Death of a racehorse : an American story /
Lillis, Katie Bo,
Death of a racehorse : an American story / Katie Bo Lillis. - First Sim & Schuster hardcover edition. - xxix, 351 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
The best at what you do -- Go west, young man -- The cowboy hat -- Derby fever -- Free form every mortal sin, including Butazolidin -- It was the poppies! -- Sudden death -- Social license to operate -- The racing business -- "Eyes and gut" -- Stuart Janney's quest -- The cops -- "Nobody goes to jail for an epogen positive" -- The backside -- Belonging -- The ghost of Alex Harthill -- Through the looking glass -- The raid -- All heart -- The positive -- The Saturday Night Live effect -- 21 picograms -- The bottom line -- Hate the game, not the player -- "We're all just whores"?.
Junior Library Guild
"The inside story of the crisis within the country's most classic sport-horseracing-and why money is killing thoroughbreds at the top of their game"--Provided by publisher.
Ages 14 & Up. Grades 9 & Up.
A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)
9781668017012 : $23.76
2025934154
Horse racing.
Race horses--Wounds and injuries.
Animal welfare.
798.4
Death of a racehorse : an American story / Katie Bo Lillis. - First Sim & Schuster hardcover edition. - xxix, 351 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
The best at what you do -- Go west, young man -- The cowboy hat -- Derby fever -- Free form every mortal sin, including Butazolidin -- It was the poppies! -- Sudden death -- Social license to operate -- The racing business -- "Eyes and gut" -- Stuart Janney's quest -- The cops -- "Nobody goes to jail for an epogen positive" -- The backside -- Belonging -- The ghost of Alex Harthill -- Through the looking glass -- The raid -- All heart -- The positive -- The Saturday Night Live effect -- 21 picograms -- The bottom line -- Hate the game, not the player -- "We're all just whores"?.
Junior Library Guild
"The inside story of the crisis within the country's most classic sport-horseracing-and why money is killing thoroughbreds at the top of their game"--Provided by publisher.
Ages 14 & Up. Grades 9 & Up.
A Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)
9781668017012 : $23.76
2025934154
Horse racing.
Race horses--Wounds and injuries.
Animal welfare.
798.4