Cajun Racing: From the Bush Tracks to the Triple Crown

by Ed McNamara

Book Overview

Cajun Racing: From the Bush Tracks to the Triple Crown, longtime turf writer Ed McNamara tells the story of a remarkably resilient people with a passion for racing and an unmatched touch with quarter horses and Thoroughbreds. In Cajun country, there's a lot of character and a lot of characters, as superstar jockey Kent Desormeaux likes to say. You'll meet trainer Pierre LeBlanc, a wheeler-dealer who ran an illegal casino and won one of his best horses,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932910778
• ISBN13: 9781932910773
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Daily Racing Form
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"