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To the Swift: Classic Triple Crown Horses and Their Race for Glory

1 review

St. Martin's Press, 2008

The Finest of Turf Writing
Joe Drape is an accomplished turf writer, he has won the prestigious Eclipse Award for outstanding achievement in horse racing writing. But in this volume of 130 years of the best writing on the sport from The New York Times, Drape enters the starting gate as editor and guides this outstanding history to the winner's circle. To bolster the original stories, there are new essays and a number ...

The Race for the Triple Crown: Horses, High Stakes and Eternal Hope

12 reviews
Joe Drape

Grove Press, 2002

The Winner's Circle
Forget Seabiscuit. This is the racing book of 2001. Drape has taken an otherwise foregttable year in racing, and crafted a rivetting, memorable, behind the scenes look at the personalities, egos, hopes and dreams that live on the backstretch. Drape offers the well earned insights of a man who not only has pushed a bit of money thru the windows at tracks across the world, but has even owned a ...

Black Maestro: The Epic Life of an American Legend

10 reviews
Joe Drape

Harper Paperbacks, 2007

Great Read!
This book is so well written that it got me hooked on it right away and I am not a racing fan. The author, Joe Drape really captured the essence of Jimmy Winkfield and brought his story to life in this book. After reading this book I was left with the firm understanding that man can accomplish so much in a lifetime; it is up to us to make something of our lives regardless of the circumstances we ...