Kentucky Horse Country: Images of the Bluegrass - Hardcover

Archambeault, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813125057 ISBN 13: 9780813125053

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, 2008

Synopsis

In ""Kentucky Horse Country"", renowned photographer James Archambeault captures the natural beauty of Kentucky's Bluegrass region and the thoroughbred industry for which it is famous. ""Kentucky Horse Country"" contains 165 full-color images, from tender scenes of mares and foals grazing, to the excitement of race day at Keeneland, to gorgeous landscapes of white fences enclosing lush rolling hills. The book also includes rare photographs of some of the legendary horses that have made horse racing so exciting and popular: Affirmed, Spectacular Bid, Secretariat, Seattle Slew, and others.The photographs in ""Kentucky Horse Country"" are accompanied by captions and narrative descriptions by Archambeault, as well as an informative introduction to the history of thoroughbreds in the Bluegrass by preeminent racing historian Edward L. Bowen. The book also includes a foreword by Kentucky native Steve Cauthen, the youngest jockey ever to win the Triple Crown. Archambeault's latest work is a Kentucky treasure, for both fans of horses and horse racing and for lovers of the beauty of the Bluegrass.

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Review:

""[Archambeault's] vibrant photographs are not only a reminder of what we have to cherish in the present, but also what we must consider the possibility of losing in our near future."--Linda Hinchliffe, Chevy Chaser Magazine" --

""This is a worthy and welcome volume to this artist's canon."--Scott Coffman, Courier-Journal" --

""Another must-have book that portrays the best of the Bluegrass."--Susan Smith-Durisek, The Lexington Herald-Leader" --

""Internationally renowned photographer James Archambeault has done it again -- captured the beauty of our state with his lens and preserved it within the pages of a coffee-table book that any Kentuckian would be proud to own, or place under the Christmas tree for some other fortunate reader."--Mary Alan Woodward, The Voice- Tribune" --

""From the cover photo of a foal in full gallop to a mischievous yearling munching a leaf from a tree, there is much to enjoy in this wonderful book."--Bill Ellis, Kentucky Monthly" --

""Captures the natural beauty of Kentucky's Bluegrass region and the thoroughbred industry for which it is famous... from tender scenes of mares and foals grazing, to the excitement of race day at Keeneland, to gorgeous landscapes of white fences enclosing lush rolling hills"-- Sophisticated Living" --

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0813125057
• ISBN 13: 9780813125053
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 184