The American Racing Manual 2008

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The American Racing Manual 2009 is Thoroughbred racing's number one statistical resource. Now in its 114th year of printing, the ARM continues to cover the major statistical happenings of the racing industry directly from America's leading and most reliable turf authority: Daily Racing Form.As with previous editions, the entire 2008 racing season is recapped along with some new features including: Betting Percentage Tables; Synthetic Surface Synth designations on the race headers in stakes histories; Added past performances of Triple Crown winners not previously in Gallery.

This Manual is the most in-depth Thoroughbred racing guidebook available. Considered the Bible of Thoroughbred racing since its inception more than a century ago, the ARM is finally available through mainstream bookstores.

Long after similiar sports encyclopedias have come and gone, the American Racing Manual continues to serve and entertain fans of the Thoroughbred and members of the racing industry. The continued annual upgrade of statistical reports of leading horses, jockeys, trainers, and race recaps offers the racing aficando an endless supply of rich data. The 2007 edition of the American Racing Manual strengthens its legacy as the prime statistical resource for the Thoroughbred sport.

Champion Race Horses of the Empire State From Saratoga to Belmont Park, New York hosts some of horse racing's most important races, but many of the most successful thoroughbreds of the past five decades also have called the state home. Say Florida Say seemed to only improve with age, winning thirty-three times throughout a seven-year career that made him a regional favorite in the 1990s. The first ever New York horse to win the Kentucky derby, Funny Cide, rose to national prominence in 2003, winning both the Derby and the Preakness in incredible fashion. The thoroughbred Audible shared owners with triple-crown winner Justify, and though embroiled in some controversy as a result, was also an elite race horse during a brief career. Author Allan Carter highlights the stories behind the greatest New York thoroughbreds of the past half-century.

The most in-depth Thoroughbred racing guidebook available. While still the authoritative almanac of Thoroughbred racing when first published in 1896, this edition has grown by leaps and bounds since its inception over a century ago.

While Seabiscuit is perhaps the best-known Thoroughbred in history, Charles S. Howard owned another remarkable racehorse that should never be forgotten. Irish-bred Noor dominated the 1950 racing season, setting world records in victories over Citation and winning the Hollywood Gold Cup by defeating a Triple Crown winner, the Horse of the Year and the previous year's Kentucky Derby winner. Sadly, that fame faded as he failed to sire champions, and Noor was buried in an unmarked grave in Northern California decades later. Veteran turf writer Milt Toby recounts Noor's colorful career and the inspiring story of racing enthusiast Charlotte Farmer's personal mission to exhume the Thoroughbred's remains for reburial in central Kentucky years after the horse was inducted into the hall of fame.