Derrydale Press
Pages: 228
Trim: 10½ x 11¼
978-1-58667-067-2 • Hardback • May 2001 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
978-1-4616-3594-9 • eBook • May 2010 • $23.99 • (£17.99)
Raymond G. Woolfe Jr. is a photojournalist, licensed trainer, manager of horse farms, and designer of racecourses and thoroughbred training facilities. At the age of sixteen, he became the youngest professional steeplechase jockey. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.
It's a knockout of a racing story, with many photos by the author and a new foreword by Ron Turcotte.
— In and Around Horse Country
a delight—either to read or just to look at the pictures.
— The New Yorker
If you have taste for a beautiful book, this one's for you.
— Joe Hirsch; Daily Racing Form
A first-rate gift book for anyone who loves horses, anyone who loves racing and for sports fans generally.
— Roger Caras, CBS television
Absolutely beautiful.
— Dick Francis, author
Woolfe's easy-reading style adds much to his inside story of this exciting chestnut thoroughbred.
— Publishers Weekly