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Can I read The Horse God Built : The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World's Greatest Racehorse on EtoBox?

The Horse God Built : The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World's Greatest Racehorse by Lawrence Scanlan is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Horse God Built : The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World's Greatest Racehorse about?

This amazing and heartwarming story of Secretariat and the African-American man who knew him best is “detailed in all its equine awesomeness” (Maxim).Most of us know the legend of Secretariat: the only two-year-old ever to win Horse of the Year, in 1972; winner in 1973 of the Triple Crown, his times in all three races still unsurpassed, Yet while Secretariat will be remembered forever, one man, Eddie “Shorty” Sweat, who was pivotal to the great horse's success, has been all but forgotten—until now.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 rele

Who reads The Horse God Built : The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World's Greatest Racehorse?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Lawrence Scanlan
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/ St. Martin's Press
Published
2010
Language
EN
ISBN
9781429968089
Category
history
Subjects
Sports, Memoir, Agriculture
Rating
4.21 / 5 (1,310 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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