Triple Crown Winner: The Earl Sande Saga

2010 celebrates Earl Sande s 80th Triple Crown anniversary, on Gallant Fox. It also marks the 89th anniversary of Sande s first of 5 Belmont Stakes wins, on Grey Lag, and the 87th anniversary of Sande s first of three Kentucky Derby victories, on Zev. Sande ranked as the top jockey during the Golden Age of thoroughbred racing and, arguably, the top jockey of all time. Sande virtually owned with Belmont with 5 victories in 10 years. Sande is a great rider, probably the best on the American circuit. He is to horse racing what Dempsey is to boxing, what Ruth is to baseball, ---Damon Runyon, 1920s sportswriter BACK COVER QUOTES: Hooks the reader...a fascinating ride...with photos seldom or never seen before...arguably the most colorful racing biography since Seabiscuit. ---Thoroughbred Times Few jockeys as good as Sande and nobody ever better. ---Tom Gilcoyne, turf historian Many horse racing critics are calling Triple Crown Winner: The Earl Sande Saga one of the best books of its kind ever written. ---Tulsa World One of the best biographies...in horse racing. ---horseracingabout This book on Sande belongs on every racing history buff s bookshelf. ---horse-races Arcaro, Saunders, Shoemaker...told me Sande was the guy. He was the greatest rider of his time...a legend. ---Scott Wells, Remington Park General Manager in AP story You can bet Doc Pardee loves being The Voice, reviving Sande s story. Doc was proud that he had a hand in Sande riding Gallant Fox to the Triple Crown. A great book, I couldn t put it down. ---Dr. William Rex Hinshaw, President, Racing Regulatory Consultants, Inc. The remarkable career of jockey Earl Sande...a good read: exciting, well-crafted, perfectly paced piece that captures the essence of Sande s life and career...long overdue. ---Steve Cauthen, 1978 Triple Crown Winner aboard Affirmed You portrayed Sande with dignity, professionalism and honesty. I enjoyed the book very much. Congratulations. ---Hall of Fame Jockey Manuel Ycaza It s (Triple Crown Winner: The Earl Sande Saga) been called no long shot. In fact, it s a sure thing. ---Carolyn Conley, co-host of HRTV s Race Day America Sande accomplishments: ---World record six consecutive victories in one day ---lifetime 26.4% winning mounts, #3 of all Hall of Fame jockeys ---lifetime 60.9% in-the-money mounts, #1 of all Hall of Fame jockeys ---Racing Hall of Fame Inaugural Class ---winner of the 1923 International Match Race aboard Zev vs. Papyrus ---winner of 39 stakes races in 1923, a record that stood for 30 years ---guided Zev in 1923 to beat Man o War s 1920 money-winning record ---top money-winning jockey 1921, 1923 and 1927 ---one of the greatest sports comebacks of all time ---only person to earn both top money-winning jockey and top money-winning trainer status ---trained Stagehand, who beat Seabiscuit in the 1938 Santa Anita Handicap ---3 Kentucky Derbies ---5 Belmonts