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The First Kentucky Derby: Thirteen Black Jockeys, One Shady Owner, and the Little Red Horse That Wasn't Supposed to Win

The First Kentucky Derby: Thirteen Black Jockeys, One Shady Owner, and the Little Red Horse That Wasn't Supposed to Win - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Mark ShragerPublish date:3/3/2026Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Eclipse PressISBN-13:9781493090303ISBN-10:1493090305UPC:9781493090303Book Category:Sports & Recreation, PetsBook Subcategory:Animal Sports, HorsesBook Topic:Horse RacingSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.8598Product ID:SCN9SM45MT
Racing historian Mark Shrager examines the events leading up to the first "Run for the Roses," including the unsuccessful plot hatched by the winning horse's owner to fix the race and the prominent role played by African Americans in Gilded Age racing culture.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Eclipse PressISBN-13:9781493090303ISBN-10:1493090305UPC:9781493090303Book Category:Sports & Recreation, PetsBook Subcategory:Animal Sports, HorsesBook Topic:Horse RacingSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.8598Product ID:SCN9SM45MT
Mark Shrager has published some 300 articles about every aspect of horse racing in magazines such as Turf & Sport Digest, American Turf Monthly, and others. His 1974 Turf & Sport Digest article, "1,001 Surefire Ways to Lose a Horse Race," was published in the annual Best Sports Stories anthology. He is the author of The Great Sweepstakes of 1877: A True Story of Southern Grit, Gilded Age...
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