| The Classic Pedigree 1776-1989
Michael Church, 1990, limited edition volume is maroon leather bound with gold embossed lettering and all edges gilt, decorated endpapers, signed, numbered and dedicated by the author. # 90 of a limited edition of 1101, dedicated to the dam of Galtee More, winner of the 1897 Two Thousand Guineas Stakes. 480 pgs., 27 illustrations of Triple Crown winners and Great Race winners. From the Introduction: " The Classic Pedigree puts together for the first time the four-generation pedigrees of all the winners of the five Classic races together with the winners of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. . . . The pedigrees are analyzed extensively through a series of tables and statistical extracts, divided into 30-year time-spans, highlighting the changes in breeding trends . . . seek(ing) to draw attention to the successful ways in which Classic winners have been bred through the ages." |