| Guide Picks - Top 5 Racing Photo/Art Books | |||||
| There is nothing like a nice collection of photographs for reliving the big events. Here are some excellent photo books plus a couple of really nice art books as well. | |||||
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1) Kentucky Derby: Run for the Roses by Bill Doolittle 
This book celebrates our most popular race in grand style from the breeding farms of Kentucky to the backside to the first Saturday in May. Over 180 photographs bring the atmosphere and excitement of the Derby to life in this large format coffee-table book. In addition, it includes many historical facts and personal reflections from the people involved with the race and the horses.
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2) Four Seasons of Racing by Barbara Livingston 
Barbara Livingston is one of the best equine photographers covering horse
racing today and seems to be able to bring out that special magic the
horses have in her photographs. In this book she shows her special love
for the horses and the people involved with a series of photographs showing
all aspects of the horse racing industry season by season.
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3) Breeders' Cup: Thoroughbred Racing's Championship Day by Jay Privman This book is massive at 10"x12", with a padded leather binding under the gorgeous slick finished dust cover. Picking it up, you just think quality. It is 208 pages long and contains over 300 beautiful color photos plus an appendix with stats on all the runnings through 1999 and an index of all the horses discussed and pictured. While not every winner has a picture, you will find most of your favorites pictured in large-size vibrant color photos, some spreading across two pages.
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4) Crown Jewels of Thoroughbred Racing Paintings by Richard Stone Reeves One of the best equine artists of the last century, Richard Stone Reeves captures the beauty and personality of a horse perfectly. His paintings are gorgeous and this book brings a large collection of them home for us to enjoy. Along with the paintings are articles by many of today's bet turf writers telling the story of each horse.
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5) Degas at the Races by Jean Sutherland Boggs The great French Impressionist painter Edgar Degas was know for his paintings and sketches of horses and jockeys. This book includes 144 color and 149 black and white illustrations of his work which were recently displayed at the Washington National Gallery of Art.
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