From the Desert to the Derby: Inside the Ruling Family of Dubai's Billion-Dollar Quest to Win America's Greatest Horse RaceThis book covers the conflict between Skeikh Mohammed Rushed al Maktoum and the old-line Kentucky racing establishment. The book also brings to life some of the world's most exquisite Thoroughbred racing facilities in the world, and a battle that involves sports' such fertile ground; money, power, ego, and tradition. |
Contents
Drawing a Line in the Sand | 33 |
Pace Makes the Race | 49 |
Honoring the Foundation Sires | 67 |
Copyright | |
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