Noor: : A Champion Thoroughbred's Unlikely Journey from California to Kentucky by Milton Toby (2012, Trade Paperback)

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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.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherArcadia Publishing

ISBN-101609495616

ISBN-139781609495619

eBay Product ID (ePID)144142018

Product Key Features

Book TitleNoor: : a Champion Thoroughbred's Unlikely Journey from California to Kentucky

Number of Pages160 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHorse Racing, Subjects & Themes / Sports, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Animals / Horses

Publication Year2012

IllustratorYes

GenreNature, Sports & Recreation, Photography, History

AuthorMilton Toby

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight9.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

SynopsisWhile 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.