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A Quarter-Century of American Racing and Breeding 1916 Through 1940 Silver Anniversary Edition Reprint

By: The Blood Horse; Paulick, Raymond S. Editor

Price: $38.00

Publisher: KY, The Blood-Horse, Inc:

Seller Id: 25224

Binding: Leatherette

Condition: Very Good

Silver hardcover leatherette boards with green lettering shows color loss at still sharp tips, internally fine with name on fep. 199 pp. Only 2,200 copies of the Silver Anniversary edition of The Blood-Horse were originally published. This reprint has additions to include all winners of American stakes races foaled from 1916 through 1940 and the selection dealing with stallions has been updated to include the entire stud record of each sire.
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Steeplechasing The Lonsdale Library Volume XXXII

By: The Rt. Hon. Lord Willoughby De Broke Et Al

Price: $18.00

Publisher: London, Seely, Service & Co. Ltd: 1954

Seller Id: 44482

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Stunning copy in gold cloth boards with bright gilt titles. 334 pgs, No names, tears or soil. Professionally reproduced color illust dj in new mylar displays beautifully. The definitive text, a must have for any complete sporting library. More than suitable for gift giving. Includes: The History of Steeplechasing, The Grand National, Cheltenham: The National Hunt Meeting, Soldiers in the Saddle, Point-to-Point Racing, The National Hunt Committee, Breeding of Steeplechasers, Breeding of Winners of the Grand National, Purchase of Steeplechasers, The Early Education of 'Chasers, Schooling over Fe...
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Tote Investors' Who's Who in Racing

By: Tote Investors

Price: $48.00

Publisher: London, Tote Investors Ltd.: 1939

Seller Id: 44457

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

1st edition hardcover in beige cloth quite grubby. Vintage adverts in the first few pages, foxing on first and last few pp, internally pretty clean. 703 p. In producing Who's Who in Racing, Tote Investors, Ltd, have endeavored to provide a really up-to-date (as of 1939), and comprehensive reference book dealing with the social side of the sport. In addition to those racing and training on a big scale many smaller owners and trainers, as also club members, are brought to notice. Another feature is the section devoted to Studs which are approached from a new angle. The whole-hearted cooperation...
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Thoroughbred Racing & Breeding The Story of The Sport and Background of the Horse Industry

By: Underwood, Tom R. Editor

Price: $25.00

Publisher: NY, Coward-McCann: 1945

Seller Id: 29116

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Sharp straight copy in taupe linen cloth boards with blue titles and horse illustration on cover, spine slightly darkened but title legible. 245 pp, pictorial endpapers. A compilation of stories by various authors and trainers of the day. Chapters include: The Role of Racing by Tom R. Underwood/ Racing as a Sport by Robert F. Kelley/ Racing as a Business by Alexander M. Robb/ The Breeding Background by J. A. Estes/ The Horse Farms by Fred A Purner, Tom R. Underwood and Humphrey Finney/ The Yearling Sales by Nelson Dunstan/ Training the Horse by Joe H. Palmer/ Running of the Race by Neville Dun...
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Fasig-Tipton Kentucky September Yearling Sales September 18,1989

By: Unknown

Price: $12.00

Publisher: KY, Fasig-Tipton: 1988

Seller Id: 18707

Binding: Soft

Condition: Very Good

Tight bright paperback with pictorial softcovers. Base of frt cover separated from spine for 1". Unpaginated, approx 250 pages of info on the yearlings, agents, index to sires & dams, index to consignors etc. Uncommon research volume for any race horse owner.
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Virginia Mixed Sale Warrenton, VA Sat. Oct 7, 1972

By: Unknown

Price: $15.00

Publisher: VA, Virginia Sales Co: 1972

Seller Id: 37658

Binding: Pictorial Paperback

Condition: Near Fine

Off-white & green paperback has a small amount of yellowing from age otherwise shows well. Unpaginated text is bright & tight with no tears or soil. The many descriptions of horses for sale in the 1972 Mixed sale in Warrenton, VA at the Horse Show grounds.
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The Kentucky Derby 1875-1986 112th Running May 3, 1986 Program

By: Unknown Author

Price: $10.00

Publisher: KY, Kentucky Thoroughbred Association: 1986

Seller Id: 34875

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Solid copy in surface worn covers. 199 pp text tight and bright. Lists past wins, jockeys, and so much more. Not pretty but all there.
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A Plea for Sanity in Thoroughbred Racing

By: Vickers, Captain Reginald J., M.C.

Price: $8.00

Publisher: VA, Privately Printed: 1962

Seller Id: 27830

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Lovely copy in beige boards with b/w photo of TB yearling on cover. Original onion skin sleeve present and in VG shape showing light foxing and only light wear at tips. Spine ends and board tips still sharp. Internally fine save for light finger soil on title page and light foxing on endpapers. 55 pgp. A plea to eliminate early training of horses so that they are not broken down at an early age. Includes: They Deserve Better Treatment, Early Days of a Thoroughbred, The Significance of Early Female Racing on Future Reproduction, Early Racing of Colts, The Incentive for Racing Immature Thorough...
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The Classic Racehorse

By: Willett, Peter

Price: $17.00

Publisher: KY, The University of Kentucky Press: 1981

Seller Id: 45945

ISBN: 0813114772

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

1st edition hardcover in green paper covered boards with bright gilt spine title shows sharp tips and bumped spine ends. Super lightly brushed tips of unclipped dj show a touch of color loss, else displays beautifully in new mylar sleeve. Collectible copy. 272 pp text is crisp and unmarked, Full of lore, history and thoughts to the future by former president of the British Thoroughbred Breeders Association. Illust with b/w photos of such supreme champions as Eclipse, , Diomed, St. Simon, Sceptre, Pretty Polly, Tourbillion, Hyperion, Nearco, Birkhahn, Star Kingdom, Ribot, Bold Ruler, Anili...
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Flatterer The Story of a Steeplechase Champion SIGNED

By: Winants, Peter

Price: $48.00

Publisher: VA, The Chronicle of the Horse: 1988

Seller Id: 32960

ISBN: 0962012815

Binding: Pictorial Boards

Condition: Fine

One of 1,000 copies, this one #358 is signed by Peter Winants on front page. 231 pp plus index. Very lightly bumped (not rubbed) tips, internally as new. Collectible and much-sought offering of steeplechase racing history. Profusely illust w/color and b/w photos, charts, drawings. Gorgeous, collectible and exceedingly rare volume of a stunning brown gelding. Chapters: Comparing Great Horses: Introducing Some Key People and Places/ Flatterer's Folks - By an Honest Stallion Out of a Mare who was "Just a Horse"/ 1982 In Flat Racing - Hard Work and Reasonable Success, But No Place to Go/ 1...
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Jay Trump A Steeplechasing Saga Signed, Ltd. Edition

By: Winants, Peter

Price: $48.00

Publisher: MD, Winants Bros, Inc: 1966

Seller Id: 34827

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Limited to 2000 copies, signed and numbered by author Peter Winants. Grey two-tone leatherette with bright yellow titles on cover board and back strip. Shows negligible edge wear from storage, corners and spine ends sharp, no damage or markings from former owners, no fingerprints, creased corners, page tears or damage of any sort. More copies available. Profusely illustrated with photographs of the life and descriptive story of the great steeplechasing horse, his rider, Tommy Smith, and owner, Mrs. Mary Stephenson in England, France (Chantilly) and the USA. Peter Winants was long-time editor ...
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Harness Horse Racing in the United States and Canada

By: Wrensch, Frank A.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: NY, D. Van Nostrand Company: 1951

Seller Id: 33959

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good +

Light green cloth with bright gilt image with two harness racing horses frt cover, bright gilt titles on backstrip. Gift dedication fep. Text is tight and bright. 219 pgs.
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