Masters of the Turf: Ten Trainers Who Dominated Horse Racing's Golden Age by Bowen, Edward L.

Masters of the Turf: Ten Trainers Who Dominated Horse Racing's Golden Age (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781581501490)

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Format: Hardcover
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Masters of the Turf: Ten Trainers Who Dominated Horse Racing's Golden Age by Bowen, Edward L.

Masters of the Turf: Ten Trainers Who Dominated Horse Racing's Golden Age

$28.95
Masters of the Turf: Ten Trainers Who Dominated Horse Racing's Golden Age by Bowen, Edward L.

Masters of the Turf: Ten Trainers Who Dominated Horse Racing's Golden Age

$28.95
Format: Hardcover
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The early 20th century was called the Golden Age of Sport in America with such heroes as Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey grabbing headlines. And alongside them on the front page were horses such as Man o' War, Colin, and Gallant Fox. The men who trained these champion racehorses became icons in their right, shaping the landscape of American horse racing during this time. In Masters of the Turf, well-known racing historian Edward L. Bowen takes an in-depth look at the lives of this elite group of trainers, including the legendary Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, who trained two Triple Crown winners in the 1930s among a host of other champions for the powerful Belair Stud and Wheatley Stable; the father-son team of Ben and Jimmy Jones, who helped Calumet Farm dominate racing in the 1940s; and turn-of-the-century masters James Rowe and Sam Hildreth.

Author: Edward L. Bowen
ISBN-10: 1581501498
ISBN-13: 9781581501490
Publisher: Eclipse Press
Language: English
Published: 11/14/2006
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.31lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.46w x 1.01d
By Edward L. Bowen
By Edward L. Bowen
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Edward L. Bowen (1942-2025) was the author of more than twenty books on Thoroughbred racing history. He was a staff member of the weekly trade publication The Blood-Horse for some thirty years, including seventeen as managing editor and five as editor-in-chief. He was also editor of The Canadian Horse for two years. Bowen served as president of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation from 1994 through 2018. Bowen received various honors within the world of Thoroughbred and sports journalism and authorship, including an Eclipse Award for magazine writing, the Charles Engelhard Award from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association, the Old Hilltop Award from Pimlico Race Course, the Walter Haight Award from the National Turf Writers Association, and the gold medal designation in Foreword's sports category. He lived in Versailles, Kentucky.

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