Table of contents for Down to the wire : the lives of the Triple Crown champions / Robert L. Shoop.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

FOREWARD by Ron Turcotte                                     v

INTRODUCTION by Jean Cruguet                    vii

I. THE RACES
           1.   The Kentucky Derby                      1
           2.   The Preakness                           6
           3.   The Belmont Stakes              10
           4.   The Origin:
                "The Triple Crown"              13
           5.   The Demigod: Man o'War          15
II. THE TRIPLE CROWN CHAMPIONS
           1.   The Unknown: Sir Barton         33
           2.   The Trailblazer: Gallant Fox'   55
           3.   Victorious Progeny: Omaha & War Admiral  79
           4.   The Iron Horse: Whirlaway .     115
           5.   The Unvanquished: Count Fleet   147
           6.   The Obscurity Triumphant: Assault 163
           7.   The Icon: Citation              187
           8.   The National Hero: Secretariat  215
           9.   The Thinking Man's Horse: Seattle Slew  239
           10.  The Duelists: Affirmed & Alydar 261




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AFTERWORD: SEABISCUIT FUNNY CIDE,
AND THE TRIPLE CROWN

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

APPENDICES

   I.  THE TRIPLE CROWN CHAMPIONS

   II. WINNING TIMES of the TRIPLE CROWN WINNERS

   III. WINNING LENGTHS of the TRIPLE CROWN WINNERS302

   IV. THE TRIPLE CROWN RACETRACKS

   V.  RACEHORSES, JOCKEYS and TRAINERS
       ELECTED to the NATIONAL MUSEUM of RACING
       and HALL of FAME

   VI. TABULATED RACING RECORDS of the
       TRIPLE CROWN HORSES

   VII. TRIPLE CROWN RACE WINNERS
       SIRED by TRIPLE CROWN CHAMPIONS

   VIII. RANKINGS of the TRIPLE CROWN WINNERS

   IX. The BLOOD HORSE RANKINGS

BIBLIOGRAPHY & CHAPTER NOTES

INDEX