Funny Cide: How a Horse, a Trainer, a Jockey, and a Bunch of High School Buddies Took on the Sheiks and Blue Bloods--and WonIn 2003, a three-year-old with an irrepressible personality and the unlikely name of Funny Cide became "the people's horse," the unheralded New York-bred gelding that - in a time of war and economic jitters - inspired a nation by knocking off the champions and their multimillionaire owners and sweeping to the brink of the Triple Crown. It's a story for the underdog in all of us - a new American classic. |
Contents
Pinhookers and Handicappers | 137 |
The Trainer | 198 |
The Horsewoman | 261 |
Copyright | |
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