あらすじ
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 274. Chapters: Aboyeur, Ahmed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Aimwell, Airborne (horse), Amato (horse), Andover (horse), April the Fifth, Archduke (horse), Arctic Prince, Assassin (horse), Attila (horse), Ayrshire (horse), Azor (horse), Bay Middleton (horse), Beadsman (horse), Bend Or, Blair Athol (horse), Blakeney (horse), Blink Bonny, Bloomsbury (horse), Blucher (horse), Blue Gown, Cadland, Call Boy (horse), Cameronian (horse), Captain Cuttle, Caractacus (horse), Cardinal Beaufort (horse), Cedric (horse), Champion (horse), Cicero (horse), Colt by Fidget, Common (horse), Coronach (horse), Coronation (horse), Cossack (horse), Cotherstone (horse), Cremorne (horse), Crepello, Daedalus (horse), Dangerous (horse), Daniel O'Rourke (horse), Didelot (horse), Diomed, Ditto (horse), Doncaster (horse), Donovan (horse), Durbar (horse), Eager (horse), Eleanor (horse), Election (horse), Ellington (horse), Emilius, Erhaab, Favonius (horse), Felstead (horse), Frederick (horse), Galileo (horse), Galopin, Galtee More, George Frederick (horse), Grand Parade (horse), Gustavus (horse), Hannibal (horse), Hard Ridden, Harvester (horse), Hermit (horse), High-Rise (horse), Humorist (horse), Hyperion (horse), Iroquois (horse), Isinglass (horse), Jeddah (horse), John Bull (horse), Kettledrum (horse), Kingcraft, Kisber (horse), Kris Kin, Ladas (horse), Lammtarra, Lap-dog, Larkspur (horse), Lavandin (horse), Lemberg (horse), Little Wonder (horse), Lord Lyon (horse), Macaroni (horse), Mameluke (British horse), Manna (horse), Melton (horse), Merry Hampton, Mid-day Sun, Mill Reef, Morston (horse), Moses (horse), Motivator (horse), Mundig, Musjid (horse), My Love (horse), New Approach, Noble (horse), North Light, Oath (horse), Ocean Swell, Octavius (horse), Orby (horse), Orlando (horse), Ormonde (horse), Owen Tudor (horse), Pan (horse), Paris (horse), ...
作品考察・見どころ
本書は世界最高峰の競馬、エプソムダービーの歴代覇者を編纂した、血脈と栄光の叙事詩です。単なる記録集を超え、十八世紀から続くサラブレッドの淘汰と継承の歴史が、情熱的な筆致で綴られています。一頭一頭の勝者に宿る運命的な力強さと、それを見守る人間たちの執念が織りなすドラマは、いかなるフィクションよりも重厚な真実味を帯びています。 頁をめくるごとに、名馬たちの蹄音が歴史の断層から響き渡り、生命の美学と名誉を追う人間の業が浮き彫りになります。一瞬の勝利の裏にある膨大な時間の堆積に触れるとき、読者は血統という名の壮大なバトンが繋がれる瞬間に立ち会い、知的好奇心と震えるような感動を覚えるはずです。