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Canonero II: The Rags to Riches Story of the Kentucky Derby's Most Improbable Winner (Sports History)
Milton Toby
Paperback. The History Press 2014-02-11.
ISBN 9781626190474
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Publisher description
In the months leading up to the 1971 Kentucky Derby, Cañonero II was an unknown horse with a Venezuelan trainer who spoke only Spanish. The Derby "experts" laughed when an exercise boy rode the horse out on the track with no saddle or stirrups. But the laughter promptly ended when Cañonero II charged to the front from twenty lengths back to win the Derby, followed by a victory at the Preakness Stakes in track record time. In recounting Cañonero II's quest to become the first Triple Crown winner since Citation, award-winning turf historian Milt Toby tells the compelling story of how one man's wildly improbable dream became the dream of a nation and how a bargain-basement yearling born with a crooked front leg became the "people's horse
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