KENTUCKY DERBY, The Chance of a Lifetime, First Printing HC w/DJ

Hirsch, Joe & Bolus, Jim

ISBN 10: 0070290695 / ISBN 13: 9780070290693

Published by McGraw Hill, 1988

About this Item

Dramatic and captivating story of the Derby. C: 1988, 1st Prtg, McGraw Hill. Photos. 9-3/8" x 12-1/4", 281 pgs. VG hardcover w/clipped DJ. Oversize book, extra postage for priority mail in the U.S. and all mail out of the U.S.

Seller Inventory # TB0252

Bibliographic Details

• Title: KENTUCKY DERBY, The Chance of a Lifetime, First Printing HC w/DJ
• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070290695
• ISBN 13: 9780070290693
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • TB Racing & Breeding, plus fiction

About this title

Synopsis

The story (past and present) of the Derby in eleven photographic chapters with 343 color pictures and accompanying text. For buffs. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Reviews

Close-up photographs showing all aspects of the Kentucky Derby, often in full-page sequential action shots, lend a particular excitement to this book and make the reader feel right on the scene. The text begins with the foaling of possible candidates (of 40,000 eligible thoroughbreds, only 20 actually gain the chance to compete) and follows the horses through yearling auctions, training, and the minutest details of Derby day, leading with clockwork precision up to the winning moment. Concurrently, the past 100 years of Derby history is also told. Recommmended. Joanne K. Hammond, formerly with Pennsylvania State Univ. Lib., Mont Alto
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