The Secretariat Factor: the Story of a Multimillion-Dollar Breeding Industry
by Kiernan, Thomas
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385149883
- ISBN 13
- 9780385149884
- Seller
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Concord, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY, U.S.A. : Doubleday, 1979. First Edition, 1979. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Octavo, hardcover, VG in VG, lightly browned at edges, dj. 204 pp. Photo illustrated. Inside look at the horse racing and breeding industry, using Secretariat as a case study. Story of what happened after all the hoopla over the Triple-Crown-winning "Superhorse" died away and "the true value of Secretariat was put to the test. A syndicate made up of market breeders from the upper reaches of industry, real estate, insurance and banking had purchased shares of Secretariat, each share worth $190, 000--a total cash outlay of over $6 million. And each share now permitted its owner to breed one mare a year to the ' Superhorse, ' though without guarantee that he was actually a superstud. In fact, despite his unequaled track record, Secretariat's virility had been publicly slighted. According to one medical report, he was, in fact, a superdud.
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- Bookseller
- bookwitch (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22377
- Title
- The Secretariat Factor: the Story of a Multimillion-Dollar Breeding Industry
- Author
- Kiernan, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0385149883
- ISBN 13
- 9780385149884
- Publisher
- New York, NY, U.S.A. : Doubleday, 1979. First Edition
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1979
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