Northern Dancer The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation

Name: Northern Dancer The Legendary Horse That Inspired a Nation
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ISBN: 9780143190196

ISBN-10: 0143190199

ISBN-13: 9780143190196

Edition: 2015

Authors: Kevin Chong

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In every sport there are a select few competitors who come to define the excellence that all others aspire to. In "the sport of kings," there is one that stands alone. Northern Dancer is not only a Canadian legend, but the cornerstone of his breed. It has been estimated that 70 percent of the thoroughbreds alive today are his descendants, which includes the majority of the horses running in the biggest races around the world. His offspring received record-breaking prices on the auction floor.More than his prepotence as a sire, Northern Dancer is known for his legendary 1964 campaign, which saw him win two of the Triple Crown races in the U.S. and Canada's Queen's Plate. In that time, he…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Penguin Canada
Publication date: 3/31/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.24" wide x 8.22" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English

Kevin Chong was born in Hong Kong in 1975. He is the author of a novel, Baroque-a-Nova (Penguin Canada, 2001/Plume USA, 2002), a music memoir entitled Neil Young Nation (Greystone, 2005), and a forthcoming memoir on horse-racing. His writing has appeared in The Globe and Mail, The Walrus, and Chatelaine. He lives in Vancouver.