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Bill Barich
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This wonderful 1980 horse racing classic never loses its luster or charm. Author Bill Barich explores the day-to-day internal world of horse racing - from the backside to the backstretch. This entertaining story of the lives and tribulations of various racetrack personalities is sure to extract every human emotion.
The author's summer adventure after a family tragedy finds him living the life many diehard racing enthusiasts wish they could. Barich's adventure discovers more than he could ever imagine about something much bigger than racing - life itself.
©2007 Bill Barich (P)2012 Audible, Inc.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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Excellent book and perfectly written
- De Jeffrey P. Allen en 09-01-17
De: Lawrence Scanlan
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Horse Crazy
- De: Sarah Maslin Nir
- Narrado por: Sarah Maslin Nir
- Duración: 8 h y 5 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 106
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 102
It may surprise you to learn that there are over seven million horses in America - even more than when they were the only means of transportation - and nearly two million horse owners. Acclaimed journalist and avid equestrian Sarah Maslin Nir is one of them; she began riding horses when she was just two years old and hasn’t stopped since. Horse Crazy is a fascinating, funny, and moving love letter to these graceful animals and the people who - like her - are obsessed with them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Return to riding at 71 years old!
- De Barbara en 09-24-20
De: Sarah Maslin Nir
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The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told
- A True Tale of Three Gamblers, the Kentucky Derby, and the Mexican Cartel
- De: Mark Paul
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 5 h y 41 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 203
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 162
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 159
In the late 1980s, a spectacular three-year-old female racehorse named Winning Colors was being groomed for success under her famous Hollywood trainer D. Wayne Lukas and the billionaire owner of the San Diego Chargers pro-football team Eugene Klein. Meanwhile, three fun-loving gamblers Miami Paul, Dino Mateo, and Big Bernie believed that Winning Colors could be the unlikely female winner of the 1988 Kentucky Derby.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Exciting & Entertaining Story
- De TeeRex81 en 04-17-20
De: Mark Paul
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In the Middle Are the Horsemen
- De: Tik Maynard
- Narrado por: Tik Maynard
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 87
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 84
In 2008, 26-year-old Tik Maynard faced a crossroads not unlike that of other young adults. A university graduate and modern pentathlete, he suffered both a career-ending injury and a painful breakup, leaving him suddenly adrift. The son of prominent Canadian equestrians, Maynard decided to spend the next year as a "working student." In the horse industry, working students aspire to become professional riders or trainers, and willingly trade labor for hands-on education.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The journey of an inspiring Horseman
- De Kelley en 01-16-25
De: Tik Maynard
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The Eighty-Dollar Champion
- Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation
- De: Elizabeth Letts
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 372
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 329
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 325
November 1958: the National Horse Show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Into the rarefied atmosphere of wealth and tradition comes the most unlikely of horses - a drab white former plow horse named Snowman - and his rider, Harry de Leyer. They were the longest of all longshots - and their win was the stuff of legend.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Heartwarming and historical
- De Skipper en 07-01-20
De: Elizabeth Letts
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Horse Heaven
- De: Jane Smiley
- Narrado por: Shelley Thompson
- Duración: 25 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 230
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 156
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 156
Many astonishing and affecting things happen at the racetrack, and the mysterious universe of horse racing, passionate, cold-hearted, pure, corrupt, is woven into a marvelous tapestry of joy and love, chicanery, folly, greed, and reckless courage. Spanning two years on the circuit, from Kentucky and California to New York and Paris, Horse Heaven, puts us among trainers, nervey jockeys, billionaire breeders, and restless track wives.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I wish I could review book and narrator separately
- De Julie Delio en 03-21-07
De: Jane Smiley
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American Pharoah
- The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner's Legendary Rise
- De: Joe Drape
- Narrado por: Aaron Abano
- Duración: 8 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,517
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 4,044
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4,039
History was made at the 2015 Belmont Stakes when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown, the first since Affirmed in 1978. As magnificent as the champion is, the team behind him has been all too human while on the road to immortality. Written by an award-winning New York Times sportswriter, American Pharoah is the definitive account not only of how the ethereal colt won the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes, but how he changed lives. Through extensive interviews, Drape explores the making of an exceptional racehorse, chronicling key events en route to history.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Narrated like a Pre-School Teacher
- De Michael en 05-06-18
De: Joe Drape
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Running with Sherman
- The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero
- De: Christopher McDougall
- Narrado por: Christopher McDougall
- Duración: 12 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,029
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,784
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,778
When Chris McDougall agreed to take in a donkey from an animal hoarder, he thought it would be no harder than the rest of the adjustments he and his family had made after moving from Philadelphia to the heart of Pennsylvania Amish country. But when he arrived, Sherman was in such bad shape he could barely move, and his hair was coming out in clumps. Chris decided to undertake a radical rehabilitation program designed not only to heal Sherman's body but to heal his mind as well - and so Chris decided to teach Sherman how to run.
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5 out of 5 stars
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amazing story
- De scott en 10-19-19
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A Girl and Five Brave Horses
- De: Sonora Carver
- Narrado por: Andrea Giordani
- Duración: 6 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 60
Sonora Carver (1904-2003) was a circus entertainer and one of the first female horse divers. In the arresting autobiography A Girl and Five Brave Horses, Sonora tells her life story. Her sensational act was mounting a running horse as it reached the top of a 40-foot or 60-foot tower and sailing down on its back as it plunged into an 11-foot pool of water below. In 1931, she was blinded due to hitting the water off balance with open eyes while diving her horse. After the accident, she continued to dive horses until 1942.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Terrible narrator!
- De Adrian en 07-17-21
De: Sonora Carver
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The Man Who Listens to Horses
- De: Monty Roberts
- Narrado por: Ed Sala
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 272
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 245
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 243
Monty Roberts' father, a traditional horse trainer, had taught his son to dominate a horse in order to "break" it. But when he was 13, Monty made a discovery that changed his life. As he watched a mare tame a rebellious colt, Monty saw that she was speaking to it through eye and body movements. Astonished, Monty realized that he could train horses by using their language, speaking to them in ways that would form trust and understanding. Developing techniques based on what he learned from the horses around him, Monty embarked on a remarkable career - one that would bring him international fame as the real Horse Whisperer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great read/listen for any horse lover
- De Anonymous User en 09-07-18
De: Monty Roberts
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Out of the Clouds
- De: Linda Carroll, David Rosner
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 193
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 178
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 178
In the wake of World War II, as turmoil and chaos were giving way to optimism, Americans were looking for inspiration and role models showing that it was possible to start from the bottom and work your way up to the top—and they found it in Stymie, the failed racehorse plucked from the discard heap by trainer Hirsch Jacobs. Taking listeners on a crowd-pleasing ride with Stymie and Jacobs, Out of the Clouds unwinds a real-life Horatio Alger tale of a dauntless team and its working-class fans who lived vicariously through the stouthearted little colt they embraced as their own.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mostly about the people, not much about the horse
- De BDM en 11-12-20
De: Linda Carroll, y otros
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Seabiscuit
- An American Legend
- De: Laura Hillenbrand
- Narrado por: George Newbern
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,876
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,477
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,482
Seabiscuit was one of the most electrifying and popular attractions in sports history and the single biggest newsmaker in the world in 1938, receiving more coverage than FDR, Hitler, or Mussolini. But his success was a surprise to the racing establishment, which had written off the crooked-legged racehorse with the sad tail.
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4 out of 5 stars
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See you in the winner's circle
- De Janice en 06-26-13
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This House of Sky
- Landscapes of a Western Mind
- De: Ivan Doig
- Narrado por: Tom Stechschulte
- Duración: 11 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 405
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 341
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 336
A nominee for the National Book Award, Ivan Doig's brilliant memoir shares the experiences and culture that shaped his early years and made him fall in love with the West. From his childhood in a family of homesteaders through the death of his mother and his move to Montana to herd sheep, Doig shows his intimate connection with the American West.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Early work by a favorite author
- De Doggy Bird en 09-06-14
De: Ivan Doig
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Horses Never Lie About Love
- The Heartwarming Story of a Remarkable Horse Who Changed the World Around Her
- De: Jana Harris
- Narrado por: Susanna Burney
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 85
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 72
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 70
Combining the drama of The God of Animals with the powerful realism of Chosen by a Horse, award-winning poet Jana Harris tells the inspiring story of her twenty-four-year relationship with a troubled but beautiful, blood-red feral mare who, in spite of her difficult past, has a talent for healing and helping every human and other being she comes into contact with.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Started off promising
- De Denise Di Giorgio en 03-23-12
De: Jana Harris
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Falling from Horses
- De: Molly Gloss
- Narrado por: David Aaron Baker
- Duración: 11 h y 6 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 40
>In 1938, 19-year-old cowboy Bud Frazer sets his sights on becoming a stunt rider in the movies. Fantasizing about rubbing shoulders with the great screen cowboys of his youth, he leaves his home in Echol Creek, Oregon, and heads for Hollywood. On the long bus ride south, Bud meets a young woman who also harbors dreams of making it in the movies, though not as a starlet but as a writer, a real writer.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good
- De MJ Strub en 10-26-23
De: Molly Gloss
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Falling for Eli
- How I Lost Heart, Then Gained Hope Through the Love of a Singular Horse
- De: Nancy Shulins
- Narrado por: Dina Pearlman
- Duración: 7 h y 6 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 51
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 46
Everyone knows a woman who loves horses. Maybe she rides whenever she can find the time, maybe she rode as a young girl, or maybe she just devoured the Black Stallion books. Twenty years ago, Nancy Shulins let go of one dream - having a child - and worked toward another one: learning to ride and, eventually, having her own horse. In the process, she learned what it means to love another being so much you can’t imagine life without them.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just what I needed.
- De Jennifer90046 en 12-08-16
De: Nancy Shulins
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Wish You Were Here
- De: Sneaky Pie Brown, Rita Mae Brown
- Narrado por: Kate Forbes
- Duración: 8 h
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General4 out of 5 stars 558
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 462
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 463
Curiosity just might be the death of Mrs. Murphy - and her human companion, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen. Small towns are like families: Everyone lives very close together. . .and everyone keeps secrets. Crozet, Virginia, is a typical small town - until its secrets explode into murder. Crozet's thirty-something post-mistress, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen, has a tiger cat (Mrs. Murphy) and a Welsh Corgi (Tucker), a pending divorce, and a bad habit of reading postcards not addressed to her.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Language of the Cats
- De CHo Meir en 01-29-13
De: Sneaky Pie Brown, y otros
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Total4 out of 5 stars
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- Josh
- 12-10-20
Engaging and unexpected
Sure this is a book about horse racing but it’s really much more about the human perspective and behavior of those at the track, in the paddock, with the historical timeline of horses and the industry. Kevin Foley’s narration was outstanding. Love all the different voices.
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