GREAT HORSE RACING MYSTERIES by McEvoy, John

GREAT HORSE RACING MYSTERIES
by McEvoy, John
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The great Australian race horse Phar Lap ran just once in North America then under mysterious circumstances, died of colic (his death made the front page of the New York Times); Al Snider, who would have ridden Citation in the Triple Crown races, along with Tobe Trotter and Don Fraser, went fishing one day and never returned; One of America's leading trainers, Red McDaniel, leapt to his death from the Bay Bridge; William Woodward, owner of Nashua (Belair Stables) was shot by his wife who allegedly mistook him for a prowler; Peter Fuller claims his horse Dancer's Image, who won the 1968 Kentucky Derby and was disqualified, was drugged; Alydar was the money earner for Calumet Farms, but when he die in 1990, the farm collapsed; Jockey Ron Hansen jumped or was forced to leap from the San Mateo Bridge; Trainer Jimmy Croll suspected that Holy Bull was drugged into a poor performance in the 1994 Kentucky Derby. These and more mysteries are explored in interesting and provocative detail by the author. Indexed and illustrated, 264 pages, paperback, 2003.

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