The Right Blood: America's Aristocrats in Thoroughbred Racing

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Summary: Right Blood, Wrong Book
Review: I don't know who this book was written for. Racing fans? Sociology professors? Migrant workers? There are many good books about racing that have recently been published. This is not one of them. The book actually has very little to do with racing. It is an indictment of American industrialists. The premise is that very rich families engaged in dubious practices to get and stay rich. Sound interesting? It's not. At least not here.

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Summary: Definately not "an engaging look behind the scenes"
Review: Save your time and money. Unlike her first book about horse racing ("Down the Backstretch", which is a passable sociological picture of the horse racing business), this one is mostly a pedantic recitation of mind-numbing, frequently-repeated details. It has all the charm and style of a statistics text.