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American Pharoah [large type] : the untold story of the Triple Crown winner's legendary rise / by Joe Drape.

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Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2016.

American Pharoah (Horse)

Race horses -- United States -- Biography.

9781410491855 (large print)

1410491854 (large print)

Thorndike Press large print biographies and memoirs.

461 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.

A brief encounter -- Groundhog Day -- The "get-out" horse -- Get him out of here -- A long summer -- Blinkers on; blinkers off -- A rocket ship! -- Two turns? -- Better lucky than smart -- He's ready -- Barn 33 -- The first Saturday in May -- Old Hilltop -- The sport without a star is not a sport -- Test of a champion -- The victory lap -- The graveyard of champions -- California dreaming -- The last waltz.

History was made at the 2015 Belmont Stakes when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown, the first since Affirmed in 1978. Award- winning New York Times sportswriter Joe Drape offers the definitive account not only of how the ethereal colt won, but how he changed lives.

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