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Saratoga race course : the August place to be /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gatto, Kimberly
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Charleston : History Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Saratoga Racecourse (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) > History.
Horse racing > New York (State) > Saratoga Springs > History.
Horses.
Sports.
Table of Contents:
  • History of horse racing in New York
  • The place of swift water
  • The pugilist
  • A world-class racecourse
  • Early years
  • A new beginning
  • "The mostest hoss"
  • The roaring twenties
  • The fox, the biscuit and the admiral
  • Wartime and winners
  • The age of media
  • One hundred years of greatness
  • A tale of two champions
  • Talk of the town
  • Fan favorites
  • Saratoga's old friends
  • The new millennium
  • Rachel and beyond
  • Afterword : history of the National Museum of Racing
  • Appendix A : stakes races as of 2010
  • Appendix B : winners of the Travers Stakes
  • Appendix C : winners of the Whitney Handicap
  • Appendix D : winners of the Alabama Stakes