![]() ![]() My first marriage in 1992 was to a native of Kentucky, a Downs from Nelson County. ![]() I wish the "The Sport of Kings" was written 25 years ago. Watch | ESPN 30 for 30: 'Gonzo The Derby' The discussion of all of those things is sometimes a bit uncomfortable, but very interesting." "There are parts of Kentucky very related to the South in tradition and there are parts that are not. "Kentucky is hard for a lot of people to grasp," Estep said. “Horseshit has trampled old memory,” the jockey lectures the anguished groom, adding he dreams of riding “like a dull knife over a soldier’s neck … of cutting fancy throats, of manacles, chains, whips and iron collars of oceans five miles deep.”Īny reader willing to gaze long and deeply to comprehend Kentucky’s culture of pomp and shame will do well to spend time with this book. A wise female veterinarian voices doubts to her spouse about the troubled relationship between a horsewoman and her father. A wiry black jockey named Reuben who rides a filly descended from Secretariat, explains things to a troubled black groom from Cincinnati who tumbles into doomed love with the wealthy white horsewoman. As the story winds forward to the present day, Morgan introduces clear-eyed observers who help explain the culture that confines the book's main characters. ![]()
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