Funny Cide : How a Horse, a Trainer, a Jockey, and a Bunch of High School Buddies Took on the Sheiks and Bluebloods... and Won

English

ISBN: 0425200302

EAN: 9780425200308

Category: Sports & Recreation / Horse Racing/Nature / Horses/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 03/01/2005

Age Range: 18-null

Synopsis: They had no business being there. They were up against million-dollar horses owned by patricians, oilmen, Arab sheiks, and Hollywood producers. They were ten regular guys, and all they wanted was to win a race. Instead, they won the hearts of America. In 2003, a three-year-old with the unlikely name of Funny Cide became the peoples horse, the unheralded New York-bred gelding who-in a time of war and economic jitters-inspired a nation by knocking off the champions and their millionaire owners and sweeping to the brink of the Triple Crown. Trained by a journeyman whod spent over 30 years looking for the one, ridden by a jockey fighting to come back after years of injuries and hard knocks, and owned by a band of high school buddies from Sackets Harbor, N.Y., Funny Cide became a hero and media sensation. Now, Sally Jenkins, award-winning co-author of Lance Armstrongs #1 bestseller Its Not About the Bike, tells the inside story of the Funny Cide teams ups and downs against overwhelming odds, illness, and even scandal, to capture the imagination of millions. Its a new American classic for the underdog in all of us.

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Funny Cide : How a Horse, a Trainer, a Jockey, and a Bunch of High School Buddies Took on the Sheiks and Bluebloods... and Won

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.75 inches

Width: 6.0 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 11.71 oz

Pages: 288