Head to Head: Conversations with a Generation of Horse Racing Legends Contributor(s): Shulman, Lenny (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813181275 ISBN-13: 9780813181271 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky OUR PRICE: $25.16 Product Type: Hardcover Published: July 2021 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Horse Racing - Sports & Recreation | History - Biography & Autobiography | Sports |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2021006480 |
Physical Information: 0.87" H x 6.14" W x 8.98" (0.84 lbs) 232 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In Head to Head, award-winning writer Lenny Shulman offers highlights from the best interviews he has conducted throughout his twenty-year career covering Thoroughbred horse racing. In that time, he has coaxed the innermost thoughts out of the sport's most notable headline-makers. It was to Shulman that Helen "Penny" Chenery, owner of Secretariat, publicly revealed for the first time the mistakes she made with her superstar colt. Arthur Hancock III shared with him his feelings of being banished from his family's Claiborne Farm, and his pride in succeeding on his own with the great Sunday Silence. Owner Paul Reddam poured out his hopes and fears to Shulman in the hour before realizing his dream of winning the Kentucky Derby with I'll Have Another. Shulman takes readers behind the scenes with industry legends, owners, trainers, veterinarians, and celebrities -- touching on some of the greatest horses and greatest races the sport has ever seen. This engaging book serves as an important oral history of Thoroughbred horse racing as well as a guide for new generations of enthusiasts who are interested in learning from some of the sport's most successful luminaries. |