"The Race" 1973 WALKUP, Eunice and OTIS, Oscar

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WALKUP, Eunice and OTIS, Oscar [446] pp. Simon and Schuster 1973 First Edition 8 1/2" x 5 3/4" The Race was an event, the place and the moment when the hopes and dreams of thousand s of people, trainers, owners, jockeys, grooms, betters, spectators came together once a year at the climactic moment when the field of three year olds burst from the confines of the starting gate to run the longest, hardest most famous mile and a quarter in the history of The Kentucky Derby. The lengths all those involved are driven to-kidnapping, blackmail, even murder-are all resolved at that final moment of triumph when the winner passes the post. This is the glory that makes it all worthwhile. Show more