Native Dancer: Racing's Great "Gray Ghost" [Thoroughbred Legends]

Boyd, Eva Jolene

ISBN 10: 1581501765 / ISBN 13: 9781581501766

Published by Eclipse Press, Lexington, KY, 2007

About this Item

Stiff pictorial wraps. New/as issued. 175 pp., illus. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 052732

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Native Dancer: Racing's Great "Gray Ghost" [Thoroughbred Legends]
• Publisher: Eclipse Press, Lexington, KY
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1581501765
• ISBN 13: 9781581501766
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: New
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Equestrian: Horses, Horse Racing

About this title

Synopsis

Known as "The Gray Ghost" because of his color and his amazing ability on the racetrack, Native Dancer won all but one of his 22 starts. His lone loss came in the 1953 Kentucky Derby, when he was upset by Dark Star. Native Dancer went on to win the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. But his brilliance was evident even at two, when he won all nine of his starts and was named co-Horse of the Year, an honor not bestowed on a two-year-old horse again until 20 years later, when Secretariat was named Horse of the Year in 1972.

About the Author

Boyd has written articles for The Thoroughbred Record, Turf and Sports Digest, SPUR, The Backstretch, and The Blood Horse.