Belair Stud:: The Cradle of Maryland Horse Racing

What better book to read in the days leading up to a possible Triple Crown winner! I really enjoyed this book. It is well written and researched with care.While she focuses on the famous Belair Stud, Kimberly Gatto has also provided a wonderful history of Thoroughbred racing dating back to the Englishcolonies. She includes the amazing fact that horses walked to the races as they were only later transported in carts. A horse might arrive to race havingwalked 150 miles! For someone like myself who knows much about racing and pedigrees, there were still new things to learn and what a great idea to includethe pedigrees and racing wins in an appendix. The pictures are a highlight as well. I highly recommend the book to fans of racing history and those who would like to learn about some of the greatest horses of all time. We live in a time when the racing industry needs to do major soul searching, but Gatto captures the heroes of racing, the horses who inspire.

Good book, though very brief (109 pages). The author could have gone into more detail about many of the individual great horses and their racing careers. I got the impression that the author might have thought, "yeah, I could have done that, but it would have been a lot of work."

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The details were very colorful, and I loved the history of this grand old farm and it's families. I recommend it to any lover of horse racing history.

Just an exceptional story. Well written and researched intently! I couldn't put this book down! Great photos as well. I so enjoyed this!

This is an amazing story about the Woodward family's contribution to horse racing. This book about Belair stud is very well researched and beautifully written, and I thoroughly enjoyed the inclusion of the pedigrees of all the champions. A wonderful story.

Excellent read about an important part of horse racing history. A must have for any racing history fan’s library.

She a true copy and paste, artist. Nothing More than that. Avoid .

I enjoyed this book. There was a whole chapter dedicated to Eddie Arcaro, Nashua and a bit about the match race with Swaps that I ate up. Very easy read.Would love to see a book like this about Sagamore Farm.