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The Story of Horse Racing’s Original “Iron Horse”


Lexington, KY (May 9, 2002) Eclipse Press announces the publication of Round Table, the latest addition to the Thoroughbred Legends series.

Round Table was an everyman’s horse. In an era when larger-than-life racehorses such as Native Dancer, Swaps, and Nashua became national heroes, Round Table quietly and steadily racked up victories.

In Round Table, longtime editor and writer John McEvoy tells the inspirational story of the horse who gave his all every time. In a career spanning four years, from 1956 to 1959, Round Table raced an amazing sixty-six times, winning forty-three races. He did everything asked of him: he traveled coast to coast, carried weight, stayed, and sprinted. He was a Horse of the Year, a handicap champion, and a turf champion. Like a little machine, Round Table would not quit.

Although a small, unassuming brown horse, Round Table was regally bred by Kentucky’s famed Claiborne Farm. With the death of Claiborne founder A.B. Hancock Sr., Round Table was sold to help pay estate taxes, in essence saving the farm.

Under his new owner, Travis M. Kerr, and trainer, William Molter, Round Table came into his own, winning races left and right, on dirt or on turf. He is acknowledged as one of the greatest turf runners in the history of the sport.

Author John McEvoy was new to horse racing in the late 1950s when he saw Round Table race at the Chicago tracks and became a fan of the horse. Among his other books are Great Horse Racing Mysteries and Women in Racing, co-authored with his daughter, Julia McEvoy. He lives in Evanston, Illinois, near Chicago.


Published by Eclipse Press, May 2002
ISBN: 1-58150-072-6
16-page photo well
Pages: 144, Bound Size: 6 x 8
Retail price: $24.95 Hardcover

Available at your local bookstore or Exclusively Equine
1-800-582-5604 (www.exclusivelyequine.com)

Distributed to bookstores by National Book Network
1-800-462-6420 (www.nbnbooks.com)


Eclipse Press is a division of The Blood-Horse, Inc., publishers of The Blood-Horse; The Horse; TBH MarketWatch; Keeneland magazine; Equine Images; the official Kentucky Derby and Breeders’ Cup souvenir magazines; and an array of books, videos, CD-ROMs, and annual references. The Blood-Horse, Inc. also operates The Blood-Horse Interactive on the web (www.bloodhorse.com), The Horse Interactive (www.thehorse.com), Eclipse Press (www.eclipsepress.com), Thoroughbred Legends (www.thoroughbredlegends.com), Keeneland Magazine (www.keenelandmagazine.com), The HayNet (www.haynet.net), and Exclusively Equine (www.exclusivelyequine.com).

Copyright 2002, The Blood-Horse, Inc. All rights reserved. The Blood-Horse, The Horse, and TBH MarketWatch are registered trademarks of The Blood-Horse, Inc.



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