Eclipse
By: Nicholas Clee
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780593059838; 9780593059845
Subjects: Paarden (dieren); Race horses; Paardenrennen; Horse racing; Eclipse (Race horse); Biography; History
Description: "Epsom Downs, 3rd May, 1769: a chestnut with a white blaze scorches across the turf towards the finishing post. His four rivals are so far behind him that, in racing terms, they are 'nowhere'. Awestruck, his spectators know they are in the presence of greatness. Eclipse will go on to become the undisputed, undefeated champion of his sport. He will found dynasties that will dominate the bloodstock market - not only in Britain, but in every other country where thoroughbreds race. His influence will be such that ninety-five per cent of horses racing today are his male-line descendants."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-321) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: The chairman; title: The bawd; title: The gambler; title: The duke; title: The meat salesman; title: The young thoroughbred; title: Coup de Foudre; title: The rest nowhere; title: 1-100 Eclipse; title: The first lady abbess; title: The stallion; title: The most glorious spectacle; title: Cross and jostle; title: An example to the turf; title: The 14lb heart; title: The litigant; title: The declince of the jontleman; title: Artists' models; title: Eclipse's legacy : the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; title: Eclipse's legacy : the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; title: The skeleton; title: Appendix 1 : Eclipse's racing career; title: Appendix 2 : Eclipse's pedigree; title: Appendix 3 : The O'Kelly family; title: Appendix 4 : Racing terms, historical and contemporary.