- Gebundene Ausgabe: 288 Seiten
- Verlag: Daily Racing Form Inc (Oktober 2004)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0972640126
- ISBN-13: 978-0972640121
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,5 x 16,1 x 2,5 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.182.803 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Everyone in racing is looking for the Home Run Horse, and the quest to breed, buy, or develop an exceptional racehorse has become an international industry. Investors collectively spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year to buy, train, vet, race, and breed Thoroughbred horses and to get expert advice from analysts specialising in everything from racehorse biomechanics to the alchemy of Thoroughbred matings. This book explores this quest for the superior Thoroughbred.
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Everyone in racing is looking for the Home Run Horse, and the quest to breed, buy, or develop an exceptional racehorse has become an international industry. Investors collectively spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year to buy, train, vet, race, and breed Thoroughbred horses and to get expert advice from analysts specialising in everything from racehorse biomechanics to the alchemy of Thoroughbred matings. This book explores this quest for the superior Thoroughbred.
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A vivid account of racing and the bloodstock business
15. Mai 2006
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
Anyone with an interest in horseracing will enjoy Glenye Cain's behind-the-scenes look at the thoroughbred industry; and newcomers to the sport will find plenty to entertain them in these pages too. Cain has an eye for the details that make vivid this self-contained and expensive world: the quirks of the owners, breeders, trainers and horses. She conveys the atmosphere of the sales ring as wealthy owners do battle, of a stud farm late at night as a mare gives birth, of Churchill Downs racecourse as trainers prepare their expensive and fragile charges for the Kentucky Derby. In love with the industry, she does not neglect its darker side. After reading The Home Run Horse, you'll watch horseracing with new insight and enthusiasm.
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Excellent survey of horse racing in america
20. März 2007
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
The author, Glenye Cain, has been covering Barbaro for The Daily Racing Form. She sent me her book after I had had a few conversations with her about Barbaro, a horse she adopted (indirectly) off the racetrack that had at one time been trained by Graham Motion, and horse related issues such as horse-slaughter. As someone closely involved in racing I enjoyed the book as it shed light on aspects of our industry in which I was less familiar (breeding / auctions etc). I do think, however, the book best serves those first learning about the thoroughbred industry and wanting to get a solid base of knowledge from which to then build. It is excellent.
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Great book!
2. Juni 2011
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I loved this book. It explores the world of high rollers and horse lovers in an educational and extremely entertaining way. Moreover, it explains how horses most people have never heard of like Vindication can become a $10 million (or even $50 million dollar) business without winning a lot of races. It also exposes the underside of the high-stakes racehorse industry, which is that thousands of horses give their all and are rewarded by being sent to slaughterhouses. This happened to the great Exceller (who beat 2 Triple Crown winners: Affirmed and Seattle Slew) and Kentucky Derby winner, Ferdinand. Unlike many books on thoroughbreds, the writing is brisk and lively and fun to read. I highly recommend it to anyone who loves horses and horseracing.
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