The Fast Ride: Spectacular Bid and the Undoing of a Sure Thing - Hardcover
by Jack Gilden
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496230508ISBN-10:1496230507UPC:9781496230508Book Category:Sports & Recreation, HistoryBook Subcategory:Animal Sports, United StatesBook Topic:Horse Racing, 20th CenturySize:9.20 x 6.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCESP9QTWM
The Fast Ride: Spectacular Bid and the Undoing of a Sure Thing
In an era of spectacular thoroughbreds, Spectacular Bid was perhaps the most exalted racehorse of them all. In 1979 he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes--and transcended his sport on a run of twelve consecutive stakes victories--but his quest for the Triple Crown was lost with a third-place finish in the Belmont Stakes due to a series of bizarre events that have never been...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496230508ISBN-10:1496230507UPC:9781496230508Book Category:Sports & Recreation, HistoryBook Subcategory:Animal Sports, United StatesBook Topic:Horse Racing, 20th CenturySize:9.20 x 6.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SCESP9QTWM
Jack Gilden is a past winner of the Simon Rockower journalism award. He is the author of Collision of Wills: Johnny Unitas, Don Shula, and the Rise of the Modern NFL (Nebraska, 2018). He also consults for businesses about their messaging and teaches journalism and composition at the college level.
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