Landaluce (eBook)

The Story of Seattle Slew's First Champion

Mary Perdue (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2022
346 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-9554-4 (ISBN)

Infos

When Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew retired from racing in 1978 to stand at stud at Spendthrift Farm, no one could be certain he would be a successful sire. But just four years later, his dark bay daughterLandaluce won the Hollywood Lassie Stakes by twenty-one lengthsa margin of victory that remains the largest ever in any race by a two-year-old at Hollywood Park. California horse racing had a new superstar, and Slew was launched on a stud career that would make him one of the most influential sires in North America.Like her father, Landaluce soon became a national celebrity, and was poised to become the next American super-horse. But those dreams ended when the two-year-old died in her stall at Santa Anita four months later, the victim of a swift and mysterious illness. Today, with her "e;I Love Luce"e; bumper stickers long gone, the filly has been largely forgotten.In Landaluce: The Story of Seattle Slew's First Champion, Mary Perdue tells the story of a horse whose short but meteoric career could have changed racing history forever. Sparking comparisons to Ruffian, Landaluce helped elevate California horse racing to the national stage and could have been the first filly to ever win the Triple Crown. Perdue explores the lives and careers of Landaluce's breeders, owners, and trainer, D. Wayne Lukas, as well as her famous sire, Seattle Slewand shows not only how one filly captured the imagination of racing fans across the country, but also set the stage for another filly turned super-horse, Zenyatta, in the decades to come.Find out more at <a href="e;https://www.landalucebook.com/"e;>landalucebook.com</a>

Autor

Mary Perdue is a freelance turf writer and EQUUS WINNIE Award winner.

Inhalt

1. Prologue
2. Chapter One: Leslie and Myrtlewood
3. Chapter Two: Cambridge Stables and the Spendthrift Connection
4. Chapter Three: Seattle Slew Day
5. Chapter Four: Slew In the Shed
6. Chapter Five: April 11, 1980
7. Chapter Six: Growing Up
8. Chapter Seven: Wayne and Terlingua
9. Chapter Eight: Thoroughbreds All the Way
10. Chapter Nine: One Bay Filly
11. Chapter Ten: Stalwart Hopes
12. Chapter Eleven: Good From the Beginning
13. Chapter Twelve: "She Just Went"
14. Chapter Thirteen: Her Sister's Shoes
15. Chapter Fourteen: Miss California Becomes Miss America
16. Chapter Fifteen: Pleasant Surprise
17. Chapter Sixteen: Making the Grade
18. Chapter Seventeen: Hurray for Hollywood
19. Chapter Eighteen: Starlet
20. Chapter Nineteen: Last Race
21. Chapter Twenty: Grieving
22. Chapter Twenty-One: Getting Through
23. Chapter Twenty-Two: Futurity
24. Chapter Twenty-Three: Eclipse
25. Chapter Twenty-Four: Legacy
26. Chapter Twenty-Five: Forever a Champion
27. Epilogue

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.7.2022
• Reihe/Serie: Horses in History
• Reihe/Serie: Horses in History
• Vorwort: Jon White
• Zusatzinfo: 1 figure, 30 b&w illustrations, 1 b&w table
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Reiten / Pferde
• Schlagworte: angel cordero • brownell combs • d. wayne lukas • Equestrian History • hollywood park racetrack • John Williams • laffit pincay • laura cotter • leslie combs • linda combs • Seattle Slew • slew crew • spendthrift farm • Thoroughbreds
• ISBN-10: 0-8131-9554-3 / 0813195543
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8131-9554-4 / 9780813195544