The Barn: Bob Baffert and the Quest for the Next Triple Crown
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| Rating | : | 4.20 (585 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01KUDR4EQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 420 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Horse racing is notoriously unpredictable, which has always been part of the allure. Three fascinating weekends in a three-month span that add up to under seven minutes of racing. But what's really going on behind the scenes and inside the barns? It's a year-round labor of love in which scores of people—trainers, jockeys, stable hands—and hundreds of horses, work in harmony to create champions. The behind-the-scenes story of horse racing's greatest trainer, Bob Baffert, the barn he founded, and the endless quest to train another Triple Crown winner.Sixteen million people watch the Kentucky Derby every year. In the past ten years, Baffert has had three colts win the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, only to lose at the Belmont. In 2015, he had the first Triple Crown winner in thirty-seven years, American Pharoah. Nearly as many watch the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes. But seeing how the potential champions are trained and groomed is surprising, illuminating, and even, at times, emotional and moving, as readers learn about the powerful bond between the horses and the stable employees who dedicate their lives to them.David Israel is a journalist turned television and film producer who made horse racing his successful third career and became the head of the California Horse Racing Board. It takes a total team effort to develop a competit
About the Author David Israel, the former head of the California Horse Racing Board and a close friend of Bob Baffert, was one of the country's leading sports columnists in the 1970s. He then moved to Los Angeles and carved out a very successful career as a television writer and producer. His Chicago Tribune column was syndicated in hundreds of pages nationally.
He then moved to Los Angeles and carved out a very successful career as a television writer and producer. . David Israel, the former head of the California Horse Racing Board and a close friend of Bob Baffert, was one of the country's leading sports columnists in the 1970s. His Chicago Tribune column was syndicated in hundreds of pages nationally