Rivers of Gold

Muriel Lennox

• 18 december 2016
• 9780988067219

Samenvatting:

What makes a champion? Bestselling author, and confidant to E P Taylor, owner/breeder of the mighty Northern Dancer, Muriel Lennox, argues the importance of ancestry. To discover these influential ancestors, Lennox follow Canada's Rivers of Gold, a series of powerful genetic streams back in time - from their turbulent sources to the mighty force they exert of todays champions.

Nimble story-telling weaves the colourful history of horse racing with the science of genetics. The result is a rivetting tale of pasion, obsession, intrigue, perserverance, and one gun fight.