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Track Conditions: A Memoir

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Following his alienated lover to an Ohio race track, Michael Klein began a five-year career as a professional groom in the world of horse racing, which eventually included caring for 1984 Kentucky Derby winner, Swale. Klein formed an intense, loving bond with the colt, but his life was shadowed by the undertow of his alcoholism, a complicated relationship with his lover, and his memories of an abusive childhood. Track Conditions is a heartfelt story of resilience that examines the track conditions that can create and destroy champions, and those that can ruin or save a man.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press

Release: July 15, 2003

ISBN: 0299192245

ISBN 13: 9780299192242

Track Conditions: A Memoir

4/5 ( ratings)

Following his alienated lover to an Ohio race track, Michael Klein began a five-year career as a professional groom in the world of horse racing, which eventually included caring for 1984 Kentucky Derby winner, Swale. Klein formed an intense, loving bond with the colt, but his life was shadowed by the undertow of his alcoholism, a complicated relationship with his lover, and his memories of an abusive childhood. Track Conditions is a heartfelt story of resilience that examines the track conditions that can create and destroy champions, and those that can ruin or save a man.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press

Release: July 15, 2003

ISBN: 0299192245

ISBN 13: 9780299192242

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