Great Horse Racing Mysteries: True Tales from the Track
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Murder, suicide, arson, fraud . . . McEvoy examines several unsolved mysteries and some of the most fascinating tales of the racing world. Publishers Weekly Did the IRA steal Shergar, Europe's most famous racehorse? Is he dead, or living a life of quiet obscurity in the Irish countryside? Did jockey Ron Hansen accused but never found guilty of race fixing jump off the San Mateo bridge, or was he pushed to his death? In Great Horse Racing Mysteries: True Tales from the Track, horse racing reporter John McEvoy explores 12 of the sport's weirder tales, including the poisoning death of legendary Australian racehorse Phar Lap. The book features some shady characters, among them William McCandless, who stole the valuable broodmare Fanfreluche, and more than two decades later, in 1998, was accused of "sponging" horses (inserting sponges in their nostrils to stop their breathing). Racing enthusiasts should love this book, but even those who can barely tell the Kentucky Derby from a hat should find this book an engaging look at a bizarre international subculture. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.
Introduction8Phar Lap's Last Race11Strange Undercurrents40Red McDaniel's Sudden Leap60Woodward's Smoking Gun72Scandalous Image98Hot at Hawthorne127Shergar--Into Thin Air148What Joost Knew169Calamity at Calumet186Ron Hansen--The Joker207Holy Bull--Undone in the Derby227Bluegrass Conspiracies?241References257Index258Acknowledgments262About The Author263
