I read this book years before the movie came out but of course I had to see the movie as well.
Appropriately, the day I learned of his death I was working at the track and I heard the news from the trainer I worked for. I regret that I did not visit him when he was still alive. For me he is and always will be the ultimate racehorse. I have visited Claiborne Farms in Paris, Kentucky, I've seen the stall where he lived, the paddock where he romped and paid my respects at his grave. The impression he made on me has lasted a lifetime and motivated me to start a career in horse racing. I was eight years old when Secretariat won the Triple Crown.
This is an excellent book and one of my favorite non-fiction books. Following her triumph with Secretariat she was elected as the first female member of The Jockey Club, changing the face of American horse racing forever. Secretariat is the tale of a great racehorse but also a testimony to the dedication of Penny Chenery. Now, more than 30 years after its initial publication, the story of "Big Red" continues to be a classic. Nicknamed “Big Red,” with Laurin’s guidance, Penny manages to navigate the male-dominated business of horse racing, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and what may be the greatest racehorse of all time. Penny loses the toss, but the wait for the unborn foal proves fortuitous when a bright red chestnut colt is born, Secretariat. With the toss of a coin it is agreed that one family will take Somethingroyal’s first foal with the losing stable taking the colt out of Hasty Matelda and Somethingroyal’s second foal. Pitted against the Phipps’ racing dynasty, Penny takes the decision to breed her mare Somethingroyal to the Phipps’ Bold Ruler, the nation’s favourite stallion. Despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge she calls in assistance from trainer Lucien Laurin and a host of successful jockeys. When her beloved Meadow Stables is faced with closure following her father’s illness, housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over. The remarkable true story of one of America’s finest racehorses.
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