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Saratoga Days: A Look Inside Racing's Greatest Meet
Book by Clancy, Sean
228 pages, Hardcover
First published August 15, 2000
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August 18, 2016
Entertaining read by a former steeplechase jockey, Sean Clancy, in diary form of all the happenings in the day of the life of a jockey during the Saratoga Racing meet. Clancy really gives you a feel of the atmosphere in Saratoga: the happenings downtown, the morning work-outs, the struggle of keeping weight off for a jockey and the subsequent use of the sauna to take excess weight off, the highs and lows of racing, trips to the hospital, just all the people and horses that make Saratoga unique.
July 27, 2007
I picked this up because it was on clearance BUT about Saratoga so it had to be good, right? It was okay. This guy's tone kind of gets to me. He tries to be conversational but he tries too hard. And he thinks a little too much of himself. But it's about Saratoga, one of my favorite places, so what can you do? Something to read once.
October 23, 2008
My brother's book - got to give him the full five stars! Great read even if you're not a horse racing fan.
March 11, 2009
Great read even if you are not part of the "horsey set". I love Clancy's description of the night after his big win...anyone can relate.
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