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Laffit: Anatomy of a Winner
by
Madelyn Cain
He was called the greatest jockey who ever rode but until now no one knew that the man who won the Kentucky Derby was only months away from losing his wife to suicide, or that when he won the title of winingest jockey of all time, he was the subject of an FBI investigation. With unflinching candor, Cain reveals Laffit Pincays greatest triumphs and fiercest struggles: the f...more
Hardcover, 350 pages
Published
May 2nd 2009
by Affirmed Press
(first published April 4th 2009)
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You don't have to be a horseracing fan to enjoy this thoroughly engaging biography of one of the winningest jockeys of all time. Honestly, how this guy kept picking himself after each tragedy is beyond me. And the willpower to live on *400 calories a day*. Talk about the passion.
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