SECRETARIAT: Racing's Greatest Triple Crown Winner
Timothy T. Capps, . . Eclipse, $24.95 (176pp) ISBN 978-1-58150-091-2
Secretariat is arguably "the greatest all-time American thoroughbred," and turf editor Capps's devotion makes him the voice to call the race. His is probably not, on the other hand, the voice to bring the "Big Red colt's" legend alive for casual readers. Capps's thralldom to Secretariat started two generations back in Meadow Stable's bloodlines, with Secretariat's sire, Bold Ruler and his sire, Nasrullah. Secretariat is always physically present, but the successive trainers and stable managers and jockeys in this legend are only racing diary entries. Capps (
Reviewed on: 03/03/2003
Genre: Nonfiction
Paperback - 222 pages - 978-1-58150-152-0