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Yankee Doodle Dandy: The Life and Times of Tod Sloan

by John Dizikes

Format:  Quality Paperback
Published:  April 2004
Category:  Sports - General
Publisher:  University of Nebraska Press
Pages:  225

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In the 1890s the world of racing was turned on its ear by a young American who rode horses as no professional jockey had ever ridden: Tod Sloan hitched up his stirrups and thrust his weight far forward. Traditionalists laughed at first and dismissed him as a novelty, but as he came to dominate racing on both sides of the Atlantic, his style of riding became widely imitated, and his famous 'forward seat' remains universally practiced to this day. Sloan's place in racing lore and popular culture was cemented

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