The dominant character of this historical drama is Hawksworth, whose story we follow from childhood, through love, loss, motherhood, failure, success, disappointment and triumph into old age as the matriarch of a fascinating family. The author also wrote "The Blue Riband".
This was a lengthy saga about a family who raised horses and raced them. They were quite successful which made other horse dealers rather jealous and then the accidents started. A very good read