Ride of Their Lives: The Triumphs and Turmoil of Today's Top Jockeys

by Lenny Shulman, Tom Hammond (Foreword)

Pat Day, Jerry Bailey, Corey Nakatani, and other jockeys reveal how they deal with the pressure of riding horses at top speeds day in and day out, the reality of injury, and the issue of weight.

Genres: Horses

252 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

LENNY SHULMAN is an Emmy Award-winning writer who worked in TV and film in Hollywood for two decades. He wrote and produced “Kids Incorporated,” wrote for the NFL on FOX, and co-wrote the feature film “Dice Rules.”

For the past 15 years his work has appeared in The Blood-Horse magazine, Thoroughbred racing’s leading weekly publication. He is the author of “Ride Of Their Lives,” a behind-the-scenes look at the triumphs and turmoil of Thoroughbred racing’s top jockeys.

“Long Way From Home” is his first novel.

http://www.amazon.com/Long-From-Home-...

Reviews

[Marla Landers-Renouf]

A quick, pleasant read with writing that left something to be desired, with "this can't be for real" passages like "meld all those ingredients together into a spicy Cajun stew...until the disparate elements join together into a savory treat, and you'd have one Kent Desormeaux." It scratched my itch for dishy insight into horse racing culture, and though 20 years old, profiles of jockeys still racing keep the book semi-relevant.

[Samantha]

A fantastic look at the lives of the many jockeys who I've watched since my childhood. Great writing by the awesome Lenny Shulman the author of Justify. Must read for any us racing fan.

[A.M. Swink]

A nice, intimate snapshot of the biggest names on the American jockey circuit at the turn of the century.