‎Edward Bowen‎
‎Matriarchs: Great Mares of the 20th Century‎

‎Lexington (Kentucky), The Blood-Horse, 1999. An in-4 hardcover volume of 278 x 222 mm with 223 pp. With its original dust jacket. Foreword by Seth Hancock. Richly illustrated. "Noted turf authority Edward L. Bowen takes a definitive look at a select group of top American broodmares and their descendants. Among the mares profiled in this volume are the great La Troienne, Rough Shod II, Myrtlewood, Blue Delight, Grey Flight, and Missy Baba, who is the ancestor of both 1999 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Charismatic and 1999 Belmont Stakes winner Lemon Drop Kid. Includes 32 pages of photographs plus detailed pedigrees and female lines of the featured mares."‎

Reference : 0337
ISBN : 158150022X

‎Inner flaps worn, some foxing on the 2-3 first pages. Aside from that the paper is crisp and the binding firm.‎