
150 Years of Racing in Saratoga
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Celebrate a century and a half of horse racing in Saratoga Springs with stories of the events, horse and people who have made its summers so special.
Since the inaugural meeting of August 1863, Saratoga Springs is home to one of the oldest sports venues in the country and has been the scene of memorable races, often featuring legends of the sport. Although some of the epic moments are still familiar today, such as Upset's defeat of Man o' War in the 1919 Sanford Memorial, many of the triumphs and defeats that were once famous have been forgotten. Few remember the filly Los Angeles, who thrived at Saratoga, winning sixteen stakes races, or the influential, sometimes suspicious, reasons why the track was closed three times for a total of six years. Authors Allan Carter and Mike Kane take a look back at these and other important but neglected stories and present statistics from the pre-NYRA years and a rundown of the greatest fields assembled at America's oldest track.
"As the subtitle promises, the book consists of unexpected tales regarding Saratoga people, horses, and happenings--things that even certain racing historians had no previous clue about. Kane and Carter are uniquely well-equipped to guide readers down this curious road less traveled." -Mary Simon, Daily Racing ForumMore details
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- Intro
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface, by Mike Kane
- Acknowledgements
- First Things First
- Whichone: The "Other" Horse in the 1930 Travers
- Filly for the Course
- A Pair of Dead-Heat Travers
- Travers Trainer Mary Hirsch Stands Alone
- Nineteenth-Century Steeplechasing and Hurdles Racing
- Leading Jockeys and Trainers, 1900-1959
- A History of the Flash Stakes
- Saratoga's Top Fifteen Fields
- Common Errors About Saratoga Racing
- Hopeful and Spinaway Winner Tanya
- Surprising Winners: Upset, Jim Dandy and Onion
- An Ode to the Popular Molly Brant
- The Notorious Gottfried Walbaum
- East versus West in the 1879 Travers
- Things to Know About Saratoga
- Three Equine Meteors
- A History of the Saratoga Cup
- Gates Closed on Union Avenue
- Record-Setting Checkmate
- Appendix: Hall of Fame and Other Champion Horses that Broke Their Maidens at Saratoga
- Notes
- About the Authors
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