Eclipse The Horse That Changed Racing History Forever

Name: Eclipse The Horse That Changed Racing History Forever
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ISBN: 9781468303339

ISBN-10: 1468303333

ISBN-13: 9781468303339

Edition: N/A

Authors: Nicholas Clee

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May 3, 1769, Epsom Downs. A chestnut brown thoroughbred with a white blaze is scorching across the turf towards the finishing post. His four rivals are so far behind him that, in racing terms, they are "nowhere." Watching Eclipse is the man who wants to buy him. An adventurer and rogue who has made his money through gambling, Dennis O'Kelly is also a known companion to the madam of a notorious London brothel. Under O'Kelly's management, Eclipse would go on a winning streak unparalleled for the next two centuries.As journalist Nicholas Clee explores in this captivating romp, while O'Kelly was destined to remain an outcast to the racing establishment, his horse would go on to become the…

Book details

List price: $16.95
Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
Publication date: 10/29/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English



Prologue



The Chairman



The Bawd



The Gambler



The Duke



The Meat Salesman



The Young Thoroughbred



Coup de Foudre



The Rest Nowhere



1-100 Eclipse



The First Lady Abbess



The Stallion



The Most Glorious Spectacle



Cross and Jostle



An Example to the Turf



The 141b Heart



The Litigant



The Decline of the Jontleman



Artists' Models



Eclipse's Legacy - the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries



Eclipse's Legacy - the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries



The Skeleton


Sources



Eclipse's Racing Career



Eclipse's Pedigree



The O'Kelly Family



Racing Terms, Historical and Contemporary


Bibliography


Acknowledgements


Picture Acknowledgements


Index