Secretariat
Subtitle: the Red Freak, the Miracle
By: Lyn Lifshin
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Texas Review Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Huntsville, Texas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781937875619
Subjects: Poetry; Race horses
Table of contents: title: When a leggy foal comes into the world (Secretariat's birth); title: Scrambling and scampering, leaping and jogging (Secretariat's early days); title: Mothers buck and yowl for their stolen jewels (Weaning); title: Feeling touch as a song they can dance to (The youngest yearlings); title: The gorgeous red chestnut growing into what was to come (Secretariat goes to Hialeah); title: A chubby clown leaves as a prince (Secretariat in Saratoga); title: Like something out of a fairy tale (The Kentucky Derby); title: Other horses saw a shadow coming from behind and knew it wasn't their shadow (The Preakness); title: It's like he's not real (The Belmont); title: Does he dream other barns and stables (After the Triple Crown); title: Even grown men are crying blues (Secretariat, moving to retirement); title: For company, torn leaves perfumed with the scent of mares (Secretariat's retirement); title: Some say horses know: he was led to the van, a shank clipped over him (Secretariat's death); title: Too perfect to replicate (After Secretariat's death).