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Eclipse : The Horse That Changed Racing History Forever by Nicholas Clee (2013, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherAbrams, Inc.

ISBN-101468303333

ISBN-139781468303339

eBay Product ID (ePID)143938373

Product Key Features

Book TitleEclipse : the Horse That Changed Racing History Forever

Number of Pages352 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

TopicHorse Racing, Europe / Great Britain / General

GenreSports & Recreation, History

AuthorNicholas Clee

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight10.9 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"A splendid book . . . No racing home should be without it." -- The Times, Sports Book of the Year "A hugely enjoyable account, beautifully produced." -- Sunday Times, Sports Book of the Year "A ripping yarn, expertly told." -- The Observer

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal798.40094109033

SynopsisWatching 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 undisputed, undefeated champion of the sport. Not only a consummate winner, Eclipse exemplified the perfect thoroughbred -- a status he retains even today. Eclipse's male-line descendants include Secretariat, Barbaro, and all but three of the Kentucky Derby winners of the past fifty years., 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."