The B Team: A Horse Racing Saga

by Alan Mindell

A one-eyed racehorse in the Kentucky Derby? His biggest fan is a young boy, himself with only one useful eye. Seven people, all at key stages of their lives, combine to purchase the horse, One-Eyed Bandit, from a claiming race at Santa Anita. What follows is the heartwarming chronicle of the horse’s remarkable journey and the inspiration he provides his owners.

246 pages, Paperback

First published April 10, 2015

Reviews

[Brian]

The B Team is a sentimental, journey about renewal and fresh starts, that is essentially a children’s novel. It reads quickly and is short on depth of the characters. It does contain intricate details of the horse racing world, like claiming horse, allowance horse and one mile and one sixteenth long race tracks. Bandit the one-eyed horse and Perry the hand shaking child with one eye are very adorable members of the saga.

[Dave Moyer]

This is a really strong story about realizing dreams, appropriate for horse racing fans and general readers alike.