Six weeks in Saratoga : how three-year-old filly Rachel Alexandra beat the boys and became horse of the year / Brendan O'Meara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Meara, Brendan.

Series:

Excelsior Editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horse racing--New York (State)--Saratoga Springs--History.

Horse racing.

Race horses--United States--Biography.

Race horses.

Rachel Alexandra (Race horse), 2006-.

Rachel Alexandra.

Thoroughbred horse--United States--Biography.

Thoroughbred horse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany : Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The inside story of how a three-year old filly captured the hearts of racing fans and cemented her bid to be named Horse of the Year.

Contents:

Intro

Six Weeks in SARATOGA

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue: The Answer

Pre-Meet

1. Knock, Knock, Knockin' on'Toga's Door

2. Health, History, Horses

3. Is She the One?

4. Lunch with Trophy

5. No Fear

6. Christmas Eve

Week One

7. Opening Day

8. The Problem with Pairs

Week Two

9. A Shot at No. 3

10. Where He Still Races

Week Three

11. Old Smoke

12. The Triple Crown Assembled

13. Enshrined

14. Out of the Fog and into the Fog

Week Four

15. Fragility Illustrated

16. For Clarity's Sake

17. The Fog Lifts

18. A Good Guy

19. One Tough Throat

20. The Travers Stakes

21. Comings and Goings

22. The Rachel Show

23. The Orphan

24. The Cusp

25. Alexandra the Great

26. King Henry V

27. Farewell to the Champ

Epilogue: The Coronation

References.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-267).

ISBN:

1-4384-3943-1

1-4416-9791-8

OCLC:

743805418