A review by flogigyahoo
The Sport of Kings by C.E. Morgan

3.0

I started The Sport of Kings and was amazed at the fine writing; in the beginning I loved it. The wealthy son of a Kentucky farmer turns to raising thoroughbred horses and dreams of winning the Kentucky Derby. He marries and has a daughter, Henrietta, who thinks of nothing but horses as she grows up. One of their horses is bred to Seabiscuit and the filly that is born is their chance at winning. Everything seems fine, but one day, Allmon, son of a black mother and white father, shows up looking for a job as groom. Henrietta hires him and from that point the book founders. Morgan throws in Allmon's terrible history, the history of Kentucky, the history of slavery in Kentucky, a sort of song of songs to Kentucky and its people. Too much, too long, a little disappointing. Still Morgan is a very good writer and I recommend the book for that alone.