Kentucky Oaks (eBook)

150 Years of Running for the Lilies

Avalyn Hunter (Autor)

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2024
272 Seiten
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-1-9859-0036-3 (ISBN)

Infos

No Thoroughbred race in the state of Kentucky holds a more hallowed place in the national and international consciousness than the Kentucky Derby. Its fame is richly deserved, yet there are other equally important and historic races whose significance deserves a larger share of the spotlightnone more so than the Derby's sister race, the Kentucky Oaks. Inaugurated on May 19, 1875just two days after the first Kentucky Derbyand run annually at Churchill Downs since then, the Kentucky Oaks is America's most prestigious race for three-year-old fillies and the second-oldest continuously run horse race in North America. Always cherished by horsemen as a test for the future mothers of the Thoroughbred, the Oaks has in recent years become a major charity and fashion gala in addition to its significance as a sporting event. Yet, although multiple books have been published about the Kentucky Derby, popular and academic historians alike have largely overlooked the Oaks.In The Kentucky Oaks: 150 Years of Running for the Lilies, author Avalyn Hunter sets out to recover the history of one of the most watched and highly attended events in Thoroughbred racing. Beginning with Meriwether Lewis Clark Jr.'s creation of a race designed to parallel England's historic Oaks Stakes, Hunter traces the evolution of the Kentucky Oaks through the stories of the men, women, and fillies that have made the Kentucky Oaks a symbol for women's growing participation in the sport at all levels.

Autor

Avalyn Hunter is a nationally recognized authority on Thoroughbred pedigrees and racing history whose work has appeared in the Blood-Horse, Thoroughbred Times, Owner-Breeder International, MarketWatch, New York Breeder, and Louisiana Horse. She is the author of Dream Derby: The Myth and Legend of Black Gold, American Classic Pedigrees 1914–2002, The Kingmaker: How Northern Dancer Founded a Racing Dynasty, and Gold Rush: How Mr. Prospector Became Racing's Billion-Dollar Sire.

Inhalt

Introduction: Pink Ribbons, Hats and a Holiday
1. An Oak with English Roots
2. A Tennessee Lady
3. Anything but Modest
4. Tragedy, Turmoil, and Trickery
5. Black and White
6. The Great "Brown Dick"
7. The McDowell Years
8. Turning Tides
9. A Warrior Princess
10. March of The Amazons
11. The Queen of the Oaks
12. Some Mares of Influence
13. A Sunflower in Kentucky
14. Red Tide Rising
15. Absolutely Delightful
16. Ahoy, Cain Hoy
17. He Did It His Way
18. Along Comes Mary
19. A Season in the Sun
20. A Girl Named Susan
21. The Ruffian Effect
22. Five Crowns for Calumet
23. A Tale of Two Fillies
24. Passing the Baton
25. Fragile Wings
26. Hammer Time
27. Highs and Lows
28. The Brazilian Connection
29. Hello, Marylou
30. Riches to Riches
31. Alexandra the Great
32. Think Pink
33. Rosie Believed She Could
34. Like Fine Wine
35. The More Things Change
Acknowledegments
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.4.2024
• Reihe/Serie: Horses in History
• Zusatzinfo: 22 b&w illustrations
• Verlagsort: Lexington
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Reiten / Pferde
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Anniversary • churchill downs • fillies • Filly • History • Horse Racing • kentucky oaks • lillies • Louisville • Thoroughbreds
• ISBN-10: 1-9859-0036-X / 198590036X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-9859-0036-3 / 9781985900363