The Kentucky Oaks

150 Years of Running for the Lilies

Avalyn Hunter (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2024
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-1-9859-0034-9 (ISBN)

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No Thoroughbred race in the state of Kentucky holds a more hallowed place in the national and international consciousness than the Kentucky Derby. Its fame is richly deserved, yet there are other equally important and historic races whose significance deserves a larger share of the spotlight—none more so than the Derby's sister race, the Kentucky Oaks. Inaugurated on May 19, 1875—just two days after the first Kentucky Derby—and run annually at Churchill Downs since then, the Kentucky Oaks is America's most prestigious race for three-year-old fillies and the second-oldest continuously run horse race in North America. Always cherished by horsemen as a test for the future mothers of the Thoroughbred, the Oaks has in recent years become a major charity and fashion gala in addition to its significance as a sporting event. Yet, although multiple books have been published about the Kentucky Derby, popular and academic historians alike have largely overlooked the Oaks.

In The Kentucky Oaks: 150 Years of Running for the Lilies, author Avalyn Hunter sets out to recover the history of one of the most watched and highly attended events in Thoroughbred racing. Beginning with Meriweather Lewis Clark Jr.'s creation of a race designed to parallel England's historic Oaks Stakes, Hunter traces the evolution of the Kentucky Oaks through the stories of the men, women, and fillies that have made the Kentucky Oaks a symbol for women's growing participation in the sport at all levels.

Introduction
An Oak with English Roots
A Tennessee Lady
Anything but Modest
Tragedy, Turmoil, and Trickery
Black and White
The Great "Brown Dick"
The McDowell Years
Turning Tides
A Warrior Princess
March of The Amazons
The Queen of the Oaks
Some Mares of Influence
A Sunflower in Kentucky
Red Tide Rising
Absolutely Delightful
Ahoy, Cain Hoy
He Did It His Way
Along Comes Mary
A Season in the Sun
A Girl Named Susan
The Ruffian Effect
Five Crowns for Calumet
A Tale of Two Fillies
Passing the Baton
Fragile Wings
Hammer Time
Highs and Lows
The Brazilian Connection
Hello, Marylou
Riches to Riches
Alexandra the Great
Think Pink
Rosie Believed She Could
Like Fine Wine
The More Things Change
Acknowledegments
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.04.2024
Zusatzinfo	22 b&w illustrations
Verlagsort	Lexington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Reiten / Pferde
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-9859-0034-3 / 1985900343
ISBN-13	978-1-9859-0034-9 / 9781985900349
Zustand	Neuware