{"product_id":"9780960729852","title":"Triple Crown Winner: The Earl Sande Saga: Tragedy to Triumph","description":"\u003cp\u003eA skinny, too-tall kid from the West arrives on the Eastern tracks only to   run circles around the East's best jockeys as an apprentice. Earl Sande rose   from the ranks of the leaky-roof circuit to horse racing's top jockey during the   Golden Age of Sports in the twenties. Sande ranked as the top money-winning   jockey in 1921 and 1923. A severe 1924 accident at Saratoga nearly put an end to   his life and racing career. After months of rehabilitation, Sande returned   triumphant with a second Kentucky Derby win in 1925. Despite missing some racing   due to the illness and death of his young wife, Sande again ranked as the   nation's top money winning jockey in 1927. After retirement and a stint as a   race horse owner, Sande returns to the track to win the 1930 Triple Crown aboard   Gallant Fox. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e     Thousands of jockeys over decades raced   America's turf but only ten captured horse racing's coveted jewel, The Triple   Crown. Sande's lifetime winning percentages still rank among the best over   seventy years later. National turf historian and the leading authority on the   history of horse racing, Tom Gilcoyne, captures Sande's importance in the racing   world, \"Few jockeys were as good as Sande and certainly nobody was ever   better.\"\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e     Climb aboard for a terrific ride. Triple Crown   Winner: The Earl Sande Saga is filled with adventure, love, tragedy, and   triumph. The characters would make a Hollywood casting director envious. Meet   Burr Scott, who entices Earl to quit school and join the racing game; Arizona's   Doc Pardee, who rode the rodeo circuit with Tom Mix and tutors Sande on the fine   points of riding to win; Commander Ross, a Canadian war hero, who invades the   American racing world and captures the first Triple Crown and ranks as the   leading horse racing owner; Harry Sinclair, owner of Sinclair Oil and the famed   Rancocas Stables; sportswriter Damon Runyon, who immortalizes Sande in many   poems, noted trainers Sam Hildreth and \"Sunny Jim\" Fitzsimmons, Sande friend   Will Rogers, and many more interesting characters. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e     The book includes original oil painting cover art, a   Foreword by Earl Sande's nephew, 100 vintage images capturing the life and   racing career of America's top jockey, detailed descriptions of races that make   you feel you are in the grandstands cheering Sande along, a handy racing terms   glossary, and appendices filled with racing statistics. It's all   packed into this handsome, 350-page book.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e     Edward Hotaling, author of a number of horse racing   books, says, \"Triple Crown Winner: The Earl Sande Saga would make a stupendous   film. No sports hero ever had more panache than a handy guy like Sande boootin'   a long shot in, but this adventure tale by Richard James Maturi is no long shot.   It's a sure fire winner, a movie-in-the-making, the riveting tale of a true   hero's hard times and high times...Saddle up and sit tight for one rare ride.\"   \u003cbr\u003e   Don't wait for the movie, pickup a copy today for a thoroughly   enjoyable read.       \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSande's   accomplishments include:\u003cbr\u003e--World record six consecutive victories in one   day\u003cbr\u003e--Dramatic comeback after doctors said he'd never ride again\u003cbr\u003e--The   second American Triple Crown, on Gallant Fox\u003cbr\u003e--Lifetime percentage of 26.4%   winning mounts \u003cbr\u003e--Lifetime percentage of 60.9% in-the-money mounts\u003cbr\u003e--5   Belmont Stakes\u003cbr\u003e--3 Kentucky Derbys\u003cbr\u003e--1 Preakness\u003cbr\u003e--5 Jockey Club Gold   Cups\u003cbr\u003e--4 Withers Stakes\u003cbr\u003e--3 Lawrence Realizations\u003cbr\u003e--3 Suburban   Handicaps\u003cbr\u003e--3 Dwyer Stakes\u003cbr\u003e--Hall of Fame inductee with first   class\u003cbr\u003e--Winner of 1923 International Match Race aboard Zev vs   Papyrus\u003cbr\u003e--Winner of thirty-nine stakes races in 1923, a record that stood for   thirty years\u003cbr\u003e--Top Money-Winning Jockey 1921, 1923, 1927\u003cbr\u003e--Top   Money-Winning Jockey Record that stood for twenty years\u003cbr\u003e--Riding noted mounts   Billy Kelly, Bracadale, Chance Play, Chance Shot, \u003cbr\u003e   Crusader,   Flying Ebony, Gallant Fox, Grey Lag, Kai-Sang, Mad Hatter, Mad Play, Man   \u003cbr\u003e    o' War, Milkmaid, My Own, Osmond, Sarazen, Sir Barton,   and Zev.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"21ST Century Publishers WY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034757808368,"sku":"9780960729852","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780960729852_p0.jpg?v=1763873805","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780960729852","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}