Series: Thoroughbred Legends #24
Author: Edward L. Bowen
Published: 2005, Blood-Horse Publications
Rating: 4.5/5
Bold Ruler was an eight-time leading sire and fathered the 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat. Bowen delved into the past of Bold Ruler's owner, his famous trainer, and his regular jokey making them living beings again. The writer has thoroughly done his research supporting the story of Bold Ruler with quotes from magazines and newspapers when racing was a daily covered event during the 1950's. Bowen provided backgrounds on Bold Ruler's main adversaries so that the reader could imagine just what kinds of horses that Bold Ruler was going up against. At times, however, he dedicated too many pages to the background of other horses, including the ancestry of Bold Ruler. These sections may draw some readers away from the main story but they are filled with interesting history and facts. Bowen, the former editor-in-chief of "The Blood-Horse", has indeed written a great tribute to Bold Ruler.
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