Greatness and Goodness: Barbaro and his Legacy
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“The result is a captivating, beautiful volume that should find a special place on bookshelves and coffee tables of racing fans everywhere.” Thoroughbred Times
“Belongs in every horse fan’s personal library.” About.com Guide for Horse Racing, 5 stars
This is a resource page for the 2011 book: Greatness and Goodness: Barbaro and his Legacy. Published by Glen View Media.
ISBN: 978-0-9832139-0-1
Reviews: Amazon.com 100 5 star reviews About.com 5 star Horse-Races.Net 5 star Thoroughbred Daily News Hoofbeats Returns
Awards:
Silver Medal, Animals/Pets, 2011 Independent Publisher Book Awards (2nd of 33 entrants)
Finalist, Animals/Pets: General, for the USA “BEST BOOKS 2011” AWARDS
Greatness and Goodness: Barbaro and his Legacy explores Barbaro’s life, examines whether he was a great racehorse, why he was so inspirational, and details his legacy. More than 100 people were interviewed for the book, including Michael Matz and some of his team, Dr. Dean Richardson and some of the New Bolton Center team, media that cover our sport of horse racing, horsemen involved in the 2006 Triple Crown, and people that worked at the racetracks where Barbaro ran. Greatness and Goodness: Barbaro and his Legacy also includes 164 photographs in a photo essay that retells the entire story. ESPNs Jeannine Edwards wrote the foreword. Co-owner, Gretchen Jackson, wrote the afterword.
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The Author: Author’s Bio | Author Q&A | Photo w/ Barbaro (Low Res) | Photo w/ Barbaro (Hi Res) | PR Representative | Media Coverage
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A reminder of Barbaro’s greatest moment.
Book Jacket Copy
Barbaro reeled off five easy wins to set himself up for the 2006 Kentucky Derby. He was undefeated, yet there were still doubters.
Barbaro wowed everyone who saw him in the flesh as he prepared for the Kentucky Derby. His final Derby workout was sensational. In the Derby itself, he simply crushed the field to win the race by the largest winning margin in sixty years, with the fastest final quarter since Secretariat in 1973. His jockey, Edgar Prado, did not even need to resort to his stick for extra urging; Barbaro was just that good.
Only the fifth undefeated Kentucky Derby winner, Barbaro seemed destined to be our first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. Barbaro trained well leading up to the Preakness and arrived at Pimlico with the swagger of a rock star.
After a false start, Barbaro broke down in the early part of the race. This event was viewed on national TV by an audience devastated by this rapid turn of events. Rather than euthanize the colt, it was decided to send him to New Bolton Center in an attempt to save his life. Eight months later, on January 29, 2007, Barbaro was euthanized. Ironically, doctors had repaired his broken leg. Barbaro succumbed to the wretched disease, laminitis.
Greatness and Goodness: Barbaro and his Legacy examines Barbaro’s life and puts his racetrack record within the context of some of the greatest racehorses to ever run. Through beautiful photos, narrative, and the words of the people who knew him best, this one-of-a-kind book explores why Barbaro became so inspirational to so many people and why his fans turned their energy into doing good things in his name. Good work that has persisted well beyond Barbaro’s all too brief life. Greatness and Goodness also explores important issues raised by the Barbaro saga, including laminitis research, racehorse retirement and horse slaughter.
Alex Brown managed timwoolleyracing.com, which served as a hub of activity for Fans of Barbaro. Alex embarked on his own journey in 2007, to do additional research for this book. More than two years later, this journey led Alex to work at seven racetracks for seven different trainers. During this time Alex also covered the Triple Crown series for the New York Times.
During his racing career Alex rode as an amateur jockey, and galloped horses for leading trainers including Steve Asmussen, Michael Dickinson and Barclay Tagg. Alex has also had an academic career, which included pioneering work in social media. His experience in social media marketing combined with his horsemanship have uniquely positioned Alex to be part of this journey, and to tell the story from the inside. Alex is originally from Cheshire, England, and now resides in Lincoln University, Pennsylvania.
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