Great Horse Racing Mysteries

Great Horse Racing Mysteries by John McEvoy
English | June 1, 2022 | ISBN: 1493063219 | 270 pages | EPUB | 8.06 Mb
Great Horse Racing Mysteries digs beneath the surface of some of the sport's most intriguing cases, including the death by poisoning of the great Australian champion Phar Lap; the shooting of William Woodward by his wife Ann, owners of the great horse Nashua; the disqualification of 1960 Derby winner Dancer's Image (was he drugged?); the theft and disappearance in 1983 of Shergar, Europe's best-known racehorse and stallion; and the scandalous financial collapse of Calumet Farm after the death by euthanasia of Alydar, one of the world's most successful sires.John McEvoy researched several unsolved mysteries of the racing world- murder...suicide...arson...fraud-and recounts some of horse racing's strangest, most fascinating tales.