The Horse God Built: The Untold Story of Secretariat

by Danielle
(California)


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The Horse God Built by Lawrence Scanlan is the untold story of the great horse Secretariat! It tells all about Secretariats life and all his races!!! Also this book tells about the horse life of Eddie Sweat, Ron Turcotte, Lucian Laurin,and Penny Chenery! Anyone who loves Secretariat and racing should read this book!!!=)

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In The Horse God Built, bestselling equestrian writer Lawrence Scanlan has written a tribute to an exceptional man that is also a backroads journey to a corner of the racing world rarely visited. As a young black man growing up in South Carolina, Eddie Sweat struggled at several occupations before settling on the job he was born for---groom to North America’s finest racehorses. As Secretariat’s groom, loyal friend, and protector, Eddie understood the horse far better than anyone else. A wildly generous man who could read a horse with his eyes, he shared in little of the financial success or glamour of Secretariat’s wins on the track, but won the heart of Big Red with his soft words and relentless devotion.

In Scanlan’s rich narrative, we get a groom’s-eye view of the racing world and the vantage of a man who spent every possible moment with the horse he loved, yet who often basked in the horse’s glory from the sidelines. More than anything else, The Horse God Built is a moving portrait of the powerful bond between human and horse.

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Nov 25, 2018
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Ehh
by: Anonymous

The book was pretty good, not like Seabiscuit in the fact that it is written like a book report.

Dec 16, 2017
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Cool
by: Anonymous

How is it? It sounds good so I want to know if it is good.

May 12, 2013
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The Horse God Built
by: Danielle

The Horse God Built by Lawrence Scanlan is the untold story of the great horse Secretariat!It tells all about Secretariats life and all his races!!! Also this book tells about the horse life of Eddie Sweat, Ron Turcotte, Lucian Laurin, and Penny Chenery! Anyone who loves Secretariat and racing should read this book!!!=)

Mar 02, 2013
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:) book
by: PONY

I NEED THAT BOOK! I SAW THE MOVIE SO I NEED THAT BOOK!

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