efcraig 's review for:

Secretariat: The Making of a Champion by William Nack

5.0

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Definitely packed with bloodlines, race records and workout times, so if you're not familiar with horse racing you may have trouble getting through the first few chapters of this book. However, Nack tells Big Red's story brilliantly and all of the background information thrown at you in the beginning chapters remains relevant and comes full circle by the end of the book. If you'd rather hear the real story than the tampered-with Disney version, and aren't afraid of some bloodlines and race records, you should find this biography to be the best on Big Red ever published.