My Racing Heart: The Passionate World of Thoroughbreds and the Track
by Nan Mooney
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When Nan Mooney was seven years old, she sat in her grandmother May-May's living room to watch her first horse race ... And so began a turbulent romance between a woman and a sport. Part memoir, part journey into the compelling world of Thoroughbred horse racing, My Racing Heart gallops headlong into the wild culture and fabulous creatures that rise up around a racetrack. Nan Mooney looks at the horses, jockeys, and trainers; the gambling and corruption; and racing's age-old history and show more forever offbeat society. From the dusty backstretch at a small-town track to the stands at magnificent Churchill Downs, Nan Mooney captures the risks and the glory, the excitement and the passion, for horse lovers, sports fans, and anyone who has ever craved a place to run wild. show lessTags
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Mooney is definitelly passionate about racing. But this book is also about her love of her grandmother - who taught her all about horses, racing and betting on the ponies.
This is one of my favorite books on racing. Nan Mooney's story of how she fell in love with the sport is very much like my own -- I really felt connected to her through this story.
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Nan Mooney's writing has been profiled in U.S. News and World Report, the Washington Post, Newsweek, Salon, and the Utne Reader, and discussed on NPR and PBS. Ajournalist and award-winning author of two previous books, she is a member of the professional middle class and lives in Seattle.
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