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A wonderful, forgotten racing story set in The Great Depression.
In 1932, they said there would never be another Phar Lap. Yet within months there came a racehorse so wildly brilliant that he was instantly compared to the dead champion. He was Peter Pan.
Within months of Phar Lap's death, Peter Pan had won the Melbourne Cup and then two years later, won it again - the first horse in 72 years to take home a second. The newspapers of the day called him a 'superhorse' and declared 'another Phar Lap takes the stage.' But over the long years, Australia forgot their new champion.
Peter Pan: The Forgotten Story of Phar Lap's Successor is the tale of the horse that came next - the brilliant, speedy Peter Pan. Casting off the shadow of Phar Lap, this tells the story of triumph during the Great Depression and the coming of a champion when Australia least expected one. It is time to restore the standing of our other great racing hero.
About The Author
Jessica Owers was born the year Kingston Town won his first Cox Plate. In 1988 she was introduced to Phar Lap on the school curriculum, and she has been writing about racehorses ever since. After completing a degree in environmental science and journalism from the University of Stirling, Scotland, Jessica worked as a riding instructor, then staff-writer for the Sydney-based magazines R.M. Williams' Outback and Breeding&Racing. Her work has since been published in Inside Breeding, The Thoroughbred, Turf Monthly and Racing Life, along with various other books and publications across the Australian racing industry. Jessica lives in Sydney's eastern suburbs. Peter Pan: The Forgotten Story of Phar Lap's Successor is her first book, and the result of five years of work. She is currently writing her second racing book.
The Depression, a very special horse, a story of hope in difficult times. Think Seabiscuit and go to Melbourne. By the way, Jessica Owens is a serious horse and racing enthusiast.
| Conversions | p. xi |
| Weight | p. xi |
| Racetrack Distances | p. xii |
| Pedigree | p. xiii |
| Prologue | p. 1 |
| Alwina | p. 5 |
| Pantheon | p. 16 |
| Good fortune is as necessary as a good racehorse | p. 22 |
| The first start | p. 29 |
| The first win | p. 38 |
| Rising to fame | p. 47 |
| 'A regular bobby dazzler' | p. 56 |
| 'Not even the celestial horses could have won from there' | p. 68 |
| The longest two days in horse racing | p. 90 |
| The 1932 Melbourne Cup | p. 96 |
| Horse racing changes overnight | p. 115 |
| The glorious uncertainty of the turf | p. 117 |
| 'A horse can't do much more than win' | p. 132 |
| 'He's only a four-year-old, and a young one at that' | p. 152 |
| The rest of 1933 | p. 168 |
| 'Peter Pan is only one horse, note two or three' | p. 172 |
| A week in 1934 | p. 193 |
| 'Why is this horse so good?' | p. 196 |
| 'Gentlemen like you' | p. 212 |
| Brilliant things | p. 215 |
| The Sir Herbert Maitland Stakes | p. 227 |
| 'Not one horse sweeping the stakes races, but two or three' | p. 234 |
| The men who saw Archer | p. 250 |
| The battle for Darby Munro | p. 253 |
| Whose turn is it this time? | p. 265 |
| 'A horse will not win the Cup a second time' | p. 272 |
| The 1934 Melbourne Cup | p. 280 |
| 'This is becoming a habit' | p. 296 |
| The wildish fancy of L.K.S. Mackinnon | p. 311 |
| 'The crumbs for others' | p. 314 |
| The gravel in his guts | p. 325 |
| America wants Peter Pan | p. 337 |
| The declaration of weights | p. 348 |
| 'Is he so much class?' | p. 351 |
| 'That's the sort of horse to back...He never lets you down' | p. 361 |
| The fate of all champions | p. 372 |
| The 1935 Melbourne Cup | p. 389 |
| Something had happened | p. 394 |
| 'A great heart cannot carry a doubtful leg' | p. 399 |
| The last start | p. 416 |
| 'Au revoir, Peter Pan' | p. 422 |
| Epilogue | p. 431 |
| Peter Pan's Racing Record | p. 441 |
| Bibliography | p. 446 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 452 |
| Index | p. 456 |
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ISBN: 9781742750217
ISBN-10: 1742750214
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 496
Published: 1st November 2011
Dimensions (cm): 23.2 x 15.6
x 3.8
Weight (kg): 0.61
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