A horse racing book, noted... But it also goes really in-depth about the business side of horse racing. Especially the huge crash during the 1980's and the poor decision making in farming businesses that lead many to bankruptcy. Calumet Farm was one of the most famous horse-racing farms of all times, having won the most Triple Crowns and second in the most Kentucky Derbies. Family issues drove to non-family members owning the farm leading to greed and massive lending and poor decision making that lead the farm to bankruptcy and one of the most controversial racehorse deaths of all time. The book is extremely well-written taking on both sides of what happened fairly and trying to stay neutral on what happened to cause it to fall apart in less than ten years after they were in the green by eight billion dollars and debt free nine years before bankruptcy hit the farm and the remaining family members hard. I would highly recommend it to anyone who loves horses or wants to read about business practices. Anyone else read it?
