Sighthound:

(With apologies to Bobphilo and D-Rex for yet another post on my behalf which refuses to go anywhere near the Ky Calvary Charge).

Second your vote on WILD RIDE, the story of the incredible implosion of Calumet, the death of Alydar, and how R. Lundy turned the Wright family fortune in excess of $600 million into a bunch of claims in Bankruptcy Court.

SEABISCUIT of course must be mentioned, amazing that a book about thoroughbred racing could be at the top of bestseller lists. THE BIG HORSE, by Joe McGinnis (the biography of PG Johnson) also a good read. GUESS I'M LUCKY, a bio of Woodford Cephis Stephens was a very good read, may be out of print. THE KID, the late Pete Axthelm's profile of apprentice Steve Cauthen, a great look at NY racing in the 70s, Team Affirmed and Laz Barrera.

D WAYNE, by Carlo Devito could have been a great read if written by a sportswriter who knew racing... actually a good read considering it is poorly written and even more poorly edited, if at all. A book I have not read is called LUKAS AT AUCTION, which chronicles how the Lukas/ Gene Klein juggernaut of the 80s was nowhere near as lucrative a proposition as one might have been lead to believe.