Kentucky handicap horse racing
Subtitle: a history of the great weight carriers
By: Melanie Greene
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
ISBN-13: 9781626194694
Subjects: Handicap horse racing; Thoroughbred horse
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: History of the handicap; title: Roseben,the big train; title: Roame,the accidental champion; title: Exterminator, old bones; title: Equipoise, king of the handicap horses; title: Discovery, the iron horse; title: Devil diver, the record holder; title: Tom Fool, horse of the decade; title: Kelso,,king kelly; title: Damascus, a king among giants; title: Forego, the last great weight carrier; title: End of an era; title: Appendix A. Champion handicap male horse winners, 1900-70; title: Appendix B. Champion older male horse Eclipse Award winners, 1971-2013.