Death of a racehorse an American story
The inside story of the crisis within the country's most classic sport-horseracing-and why money is killing thoroughbreds at the top of their game.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Simon & Schuster,
2025.
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| Edition: | First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part I: Call to post. The best at what you do ; Go West, young man ; The cowboy hat ; Derby fever ; Free from every mortal sin-including Butazolidin ; It was the poppies! ; Sudden death ; Social license to operate ; The racing business ; "Eyes and gut"
- Part II: The backstretch. Stuart Janney's quest ; The cops ; "Nobody goes to jail for an Epogen positive" ; The backside ; Belonging ; The ghost of Alex Harthill ; Through the looking glass ; The raid
- Part III: The finish line. All heat ; The positive ; The Saurday Night Live effect ; 21 picograms ; The bottom line ; Hate the game, not the player ; "We're all just whores"?
