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Old 12-17-2011, 12:48 PM
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Here is the round up of books we featured today on "Loose on the Lead" as last minute gift ideas for yourself or the equine-interested on your list. (If you want to get a wife, girlfriend, daughter, etc., interested in your interest in horses, buy them 'The Eighty-Dollar Champion'. It will be a lot easier to get them to the racetrack after they warm to horses in general which they will after reading Snowman's story.)




Wink: The Incredible Life and Epic Journey of Jimmy Winkfield By Ed Hotaling




The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation By Elizabeth Letts




Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West By Deanne Stillman
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Old 12-17-2011, 12:57 PM
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Laughing in the Hills By Bill Barich




Training Thoroughbred Horses By Preston M. Burch




Champions: The Lives, Times, and Past Performances of America's Greatest Thoroughbreds, 3rd Edition by Daily Racing Form
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Old 12-17-2011, 01:03 PM
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Here is the round up of books we featured today on "Loose on the Lead" as last minute gift ideas for yourself or the equine-interested on your list. (If you want to get a wife, girlfriend, daughter, etc., interested in your interest in horses, buy them 'The Eighty-Dollar Champion'. It will be a lot easier to get them to the racetrack after they warm to horses in general which they will after reading Snowman's story.)

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to say "significant other" or include boyfriend, husband?
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Good book if you're planning on mapping out a 2012 campaign for your horse that consists of 85 published workouts and 25 starts in actual races.
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Old 12-17-2011, 01:29 PM
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Wouldn't it be more appropriate to say "significant other" or include boyfriend, husband?
No..









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Good book if you're planning on mapping out a 2012 campaign for your horse that consists of 85 published workouts and 25 starts in actual races.


I explained that it wasn't quite appropriate for today's era, but that it still had invaluable insight into the care of the racehorse..
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No..









Pipe down Travers Barbie.
Yes.


And never!


To go with your original listing and theme, I would recommend:
http://www.amazon.com/My-Racing-Hear.../dp/0060198532
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