Legacies of the Turf
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Legacies of the Turf: A Century of Great Thoroughbred Breeders is a biographical book written by Thoroughbred horse racing historian Edward L. Bowen and published by Eclipse Press on November 25, 2003. (ISBN 978-1581501025)
Legacies of the Turf was named "Sports Book of the Year" in 2003 by Foreword Reviews's Book of the Year Awards (now known as the Foreword INDIES).[1]
In addition to the twenty chapters on the people and/or specific breeding operations, there is a section devoted to foundation mares.
Chapters
- James R. Keene
- John E. Madden
- August Belmont Jr.
- William Collins Whitney & Harry Payne Whitney
- Arthur B. Hancock Sr.
- William Woodward Sr.
- Greentree Stud (Helen Hay Whitney)
- Samuel D. Riddle & Walter M. Jeffords Sr.
- Col E. R. Bradley
- Hal Price Headley
- Wheatley Stable
- Mereworth Farm
- Joseph E. Widener & George D. Widener Jr.
- Calumet Farm
- John Hay Whitney & Joan Whitney Payson
- Brookmeade Stable
- Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
- Bieber-Jacobs Stable
- Alfred G. Vanderbilt II
- Arthur B. Hancock Jr.