 Vic Zast
 Greg Montgomery
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9" x 12" coffee-table book
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The History and Art of the TraversBy Vic Zast, with the posters and art of Greg Montgomery Foreword by Carl Nafzger, Hall of Fame trainer of Street Sense, 2007 Travers Stakes winner “This book is a must for anyone who loves racing at Saratoga, anyone who has watched a Travers, or anyone who loves racing history. 25 Travers is a walk down memory lane." – Mark Simon, Editor, Thoroughbred Times Publisher’s Review (NORTH COUNTRY BOOKS, Utica, New York) Keeping a streak alive was never a thought to author Vic Zast and artist Greg Montgomery when each began to record memories and images of the Travers Stakes. Zast, a Buffalo, N.Y. native, had spent at least a day at Saratoga Racecourse during the month of August for the last 45 years. Montgomery, who moved to Saratoga Springs, N.Y. from Washington, D.C. in 1980, created his first of 25 Travers posters in 1986. |
Vic Zast is uniquely qualified to write a book about “The History and Art of 25 Travers.” He has witnessed 45 Travers Stakes.
Greg Montgomery, a native of Washington, D.C., moved to Saratoga in 1980, and produced his first Travers poster after seeing a shabby broadside announcing the historic race in a storefront window.