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Race Day: A Spot on the Rail with Max Watman »
Authors: Max Watman
ISBN-13: 9781566636087, ISBN-10: 1566636086
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Dee, Ivan R. Publisher
Date Published: May 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Max Watman
Book Synopsis
Take a spot on the rail with Max Watman as he tours the great American racetracks, relating their histories and describing the giant personalities, the great horses, and the classic races for which they are best remembered. The elements come marvelously together in Race Day
Speedhorse
"Race Day is filled with such wonderful stories."
Table of Contents
| 1 | Out on Long Island, the beginning : Union Race Course | 3 |
| 2 | That's horse racing : Saratoga | 25 |
| 3 | Death in Memphis and a fight on the stretch : Churchill Downs | 46 |
| 4 | Racing as it should be : Keeneland | 69 |
| 5 | A cool million : Arlington | 88 |
| 6 | Pack up your bit and git : Santa Anita | 109 |
| 7 | Race of the century : Aqueduct | 130 |
| 8 | A good cigar, where the turf meets the surf : Del Mar | 149 |
| 9 | Racing's greatest day, new and improved : Hollywood Park | 175 |
| 10 | It's just one furlong away ... Belmont Park | 194 |
| 11 | What we've lost, what lies ahead : Hialeah, Pimlico, Gulfstream | 218 |
Subjects
Home & Garden
Pets Horses
Pets Horses Horse Racing
Sports & Adventure Horse Racing Horse racing -> United States -> History
Pets HorsesPets
Horses Horse RacingSports & Adventure
Horse Racing Horse racing -> United States -> History
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