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Great Horse Racing Mysteries: True Tales from the Track Paperback – January 1, 2004

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Examines several unsolved mysteries of the racing world-- murder...suicide...arson...fraud....Definitely some of horse racing's strangest, most fascinating tales.
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    January 1, 2004
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    5.25 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    158150103X
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    978-1581501032
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ ECLIPSE PRESS (January 1, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 264 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 158150103X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1581501032
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.5 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.75 x 8.25 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 38 ratings

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Ann W
5.0 out of 5 stars Horse racing stories
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2024
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Very interesting stories. Was familiar with some and others were news to me. Horse racing fans will enjoy.
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Anne Stepien
4.0 out of 5 stars Rivoting
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2011
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Stories in this book were very interesting. Because they haven't been solved for the most part, there is a lot of speculation. They will make you think though :)
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ealovitt
5.0 out of 5 stars True Tales from the Track
Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2001
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"Great Horse Racing Mysteries" was awarded the Benjamin Franklin Award for best mystery/suspense book of 2000. It presents twelve true racetrack mysteries in chronological order beginning in 1932 with the death of Phar Lap, the great Australian Thoroughbred who won his first and only race in the United States before his mysterious demise. The author interviewed the few remaining eyewitnesses to Phar Lap's spectacular American debut, including Noble Threewit who is still involved with horses at age ninety-two. (I hope someone names a good horse after Noble Threewit---one of the most euphonious monikers in racing. Hint to Thoroughbred breeders: Clyde Van Dusen was named after a trainer, and both trainer and gelding went on to win the 1929 Kentucky Derby).
Anyway, Phar Lap was put on display in a Melbourne museum, and John McEvoy has presented a very detailed and even-handed account of his death. Did the "Australian Man O'War" die of arsenic poisoning? Was the poisoning deliberate, or was he put out to graze on grass that had been sprayed with insecticide? The author presents all of the remaining pieces of this fascinating puzzle.
There are other mysterious deaths in "Great Horse Racing Mysteries": a trainer; jockeys; a racing commission official; William Woodward, the owner of Nashua, who was shot by his own wife; the decline and fall of Calumet Farm after the death of the stallion Alydar.
McEvoy, a former reporter for the "Daily Racing Form" also describes two Thoroughbred kidnappings, a racetrack arson, and two stories involving the possible drugging of Derby horses---one to help the horse win, and another to make the horse lose.
The latter story was a shocker for me, because the horse involved was Holy Bull, one of my favorite Thoroughbreds. The eventual 1984 horse of the year, "ran the worst race of his life in the Derby, a departure from form so startling and disturbing as to raise numerous questions in its aftermath. His horrified owner-trainer [Jimmy Croll] subsequently became convinced this dismal effort resulted from the fleet gray colt's having been drugged prior to the Derby."
Once again, the author presents all of the evidence. Even great Thoroughbreds throw in a clunker now and then. But Holy Bull was not only fast, he was courageous. As Tom Dawson of ESPN's 'Racing Across America' series said, "It's so hard to get the horses with the talent and charisma...[Holy Bull] was the real thing."
If Holy Bull was drugged before the Derby---well, I'm glad to see him doing so well at stud. His son, Macho Uno won the Breeder's Cup Juvenile and an Eclipse award last year, giving Holy Bull's true fans the hope that one of his get will win the Kentucky Derby in some future May, and wipe away the only spot of tarnish on their sire's racing record.
"Great Horse Racing Mysteries" should appeal to horse lovers and mystery fans alike. It is a well-researched, thrilling page-turner.
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Sophia
5.0 out of 5 stars Great gift
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2023
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Got as a gift for my father. He’s only a couple chapters in but says it’s fantastic!
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wade clement
4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2014
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very intersting to read
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Zoey 123
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!
Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2023
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Fascinating book, read cover to cover in a day!
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Jerry R. Anderson
1.0 out of 5 stars Great Horse Racing Mysteries
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2003
Ripped off by Amazon. Maximum price of this book was $24.95 new through the vendor Half.com. Amazon charged $38.94. Shame on me for trusting Amazon. It will not happen again because I am closing my account with these rip off artists. Be very careful before you purchase from this company.
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frankie e. odum
5.0 out of 5 stars Shocked
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2021
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I was shocked by some of the stories in this book.
It really opened my eyes about horse racing and the behind the scenes antics that go with it.
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Animal Lover
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2012
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This is a great book of short stories about true horse racing mysteries, some of which might never be known.
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m.bailey@cogeco.ca
4.0 out of 5 stars Great inside information.
Reviewed in Canada on March 28, 2023
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Bought for my own interest and to add to my horse book collection.
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