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Every year, on Valentine's Day, the great Thoroughbred farms open their breeding sheds and begin their primary business. For the next 150 days, the cries of stallions and the vigorous encouragement of their handlers echo through breeding country. This book takes us into this strange and seductive world: Lexington's Overbrook Farm, where the world's leading sire, Storm Cat, earns $35 million a year; the auction halls, where sheikhs and bookies bid millions for well-bred offspring; Three Chimneys, home of Seattle Slew; Running Horse Farm, on the banks of the Rio Grande; and California, where we mee Cee's Tizzy, one of the state's businest stallions and the sire of Tiznow, the 2000 Horse of the Year and the first horse to win back-to-back Breeders' Cup Classics. This book looks at intimate acts in idyllic settings and the billion-dollar business behind them.
| ISBN-13 | 9780756781866 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0756781868 |
| List Price | $25.00 |
| Format | Hardcover |
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| Pages | 209 pages |
| Publisher | Diane Pub Co |
| Published On | 2004-10-01 |
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