Horse Racing Humor

Author : Charles S. Hellman
Publisher : LuckySports
ISBN 13 : 9780935938449
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horse Racing Humor written by Charles S. Hellman and published by LuckySports. This book was released on 2013-09-21 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best of Horse Racing humor from America's funniest sporting cartoonist. Cartoonist, Robert Tiritilli understands "the ups and downs" of the horse racing world. This former Italian Mafia hit man has teamed with Charles Hellman, a bookie and ex-Little Leaguer, to find more ways to blend these one-panel cartoons with clever captions. They bring out the "FUNNY" in sports. The wit and satire of these cartoons and their absurdities come to life from Tiritilli's pen. His outrageous graphics poke fun at horses, jockeys, owners and fans with equal gusto. Tiritilli has freelanced and lampooned for more years than he cares to admit...

Author : Funny Cide Team
Publisher : Putnam Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Horse Named Funny Cide written by Funny Cide Team and published by Putnam Publishing Group. This book was released on 2006 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Funny Cide was born, not too many people noticed. He seemed too small for a racehorse, especially one who could win the biggest race of all-the Kentucky Derby. But like any race, once the Derby starts any horse can win. With the love and support of an old-time trainer, a down-on-his-luck jockey, and a group of high school buddies who bought Funny Cide just for fun, the little horse grew into a powerhouse thoroughbred. And on Derby day, it was Funny Cide who sailed across the finish line first. Funny Cide's courageous run won him a nation of fans and the Eclipse Award for Horse of the Year. With Barry Moser's breathtaking illustrations bringing his story to life, A Horse Named Funny Cide is the perfect book for horse lovers of all ages.

Author : Alwin W. Watts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781843940715
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Funny and Memorable Times in Horse Racing written by Alwin W. Watts and published by . This book was released on 2003-11 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert L. Merz
Publisher : Values of America Company
ISBN 13 : 9780976586807
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quips, Quotes & Oats written by Robert L. Merz and published by Values of America Company. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a focus on entertaining and teaching the reader, horse racing legend Smarty Jones delivers the inside Philadelphia story of his family, friends, fans, and place in history. Featuring over 30 black and white photos, this book is suitable for both the young and adult reader.

Author : Ed Piacentino
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1617037699
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Southern Frontier Humor written by Ed Piacentino and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2013-05-06 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its inception in the early 1830s, southern frontier humor (also known as the humor of the Old Southwest) has had enduring appeal. The onset of the new millennium precipitated an impressive rejuvenation of scholarly interest. Southern Frontier Humor: New Approaches represents the next step in this revival, providing a series of essays with fresh perspectives and contexts. First, the book shows the importance of Henry Junius Nott, a virtually unknown and forgotten writer who mined many of the principal subjects, themes, tropes, and character types associated with southern frontier humor, followed by an essay addressing how this humor genre and its ideological impact helped to stimulate a national cultural revolution. Several essays focus on the genre’s legacy to the post-Civil War era, exploring intersections between southern frontier humor and southern local color writers—Joel Chandler Harris, Charles W. Chesnutt, and Sherwood Bonner. Mark Twain’s African American dialect piece “A True Story,” though employing some of the conventions of southern frontier humor, is reexamined as a transitional text, showing his shift to broader concerns, particularly in race portraiture. Essays also examine the evolution of the trickster from the Jack Tales to Hooper’s Simon Suggs to similar mountebanks in novels of John Kennedy Toole, Mark Childress, and Clyde Edgerton and transnational contexts, the latter exploring parallels between southern frontier humor and the Jamaican Anansi tales. Finally, the genre is situated contextually, using contemporary critical discourses, which are applied to G. W. Harris’s Sut Lovingood and to various frontier hunting stories.

Author : Graham Sharpe
Publisher : Robson Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781861051424
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Odds, Sods and Racing Certs written by Graham Sharpe and published by Robson Books Limited. This book was released on 1999-03-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are a follower of horse-racing via TV or the track, you'll be fascinated by this fund of little known turf trivia. Check out racing and religion, racing rows and right Royal racing. Read the quotes you'll never hear the ones they wished they'd never made. Racier tales you couldn't wish for!

Author : Maria Nelson
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1482465485
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jokes and More About Horses written by Maria Nelson and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2014-07-15 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horses are a popular pet and are often members of a family for many years. They’re commonly trained for horse shows and the excitement of racing, but even well-trained show ponies can be willful sometimes! Through jokes and wordplay, readers learn the sillier aspects of horse ownership and many fabulous funnies they can share with their friends. Colorful images and fun facts will encourage readers to saddle up and keep reading.

Author : William Thomas
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 0771081626
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Legend of Zippy Chippy written by William Thomas and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From acclaimed humorist William Thomas comes the funny yet poignant story of a thoroughbred racehorse that lost 100 races in a row -- but, in everyone's eyes, became the ultimate winner. On April 20, 1991, at Capritaur Farms in Upstate New York, Zippy Chippy strolled into the world. He was born from American horse racing royalty -- Compliance (his father was Kentucky Derby-winner Northern Dancer; his great-grandfather Native Dancer, the Preakness and Belmont Stakes winner) and Listen Lady (great-granddaughter of Native Dancer). Even before his birth, the hopes (not to mention the bill for his planned production) for Zippy Chippy were high. His pedigree was horse racing gold: Northern Dancer, Man o' War, Count Fleet, Bold Ruler, War Admiral, and Buckpasser were all ancestors. His success and glory seemed inevitable. But moments after his birth, Zippy Chippy struggled to his feet, took two steps forward . . . and stopped dead in his tracks. He looked around, took in his surroundings, maybe indulged in a little daydream, then promptly lay down for a nap in the straw. And thus began Zippy Chippy's storied racing career. Vince Lombardi, one of the greatest NFL coaches of all time, famously said, "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." These words have become the battle cry of athletes, coaches, and teams everywhere, but over the years, sports have taken on a literal interpretation of Lombardi's mantra. Match-fixing, doping, sabotage, cocky and mean sportsmanship, all in the name of winning, have infiltrated and scandalized games, teams, reputations, and newspaper headlines. Yet, since his first moments in the world, Zippy Chippy ignored Lombardi and turned his nose at the concept of winning-at-all-costs. In fact, he decided to not win at all, losing, over the course of his career, 100 consecutive races, at some of the greatest tracks in the country: Belmont Park, Aqueduct, Finger Lakes, and Suffolk Downs among them. And he did so with his owner, Felix Monserrate, by his side -- a man who refused to sell Zippy, or even retire him, simply because he couldn't come in first. Soon, Zippy's cheering squad grew to include people who, enchanted by his story, would travel from all over North America to watch him lose but then happily gallop back to his stable. To them, Zippy Chippy was just like them; someone who wasn't an athlete with a million-dollar contract, or someone with movie star looks -- he was a creature who struggled, who lost, and who failed even the lowest of expectations. But, somehow, he found a way to enjoy himself and eagerly return for the next race. Told with laugh-out-loud wit and a lot of heart, The Legend of Zippy Chippy is the story of the losing-est racehorse in North American history -- a perpetual loser who would become the winning thoroughbred in professional horse racing to steal peoples' hearts.

Author : Heavenlyjoy Sports Gifts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781707070480
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horse Racing Isn't Just a Sport It's a Way of Life written by Heavenlyjoy Sports Gifts and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-10 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cute 6x9' Blank lined Notebook Journal to Write in for boys and girls who love Horse riding Great gifts for birthdays

Author : Andrew Ward
Publisher : Portico
ISBN 13 : 1911042831
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Horse Racing's Strangest Tales written by Andrew Ward and published by Portico. This book was released on 2017-02-16 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extraordinary but true stories from over 150 years of racing. This hilarious, sideways look at horse racing vividly recounts many of the strangest moments and oddest incidents from over 150 years of the sport's history. Andrew Ward recalls the time when spectators mounted two fallen horses and rode them to second and third places; the race which had to be re-run because the judge wasn't in his box at the finish; the ultrasonic binoculars that allegedly stunned a horse and unseated a jockey at Ascot, and many more. A totally original, offbeat collection of extraordinary but true stories, Horse-Racing's Strangest Races will be a delight to all lovers of the turf. Word count: 60,000