To the Swift: Classic Triple Crown Horses and Their Race for Glory

by Joe Drape

Book Overview

A dramatic compilation of the finest writing on the Triple Crown of horse racing by bestselling and award-winning authors. Horse racing's Triple Crown is one of the most sought-after, demanding and elusive brass rings in all of sport. Since 1919, when Sir Barton became the first three-year-old to capture the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes in a single year, only ten other horses have duplicated the feat, and not a one since Affirmed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312357958
• ISBN13: 9780312357955
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.6"