Download or read book Buddha on the Backstretch written by Arlynda Lee Boyer and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using Buddhism as a lens to examine NASCAR racing - and NASCAR as a means to illustrate Buddhist teachings, this title provides a fresh perspective on the field of sports and spirituality. It considers mindfulness, handling setbacks, patience, discipline, heightened awareness, impermanence, equanimity, and how we face death.

Download or read book On the Backstretch written by W. C. Bamberger and published by Livingston Press (AL). This book was released on 2009 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Backstretch fills in a blank in modern literary history. Set in 1930s England, this short novel tells the tale of the prison stay of Gulley Jimson, the William Blake-spouting artist anti-hero who directly addresses the reader through Joyce Cary¿s The Horse¿s Mouth. In Cary¿s novel Jimson tells his friends (and readers) almost nothing of his months behind bars, and seems the same man he was before being sent away. On the Backstretch uses threads and hints from Cary¿s novel to propose that while Jimson remained an artist, a schemer and a reluctant advocate for his fellow man even behind bars, that he was indeed changed by his experience, and in telling this part of his history he gulls his readers into forming a unique¿and disturbing¿bond. On the Backstretch stands as a work in its own right, but those familiar with Cary¿s novel will read both in a different light.

Download or read book Better Lucky Than Good written by Sylvia Arnett and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Churchill Downs is the epicenter of Kentucky's equine heritage and the most storied racetrack in the world. More than a thousand workers come to the backside of Churchill Downs on any given day during a meet. Before sunrise, seven days a week, stable hands, hot walkers, grooms, outriders, jockeys, and more tend to the well-being of the horses and the track. Most will never stand in the Winner's Circle. There could be no Kentucky Derby without their contributions.Better Lucky Than Good is the most caring, in-depth look into the lives and stories of equine workers ever published--and it was written by the people who live and work on the backside of Churchill Downs. The book's 32 authors include grooms, hot walkers, exercise riders, a clocker, an outrider, assistant trainers, a jockey, a starting gate crew member, a pony person, a horticulturist, a silks seamstress, shedrow foremen, a tack and saddle man, a security guard, a horse tattooer, trainers, an alcohol and drug abuse counselor, a farm manager, a chaplaincy associate, and many more. "Every person I know who has ever 'written a horse book,' or worked extensively as a journalist covering the world of the track, has at some point had a version of this thought: If somebody would just do a good oral history, interviewing the people who actually work with the horses--the grooms and riders and ferriers and assistant trainers, the folks on the "backside"--it would be worth 10,000 pages of even the best literary description of the sport. Now the Louisville Story Program has done this, and done it beautifully. It's no exaggeration to say that this book has needed to exist for 200 years."--John Jeremiah Sullivan, author of Pulphead and Blood Horses

Download or read book Homestretch written by Paul Volponi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-09-22 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A runaway boy with nothing finds everything he needs, including a faimly, in the most unlikely of places--at a racetrack.

Download or read book Overcome Neck Back Pain written by Kit Laughlin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1998 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the millions of Americans who suffer from back pain comes a guide that goes beyond the promise of temporary relief to offer an actual cure. Laughlin draws on traditional hatha yoga, the contract-relax method of stretching, and a sensible collection of strengthening exercises. Photos & line drawings. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Download or read book Down the Backstretch written by Carole Case and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horseracing the sport of kings has fed imaginations for centuries. This title analyzes the culture that persists through its rituals, beliefs, and magical practices, which center around the thoroughbred horse.

Download or read book Backstretch Baby written by Bev Pettersen and published by Bev Pettersen. This book was released on with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desperate to keep her job, Eve turns to tough private investigator Rick Talbot for help. But when she's thrust into danger, will their smoldering attraction be enough to save her life? WINNER 2016 READER VIEWS AWARD, BEST ROMANCE NATIONAL EXCELLENCE IN ROMANCE FICTION FINALIST 2016 BOOK BUYER'S BEST FINALIST OCC-RWA 2016 INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL AWARDS FINALIST, CONTEMPORARY NOVEL Private investigator Rick Talbot shuns polite society, preferring to keep horrific memories at bay by hunting the most hardened of criminals. Tracking down stolen bridles at a California racetrack is a mind-numbing assignment that's way beneath his pay grade. Besides, he isn't burned out and he doesn't need a working vacation--no matter what his employer says. Rookie trainer, Eve Lewis, has enough struggles coping with her boss's antagonistic wife and a track community that resents outsiders. Theft and sabotage have made riding impossible, and so far, none of her horses have even made it to the starting gate. The last thing she needs is a badass investigator reporting on all her problems and threatening her ability to provide for her young son. But Rick is tough, smart and drop-dead gorgeous and seems like the best man to help when the sabotage reveals more sinister undertones. In fact, as their attraction builds, she begins to believe he's the perfect man in every way. However, when hostilities turn deadly, Rick must conquer old demons or risk losing Eve forever. Wounded as he is, can he ever be anything more than a paid protector?

Download or read book One Hammer Of A Heartbeat written by Colin Putzier and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was a Thoroughbred racehorse, proud and noble, with the blood of champions coursing through his veins. Though he was a beautiful specimen to me, that noble blood coursed through the veins of a racehorse who was offered for sale at a thousand dollars and was purchased for eight hundred. He was not, and would never be a champion to anyone but me. When he strolled casually into my life in the early spring of 1987, I gave him a once-over and followed him to the barn. He had been to the backstretch before, already a veteran of a dozen races, already a winner. He plied his trade on the bottom rung of the claiming ladder at Playfair Race Course, a small racetrack in the Pacific Northwest. But he was one up on me; I had visited the backstretch previously but knew nothing about the life of a groom at the racetrack. This journal takes us from the day we met, Officer's Citation and I, through the spring and summer, and well into the crisp days of autumn; unforgettable moments spent on the backstretch. You'll meet my mentors, a cowboy named Marv and his brother Baldy, a pair of individuals with a pair of unique perspectives. They were great horsemen, and both knew how to tell a story. It was serious business, yet it seemed like the fun would never end. But the racetrack taught me the truth, and my horse taught me the truth; the story doesn't always end with a laugh, and it isn't always easy to accept the lessons learned. The events of this journal are remembered and told through the fading lens of history more than thirty years after the fact. Some of it feels like it happened yesterday. I was introduced to the sport of kings at the evil oval, and it is there I discovered everything can change in one hammer of a heartbeat. I entered the starting gate with the story of a little brown Thoroughbred horse; I will let you decide whether or not the race was won. Some recent days, when I dare to imagine what heaven might be, I can see a little brown Thoroughbred standing somewhere close to me, his ears pricked forward, tense, alert, and listening for a distant bugle beckoning him to the post once more. Conversely, on an overcast and gloomy day, I might find myself staring into the abyss only to see a little brown Thoroughbred staring back at me. I believe I have written a thought-provoking book; I tried to keep it entertaining enough to read, and interesting enough to keep you turning the pages. I think you will laugh, I know you will cry, and I hope you enjoy.

Download or read book Back Home written by Irvin S. Cobb and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-11 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irvin S. Cobb is a writer of the so-called Southern Tradition. This book is his first volume of Judge Priest stories. The voice of the book is not politically correct for our times. Cobb's ancestors were on the Right Side of the War Between the States, and he recalls his childhood spent listening to the tales of veterans of Forrest and Morgan's cavalry. The stories are written with a great sense of humor but have a deeper and more profound meaning as well.

Download or read book He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back written by Mark Bechtel and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2010-02-08 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a cold February day in 1979, when most of the Northeast was snowed in by a blizzard, NASCAR entered the American consciousness with a dramatic telecast of the Daytona 500. It was the first 500-mile race to be broadcast live on national television and featured the heroes and legends of the sport racing on a hallowed track. With one of the wildest finishes in sports history -- a finish that was just the start of the drama -- everything changed for what is now America's second most popular sport. He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back is the story of an emerging sport trying to find its feet. It's the story of how Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison, Cale Yarborough, Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip, A.J. Foyt, and Kyle Petty came together in an unforgettable season that featured the first nationally televised NASCAR races. There were rivalries -- even the sibling kind -- and plenty of fistfights, feuds, and frenzied finishes. Rollicking and full of larger-than-life characters, He Crashed Me So I Crashed Him Back is the remarkable tale of the birth of modern stock-car racing.

Download or read book Modern Pacing Sire Lines written by John Bradley and published by The Russell Meerdink Company Ltd.. This book was released on 1998-08 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Bud Moore written by Bud Moore and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of NASCAR's pioneers, Bud Moore won countless races in the sport's early rough and tumble days. In almost four decades as a car owner, he was victorious at the Daytona 500, the Southern 500--three times--and at dozens of other NASCAR events, and won three Grand National Division championships, a Grand American championship and the Sports Car Club of America Trans Am championship. He was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2011, with 63 wins and 43 poles. The cars built by Bud Moore Engineering have been raced by some of America's most talented drivers, including Buck Baker, Bobby Allison, Dan Gurney, Parnelli Jones, Tiny Lund, David Pearson, Buddy Baker, Fireball Roberts and many others. Moore continuously sought to improve his machines, making them not only faster but safer, and many of his innovations were quickly adopted throughout NASCAR and by the auto industry. This is Moore's story in his own words, covering his early life in Depression-era Spartanburg, South Carolina, his combat experience during the Invasion of Normandy, his racing career, and his family life and retirement as a gentleman farmer. Many never before seen photos are included.

Download or read book Bouncing Back written by Ronald L. Mann and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bouncing Back: How to Recover When Life Knocks You Down reveals the behind-the-scene stories of world-class athletes from football, baseball, boxing, golf, tennis and track and field. Discover the 8 fundamental principles that prepare you for and drive peak performance during the most difficult times. Hear the direct stories from football legend, Jim Brown, baseball’s Doug DeCinces and boxing legend, Jose Torres, World Long Drive Champion, Lee Brandon and more. These extraordinary people have overcome obstacles and obtained great success: learn from them! Dr. Ron Mann shares his expertise and wisdom in these interviews and shows you how to integrate these fundamental principles into your life. Learn the importance of and how to achieve, Adjustment, Individuation, Spiritual Awareness, Coachability, Heart, Positive Mental States, Emotional Intelligence and Self-Belief. These are key elements that will determine your success or failure in life. We live in changing and uncertain times. Many people feel lost, confused and fearful. The inspiration and information in "Bouncing Back" provides a psycho/spiritual roadmap that leads to peace of mind, mental clarity, strength of heart and openness to change. Take the self-analysis for each essential element and find out where you stand and how to progress. "Bouncing Back" opens a door to a world of meaning and success.

Download or read book Auburn Thoroughbred Horse Racing Facilty King County written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Look Back in Time Memoir of a Military Kid in the Fifties written by Bernard N. Lee, Jr. and published by Bernard N. Lee, Jr. . This book was released on 2014-12-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Look Back in Time: Memoir of a Military Kid in the Fifties, Vol. I, “…is a fascinating, insightful, inspiring, and sometimes hilarious, chronicle of life while growing up in a military family. Readers will enjoy the stories of life in the fifties, told from a child’s perspective. Through the stories, readers learn the virtues of tolerance, fairness, perseverance, resilience, and other life serving qualities needed for survival in today’s world. These qualities are timeless. Readers, young and old, will recognize these virtues, and themselves, inside the stories.” Review by Colonel Arnold R. Goodson, United States Army (Retired) A Look Back in Time – Vol. I… finds our military kid traveling, from state-to-state in the United States of America, during his early childhood years. His encounters, with the people and cultures of the southern and mid-western sections of the country, are rich in history, adventure, and life-changing events. You will enjoy following this cunning and resourceful, military kid as he navigates his early childhood years in the USA during the fifties. Bernard N. Lee, Jr. Author – A Look Back in Time: Memoir of a Military Kid in the Fifties Vol. I

Download or read book The Horse God Built written by Lawrence Scanlan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Horse God Built tells the amazing and heartwarming story of a Secretariat and the man who knew him best. Most of us know the legend of Secretariat, the tall, handsome chestnut racehorse whose string of honors runs long and rich: the only two-year-old ever to win Horse of the Year, in 1972; winner in 1973 of the Triple Crown, his times in all three races still unsurpassed; featured on the cover of Time, Newsweek, and Sports Illustrated; the only horse listed on ESPN's top fifty athletes of the twentieth century (ahead of Mickey Mantle). His final race at Toronto's Woodbine Racetrack is a touchstone memory for horse lovers everywhere. Yet while Secretariat will be remembered forever, one man, Eddie "Shorty" Sweat, who was pivotal to the great horse's success, has been all but forgotten--until now. In The Horse God Built, bestselling equestrian writer Lawrence Scanlan has written a tribute to an exceptional man that is also a backroads journey to a corner of the racing world rarely visited. As a young black man growing up in South Carolina, Eddie Sweat struggled at several occupations before settling on the job he was born for--groom to North America's finest racehorses. As Secretariat's groom, loyal friend, and protector, Eddie understood the horse far better than anyone else. A wildly generous man who could read a horse with his eyes, he shared in little of the financial success or glamour of Secretariat's wins on the track, but won the heart of Big Red with his soft words and relentless devotion. In Scanlan's rich narrative, we get a groom's-eye view of the racing world and the vantage of a man who spent every possible moment with the horse he loved, yet who often basked in the horse's glory from the sidelines. More than anything else, The Horse God Built is a moving portrait of the powerful bond between human and horse.

Download or read book Thoroughbred Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a statistical issue (title varies slightly) 1947-