Description
A new superstar appeared on the American sports landscape in the spring of 2006. Barbaro, a three-year-old racehorse, won the Kentucky Derby by the largest margin of victory in sixty years, stirring talk of a possible Triple Crown. But in the opening yards of the Preakness Stakes two weeks later, the magnificent animal suffered a catastrophic leg injury that ended his un-defeated career and left him fighting for his life.
One of the world's top jockeys, Edgar Prado rode Barbaro to glory and then stood beside him for months as the horse valiantly struggled to survive. My Guy Barbaro is the true story of the dream that carried Prado from an impoverished childhood in Lima, Peru, to the winner's circles of the world's greatest racetracks--and is the heartwarming account of his love for a beautiful, talented, irreplaceable teammate.
Author: Edgar Prado, John Eisenberg
Publisher: It Books
Published: 04/07/2009
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.36w x 0.59d
ISBN13: 9780061464195
ISBN10: 0061464198
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Sports
- Sports & Recreation | Animal Sports | Horse Racing
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs