Down to the Wire: The Lives of the Triple Crown Champions

by Robert L. Shoop

Book Overview

Robert L. Shoop's writing takes the inside rail as he chronicles the horses, jockeys, trainers, and owners of the Kings of the Sport of Kings: The Triple Crown Champions. An historically accurate tome... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1891954555
• ISBN13: 9781891954559
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Russell Dean & Company
• Length: 355 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

down to the wire:the lives of the triple crown champions

WONDERFUL!!!!! EMOTIONAL!! well researched. bob shoop is great writer. this is the story of eleven of the greatest horses that ever graced the earth.their lives(personalities good and bad),their lineage, the fortunate men who rode them,their owners,their opponents,the tracks they raced and their emotional deaths.incudes the origins of the "triple crown".addendum includes comprehensive statistics of both horses and jockeys.yes folks,america DOES have royalty.their names are not kennedy or bush.