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Download or read book Affirmed written by Lou Sahadi and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Telling the story that transcended the Thoroughbred racing world, Lou Sahadi's Affirmed finally gives this courageous horse his due. In 1978, racing fans witnessed the culmination of an epic rivalry when a horse named Affirmed faced off against the celebrated Alydar and emerged victorious. In this long-overdue biography of Affirmed, veteran sportswriter Lou Sahadi captures the life and spirit of this indomitable horse who twice earned Horse of the Year honors and placed #12 on the Blood-Horse list of "Top 100 Racehorses of the 20th Century." Sahadi chronicles how the initially docile chestnut colt began his stellar rise in 1977. Entering the 1978 season, many experts speculated that Alydar, the latest prize product from the storied Calumet Farm, would prove himself the better horse. Yet under trainer Laz Barrera's careful strategy and the eighteen-year-old reigning Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year jockey Stevie Cauthen, Affirmed bested his rival and mesmerized even the most casual of sports fans. Drawing on interviews with Cauthen, some members of the Wolfson family, and many more, Sahadi delivers fascinating subplots, including that of jockey Laffit Pincay, Jr., and owner Louis Wolfson, the Wall Street financier whose federal conviction led to the resignation of a Supreme Court justice. "Sahadi tells the dramatic story of Affirmed and his young jockey . . . showing in detail how the ‘underdog' Affirmed won the Triple Crown." —New York Post ("Required Reading" pick)

Download or read book Affirmed and Alydar written by Timothy T. Capps and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-11 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest rivalry in modern Thoroughbred racing history began with little fanfare on June 15, 1977. The more experienced Affirmed defeated Alydar, who was making his racing debut in the Youthful Stakes at Belmont Park. In nine subsequent meetings, Affirmed got the better of Alydar six times, often by just inches. Their meetings, especially during the Triple Crown season of 1978, became the stuff of racing lore. Affirmed claimed the Triple Crown, but Alydar tested him to the limits each time in stirring stretch drives that left onlookers limp. Indeed, many racing historians consider their Belmont Stakes to be the greatest race of the twentieth century. Author Timothy Capps, who witnessed many of the Affirmed–Alydar races, chronicles their early years, first encounters, and epic clashes. He also tells the stories of the people who raised, trained, and rode these titans.

Download or read book Affirmed written by Sidhbh Gallagher and published by . This book was released on 2020-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Table of Cases in California, as affirmed, overruled, ... or altered by statutory enactment, etc written by Henry J. LABATT and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Table of Cases in California as Affirmed, Overruled, Modified, Commented Upon, Or Altered by Statutory Enactment written by Henry Jacob Labatt and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New York Citations. Cases Affirmed, Reversed, Modified and Cited in All the Reports of the State of New York, from 1794 to the Present Time written by Theodore Connoly and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-04-06 with total page 998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

Download or read book Report of the Attorney General of the State of California written by California. Office of the Attorney General and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: