Matriarchs: Great Mares of the 20th Century

by Edward L. Bowen

Noted turf authority Edward L. Bowen takes a definitive look at a select group of top American broodmares and their descendants. Among the mares profiled in this volume are the great La Troienne, Rough Shod II, Myrtlewood, Blue Delight, Grey Flight, and Missy Baba, who is the ancestor of both 1999 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Charismatic and 1999 Belmont Stakes winner Lemon Drop Kid. Includes 32 pages of photographs plus detailed pedigrees and female lines of the featured mares.

Genres: Horses, Horse Racing, Nonfiction, History

223 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1999

About the author

Edward L. Bowen was an American Thoroughbred horse racing historian and author, and the president of the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation, an institution involved in funding equine research.

Reviews

[Sumiko]

Picked the book up at the Post Office on Saturday - very interesting book. Love reading about horses that I only knew as names of races (Selima, Beldame). It's out of print so I feel lucky to have found it for under $100.00 on ABE.