Horse God Built

This amazing and heartwarming story of Secretariat and the African-American man who knew him best is detailed in all its equine awesomeness (Maxim).. Most of us know the legend of Secretariat: the only two-year-old ever to win Horse of the Year in 1972; winner in 1973 of the Triple Crown his times in all three races still unsurpassed Yet while Secretariat will be remembered forever one man Eddie Shorty Sweat who was pivotal to the great horses success has been all but forgottenuntil now.. In The Horse God Built bestselling equestrian writer Lawrence Scanlan has written a tribute to an exceptional man that is also a backroads journey to a corner of the racing world rarely visited. As a young black man growing up in South Carolina Eddie Sweat struggled at several occupations before settling on the job he was born forgroom to North Americas finest racehorses. As Secretariats groom loyal friend and protector Eddie understood the horse far better than anyone else. A wildly generous man who could read a horse with his eyes he shared in little of the financial success or glamour of Secretariats wins on the track but won the heart of Big Red with his soft words and relentless devotion.. In Scanlans rich narrative we get a grooms-eye view of the racing world and the vantage of a man who spent every possible moment with the horse he loved yet who often basked in the horses glory from the sidelines. More than anything else The Horse God Built is a moving portrait of the powerful bond between human and horse.