The Horse God Built: The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World's Greatest Racehorse

Fascinating book about Secretariat, his devoted groom Eddie Sweat, and life behind the scenes of Thoroughbred racing. I enjoyed it and learned a lot, but the author circles the paddock a lot before he gets around to making a point. Fair amount of repetition in the writing. Were I the editor, I would have rearranged some of the chapters.

This book gave a different perspective on a great horse by presenting a picture of how such an animal benefits from the constant attention of a skilled and devoted groom.

An interesting story, but not a well constructed book. As a result there's a great deal of unnecessary repetition. Scanlan needed to sit at the feet of Laura Hillenbrand and learn how to construct and write a good book about horses. Too bad this wasn't one of them.

Excellent! Just an excellent book not just about arguably the greatest Thoroughbred racehorse that ever stepped on the racetrack; but also about his groom Edward "Shorty" Sweat. This is an easy read and well written. I really enjoyed it.

This book was largely a disappointment. If you are a fan of Secretariat, you really don't get any new information from this book. Wobbling between the life of Eddie Sweat and a few mere glimpses of Secretariat here or there, the book didn't have much direction. I loved Bill Nack's The Making of a Champion. And compared to that, this is just dull!