Racing - THE CLASSIC PEDIGREE 1776-1989 Michael Church
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THE CLASSIC PEDIGREE 1776-1989
By Michael Church
Bound in burgundy leather, with gilt lettering to front and spine, all edges gilt, 480 pages. Landscape 24 x 18cm.
Published by RACING POST LTD. 1990.
The identity of the first winner of a race recognised as a 'Classic' has been lost in the mists of time; it is certain that West Australian had come and gone before his feat of winning the 2,000 Guineas, the Derby and the St Leger was acknowledged by the term 'Triple Crown'.
But the pedigrees of all bar the first winner of what came to be known as the classics have been preserved, and here, for the first time, they are presented in a single volume - a ready reference to the breeding of the most celebrated horses on the British Turf over more than two centuries. And those records are complemented by the pedigrees of the winners of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, the two most important twentieth century innovations for the hierarchy of the breed.
This valuable work will delight and instruct lovers of the thoroughbred, especially the increasing number who are fascinated by the development of the breed. The analysis tables provide marvellous insight into the methods by which breeders have fashioned the descendants of the horses who provided fun for the 12th Earl of Derby and his contemporaries more than 200 years ago. - Tony Morris
CONTENTS
PART ONE - THE HISTORY
Origins of the Classics
Titles, Courses, Distances and Weights
Major races of the past and present
Pedigree charts with comments on the major horses
Classic results and chart index
Triple-Crown winners with essays, photographs and full race-records
Pictures of the past
PART TWO - THE PEDIGREES
Two Thousand Guineas 1809-1989
One Thousand Guineas 1814-1989
Derby Stakes 1780-1989
Oaks Stakes 1779-1989
St Leger Stakes 1776-1989
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes 1951-1989
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe 1920-1989
PART THREE - THE ANALYSIS
Inbreeding in the Classic Pedigree
Leading Sires
Dams of winners
Classic Winners by Classic Winners
Analysis of winners of Second Generation
Difference in age between sire and dam
Age of sire and dam at birth of winner
Sex and colour of winners
Family numbers
Index to Pedigrees
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| Start Time | Fri 28 Sep 2012 19:52:26 (AEST) |
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