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Old 12-20-2008, 09:21 PM
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Steve mentioned some books on racing on the show the other day that he recommended. Does anyone know what those were? They were more about the sport side or racing (as opposed to handicapping books). I remember hearing them and thinking, I don't need to write them down, I'll remember that.

Christ, I barely remembered the moment, much less the actual titles or authors.
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Old 12-20-2008, 09:43 PM
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Mustang by Deanne Stillman
Tropical Downs by Mark Cramer
Man O'War by Dorothy Ours
The Home Run Horse by Glenye Cain (Oakford)
Longshot by T. D. Thornton
The Untold Story of Joe Hernandez by Rudolph Alvarado
Tales from the Triple Crown by Steve Haskin
The History and Art of 25 Travers by Vic Zast
The Great Match Race by John Eisenberg
Beyond the Track: Retraining Thoroughbred Horses by Anna Morgan Ford
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Old 12-20-2008, 09:48 PM
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Steve, didn't you also mention The Purpose Driven Life?






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Old 12-20-2008, 09:48 PM
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One Fine Morning: Golden Missile by sumitas
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Old 12-20-2008, 11:05 PM
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Thanks Steve!

I've actually read four of those this past year. LOVED The Great Match Race -- thought it would make a great movie.
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Old 12-20-2008, 11:16 PM
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The Romance Of Tristan And Iseult

Joseph Bedier translation
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Old 12-21-2008, 12:22 AM
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Got the Man O' War book for Christmas last year..Great book! Hated for it to end.. Highly recommend
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Old 12-21-2008, 02:39 AM
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DONT FORGET THE GREAT BOOK CALLED "SCARED MONEY". ITS A GREAT READ!
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Old 12-21-2008, 06:50 AM
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Loose Balls by Terry Pluto
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Old 12-22-2008, 11:15 AM
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I can highly recommend the following:

Champions by DRF Press.
Finshed Lines by Frank Scatoni.
Raceday by Max Waltman.
Ruffian: Burning from the Start by Jane Schwartz.
Secretariat by William Nack.
Laughing in the Hills by Bill Barich.
The Best and Worst of Horse Racing by Steve Davidowitz.
Racing Through the Century by Simon& Simon.
Stud by Kevin Conley.
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Old 12-22-2008, 11:25 AM
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I've been considering getting that Secretariat book. Wasn't sure how good it is -- now it's on my list.

Been reading a lot of the handicapping type of book. Will get back to historic side someday.
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I've been considering getting that Secretariat book. Wasn't sure how good it is -- now it's on my list.

Been reading a lot of the handicapping type of book. Will get back to historic side someday.
The Secretariat book is a great read, I would definitely recommend it.
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The Secretariat book is a great read, I would definitely recommend it.
Just be sure you get the Nack book. There have been a lot of books written about Secretariat, but Nack's is outstanding. He was right there through the whole thing to give a first hand account, not just some research piece.
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If you really, really don't like someone, I recommend ' Das Kapital ' by Karl Marx. Will put you to sleep...you might not even wake up.
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If you really, really don't like someone, I recommend ' Das Kapital ' by Karl Marx. Will put you to sleep...you might not even wake up.
Come on, that's a great read
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Old 12-23-2008, 03:02 AM
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Just be sure you get the Nack book. There have been a lot of books written about Secretariat, but Nack's is outstanding. He was right there through the whole thing to give a first hand account, not just some research piece.
I love the Sports Illustrated story on Secretariat shortly after his passing.

I still have the issue around here somewhere.

Guess I need to check out the book now.

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Old 12-23-2008, 03:44 AM
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Loose Balls by Terry Pluto
Pluto is great. His real time newspaper column stuff as his Dad aged and passed is a nice little pamphlet for dealing with an aging parent.

Digressing, one of his immediate predecessors at the Akron paper was a man by the name of Jack Patterson. Truly, he's the guy that turned he on to the nostalgia and romanticism of thoroughbred racing.

True, I have the actual newspaper print of his column about the passing of Secretariat nicely framed and preserved on the wall to my immediate left.
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Man O'War by Dorothy Ours was a fantastic book and I highly recommend it.

I even got my friend to have the author speak at a meet & greet the author at the local Library (Hunterdon County, NJ) as she lives near by. Her presentation was a canned presentation about Man O'War and included some neat photos but afterwards there was a great dialouge about the racing. Much to my surprise there were about 20 - 25 people there, in a county where there are only 1 or 2 places you can get a racing form. Some people actually drove up from the Philly area to attend, about an hour.
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haskins books..
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Old 12-23-2008, 10:34 AM
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I love the Sports Illustrated story on Secretariat shortly after his passing.

I still have the issue around here somewhere.

Guess I need to check out the book now.

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The "Pure Heart" essay is included the most recent edition of the book at the end.
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