First American Edition, 1st printing. Book is in very good shape with light wear to cover. No markings to text. DJ is in good shape with a bit of fading to front cover and a few light dampstains to back cover. Ships in a box.
Cardigan Bay
The Horse That Won a Million Dollars
RON BISMAN
When Davy and Sandy Todd, the breeders of Cardigan Bay, first set eyes on the plain bay foal at their Mataura, Southland, stud, they little guessed that this ungainly standardbred was to be- come the first million-dollar earner in the history of harness racing. But the awkward gelding was to surprise many people during the next ten years.
Here for the first time is the full story on Cardigan Bay's dramatic rise to fame and fortune his triumphs in New Zealand, his setbacks through injury, his grand victories at the Interdominion Championships, his departure for the United States, his fame at Yonkers Raceway in New York, and Freehold Raceway in New Jersey, his extraordinary tenacity and stamina which kept him ahead of his younger rivals, and finally the triumphant return to New Zealand after carrying all before him in the world's toughest racing circuit.
There will be million-dollar earners to follow Cardigan Bay, and eight thoroughbreds preceded him. But it seems hardly likely that we in our lifetime will see another performance such as this out- and-out champion was able to put up after being hurt so badly as to be written off.