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Postby Roger » Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:03 am

Do any of you have recommendations of new books out there for horse people?
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Postby majxmom » Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:20 pm

What topic were you looking for? Racing/breeding, handicapping, riding, horse health, training, etc.
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Postby Roger » Fri Nov 20, 2009 7:10 pm

racing, breeding, training, racing history, just about anything
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Postby bdw0617 » Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:35 pm

Native Dancer: The Grey Ghost, Hero of a Golden Age

just got done reading that. very good read
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Postby Strategic Maneuver » Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:35 pm

Lynn Reardon's new book is out and I'm looking forward to reading it. She started LOPE Texas, our retirement facility for retired TBs and others. I hope you and others will get the book.
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Postby bdw0617 » Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:04 pm

what's the name of the book?
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Postby Strategic Maneuver » Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:19 am

Beyond the Homestretch by Lynn Reardon. Her site is Lopetx.org.
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Postby Strategic Maneuver » Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:20 am

Sorry, I think it is LOPETEXAS.org.
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Postby toadie » Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:36 pm

I just finished "Crazy Good" (story of Dan Patch), by Charles Leerhsen and really enjoyed it.
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Postby Derring » Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:11 pm

I read Chosen By a Horse recently. It's about a woman who rescues a horse against her better judgement and how it changed her life. Very well done.
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Postby K~2 » Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:18 pm

An updated version of a favourite of mine is coming out this holiday season

The Plate: 150 Years of Royal Tradition from Don Juan to Eye of the Leopard by Louis Cauz and Beverley A. Smith

The Queen’s Plate is the first jewel in Canada’s Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing and is the longest continuously run stakes race in North America. It is Canada’s most prestigious one-day social and sporting event.

The Plate: 150 Years of Royal Tradition from Don Juan to Eye of the Leopard (December 2009, ECW) by Louis E. Cauz and Beverley A. Smith explores the colourful history of the Queen’s Plate through words and archival photographs. The book will be launched to the public at Woodbine Racetrack on Sunday, December 6th from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., on the second floor grandstand.

Cauz, an historian, archivist and the managing director of Canada’s Horse Racing Hall of Fame, and Smith, an award-winning reporter for the Globe and Mail, will be on hand to autograph copies and engage race fans with insider stories from the last twenty-five years of the Plate.

The Plate updates a previous book by Cauz on the first 125 years of the stakes race with the inclusion of such greats as With Approval, who in 1989 became the first Triple Crown winner in 26 years, 2003 Triple Crown hero, Wando, and 2009 champion, Eye of the Leopard.

When asked about the importance of an updated edition Cauz said, “More than fifty years ago my obsession with the Plate and its history took roots at Woodbine. Years later, that infatuation with this historic piece of Canadiana prompted me to chronicle its first 125 runnings. My fixation on the Plate has not diminished. Joining forces with the talent of Beverley Smith, I have had the pleasure of adding another twenty-five years of Plate history and revisiting the first 125 years by editing, rewriting and adding photos and anecdotes that were not available in 1984.”

Smith was also pleased to be involved in the book adding, “I’ve been watching the Queen’s Plate since I was twelve years old-and writing about it-so it seemed only natural now that I am a real journalist, I could carry on what I started many years ago. It’s been a labour of love from the first day and I’m honoured to have been given the task.”

Title: The Plate: 150 Years of Royal Tradition from Don Juan to Eye of the Leopard Author: Louis E. Cauz and Beverley A. Smith
Publisher: ECW Press
Distributor: IPG (Independent Publishers Group)
Publication: December 6, 2009
Price: $39.95
ISBN-13: 978-1-55022-855-7
Available: at bookstores and online booksellers.
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Postby Roger » Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:24 pm

I wanted to brag on Mahubah and her books. They are great and filled with tons of information. She is gifted with the ability to make facts fun and interesting. Santa was good to me this year and she says never again because I'm not much good for anything until I finish a book and I now have three really good ones. Don't worry about me and Santa, she says that every year.
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Postby Mahubah » Tue Dec 29, 2009 3:53 pm

Hope you really enjoy them...and that your marriage survives!
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Postby Tairaterces » Tue Dec 29, 2009 8:33 pm

bdw0617 wrote:Native Dancer: The Grey Ghost, Hero of a Golden Age

just got done reading that. very good read


Just starting this one . . . . . . .

Just finished The Horse God Built by Leonard Scanlan - excellent read.

Also very good reads are: A Breed Apart, the horses and the players. and Bred to Run, the making of a thoroughbred(Claiborne) both by Mike Helm.
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Postby Jessi P » Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:04 am

Horse Heaven, by Jane Smiley. :D :D :D
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