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Seabiscuit: An American Legend
by Laura Hillenbrand
I have always had the latent horse girl gene, lying in wait to be activated (usually by rewatching Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron). This was a fantastically well-written narrative, which I should have realized was written by an actual turf reporter. I genuinely think it's so sweet that we domesticated these huge, neurotic, beautiful animals that were built to do nothing but run, and bred the shit out of them until they could run as fast as probably genetically possible. I'm literally halfway out the door to go grab a book on Secretariat next. I love you horses!!!
(Also this book is very funny I couldn't pick a more general quote, so I hope you enjoy this little peek into how human sports audiences really never change:)
"War Admiral's scratch appeared on the jockey board in the infield. Most of the reporters, and much of the crowd, believed that [his owner] had simply balked at the 132-pound impost and didn't care enough about the consequences of scratching to do the sportsmanlike thing. The crowd had run out of patience. A cacophany of boos and catcalls rolled down the grandstand for a full two minutes. [The owner], wrote one spectator, 'was accused of everything under the sun save the shooting of Lincoln and the current recession.'"
(Also this book is very funny I couldn't pick a more general quote, so I hope you enjoy this little peek into how human sports audiences really never change:)
"War Admiral's scratch appeared on the jockey board in the infield. Most of the reporters, and much of the crowd, believed that [his owner] had simply balked at the 132-pound impost and didn't care enough about the consequences of scratching to do the sportsmanlike thing. The crowd had run out of patience. A cacophany of boos and catcalls rolled down the grandstand for a full two minutes. [The owner], wrote one spectator, 'was accused of everything under the sun save the shooting of Lincoln and the current recession.'"