Swaps possessed true star quality. The strikingly handsome horse devastated his competition with his brilliant speed, and delighted his throng of fans.
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Irwin is a former racing journalist and current president of Team Valor, which organizes racing partnerships.
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This review is from: Swaps: The California Comet (Thoroughbred Legends) (Hardcover)
Review written by Mike Veitch, The Saratogian newspaper, Saratoga, New York, 4/24/02
Swaps, written by Barry and published by Eclipse Press. Few Derbys can match the historic import of the 1955 confrontation between Swaps and Nashua. This was a true East-West battle, with Nashua representing the blue-blooded eastern connections of Belair Stud and California's Swaps, handled by the unconvential team of trainer Mesach Tenney and owner Rex Ellsworth. As Irwin points out, it had been 50 years since California owner "Lucky" Baldwin had beaten the best eastern horses. So a lot was riding on the 1955 Derby, which Swaps won by a length and a half over 6-to-5 favorite Nashua. Irwin, the president of Team Valor racing partnerships, has done a thorough job on the history of Swaps, who was a racing legend in the truest sense. I particularly enjoyed Irwin's telling of the raw, basic horsemanship of Tenney, which received so much criticism from the eastern press. Swaps was an immortal and Irwin has given him his due in this excellent book.
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This review is from: Swaps: The California Comet (Thoroughbred Legends) (Hardcover)
Loved this book, I loved Swaps from the time I was 5 yrs, in 1955, so I found this book very interesting. Our family went to Kentucky in 1960 to see Swaps,he is the most beautiful thoroughbred, I think. Found a lot in the book I had no idea about. Thought it interesting that both M. Tenney and Ellsworth shod Swaps themselves. I loved the rumor that spread around the East the Tenney had ridden Swaps the the track office in a western saddle and tied him to a hitching post to get his mail. RUMORS are hilarious.
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