Thoroughbred Racing

Kent Baker

The main problem with Thoroughbred Racing is that it could've used a good fact checker in the final chapter (Skip Away was headed by Gentleman in the 1998 Jockey Club Gold Cup? Funny, I thought it was Gentlemen. And Cigar was retired after the 1996 Jockey Club Gold Cup? News to those of us who watched him finish third in the 1996 Breeders' Cup Classic). That aside, this is a fine little book to introduce kids to the various aspects of Thoroughbred racing behind the scenes-- breeding, training, and history. It's a slim book, only sixty-four pages, yet it packs a good deal of (simplified, as expected) information in a rather accessible package. Definitely worth a look if your kids have expressed interest in a career in the sport (or if you just want them to learn more about it).