Not By a Long Shot: A Season at a Hard Luck Horse Track
Autor T. D. Thorntonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2008
The
great
myth
of
horse
racing
is
that
the
game
is
the
regal
and
royal
Sport
of
Kings.
It
isn't.
Not
by
a
long
shot.
Anyone
who
doubts
this
need
look
no
further
than
Suffolk
Downs,
a
once-proud
racecourse
graced
in
its
glory
years
by
boisterous
throngs
and
champions
such
as
Seabiscuit.
Now
the
blue-collar
East
Boston
track
is
one
of
many
that
have
fallen
on
hard
times.
These
days
"Sufferin'
Downs"
is
where
grizzled
Thoroughbreds
come
to
end
their
careers,
hopeful
young
jockeys
aspire
against
daunting
odds
to
begin
them,
and
diehard
fans
cheer,
curse
and
gamble
on
the
entire
fascinating
spectacle.
These
bit
players
are
not
just
cogs
of
a
single,
struggling
horse
track.
They
are
the
unseen
supporting
cast
for
a
15
billion
betting
industry.
In fifteen years as a racing reporter and press box personality, T.D. Thornton gained access to remote corners of racetrack life off limits to the general public. He got to know the raucously Runyonesque characters and the quirky personalities of the horses; he learned the tricks of the trade from trainers, owners, and jockeys; he witnessed the tragedies and small triumphs of racing lives lived below the radar. One recent season, he finally decided to write it all down.
Not by a Long Shotis a deeply textured portrait of an industry where even the best in the business lose 75 percent of the time.
In fifteen years as a racing reporter and press box personality, T.D. Thornton gained access to remote corners of racetrack life off limits to the general public. He got to know the raucously Runyonesque characters and the quirky personalities of the horses; he learned the tricks of the trade from trainers, owners, and jockeys; he witnessed the tragedies and small triumphs of racing lives lived below the radar. One recent season, he finally decided to write it all down.
Not by a Long Shotis a deeply textured portrait of an industry where even the best in the business lose 75 percent of the time.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781586485665
ISBN-10: 1586485660
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 140 x 213 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
ISBN-10: 1586485660
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 140 x 213 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: PublicAffairs
Colecția PublicAffairs
Notă biografică
T.D.
Thorntonhas
written
for
several
newspapers,
most
notablyThe
Boston
Globeand
the
national
Thoroughbred
dailyThe
Racing
Times.
His
work
has
appeared
in
an
array
of
literary
journals,
and
he
often
comments
on
racing
on
television
and
radio.
He
lives
outside
of
Boston.