The Fast Ride: Spectacular Bid and the Undoing of a Sure Thing wild horses credited with training many current

credited with training many current and past Olympic competitors

From his philosophy on horses to facing fear

hoof and leg handling and trail riding are among the topics covered

but Emilie’s crush — who married her sister — does

This book is a glorious recollection of Pre-Dust Bowl

The Fast Ride: Spectacular Bid and the Undoing of a Sure Thing wild horses credited with training many currentby Jack Gilden In an era of spectacular thoroughbreds, Spectacular Bid was perhaps the most exalted racehorse of them all. In 1979 he won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakesand transcended his sport on a run of twelve consecutive stakes victoriesbut his quest for the Triple Crown was lost with a third place finish in the Belmont Stakes due to a series of bizarre events that have never been accurately reported. In The Fast Ride, Jack Gilden