April 12, 2024
Training Thoroughbred Horses by Preston Burch, 1953 First Edition In VGC!
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Training thoroughbred horses / by Preston M. Burch with Alex Bower, 1953 1st 1953 first ed, in very good condition (see photos), pages so tight, clean, minor bump at corners - look at the photos and closeups of this highly collectable - and rare - book. 124 pages"Preston Morris Burch (August 25, 1884 - April 8, 1978) was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred racehorse trainer, breeder, and owner. Preston Burch began his career in 1902 with the purchase of his first racehorse Stuyve, a bay gelding by Stuyvesant and out of Katie A. (by Hyder Ali). The gelding raced and won in Burch's colors: blue silks with orange cuffs and an orange cap. Setting up his own public stable in Canada, Preston Burch trained horses for prominent American owners such as Francis R. Hitchcock and John E. Madden. . When the New York State Legislature under Governor Charles Evans Hughes outlawed all racetrack betting it resulted in the closing of every horse racetrack in the state after the end of the 1910 season. Following the state ban, the suddenly out-of-work Preston Burch moved to France where he was able to make a living training both steeplechase and flat racing Thoroughbreds for wealthy American owners Harry LaMontagne, William Astor Chanler, George P. Eustis, and John Sanford. Competing at racetracks across Europe, among his successes was a win in the
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