Champions: The Lives, Times, and Past Performances of America's Greatest Thoroughbreds, Revised Edition

by Daily Racing Form (primary_contributor), Daily Racing Form Press Staff

Each chapter tells the story of each champion's racing career, decade by decade, followed by past performances of these Thoroughbred legends. There is a chapter for each decade, recounting a few horses' careers and several memorable races, accompanied by pictures of horses in action and at rest, to celebrate and honor the greatest achievements of the Thoroughbred bloodline.

656 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2005

Reviews

[Wendy · Rating 4 out of 5]

The main text of this book is okay. Sometimes the writers show their prejudices and favorites a little too much. But that doesn't really matter--the real value of the book isn't the articles, but the lists of year-end champions and the pages and pages of past performance charts. Those make the book worth having. A must for any die-hard horse-racing fan.

[Joseph J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

I still find myself falling into these pages of narrative and statistics. They really ran those horses back in the day; to see three year olds running against older horses between the Preakness and the Belmont. Wow.