24. The Cusp -- 25. Alexandra the Great -- 26. King Henry V -- 27. Farewell to the Champ -- Epilogue: The Coronation -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

The inside story of how a three-year old filly captured the hearts of racing fans and cemented her bid to be named Horse of the Year.