Native Dancer Book

This is an very concise guide to Native Dancer's racing and stud career. Boyd doesn't mince words as she shares the key facts and important events that brought Native Dancer to the world of racing and proved him one of the greatest racehorses of all times. She does include some background on his peers, those challengers that he bests in all but one of his races. There are plenty of quotes from his owner, his trainer, his jockey and others in the racing world that saw the "Gray Ghost" firsthand. Although the book races along Native Dancer's timeline, it does manage to pull the reader in and impress upon them just how wonderful this giant horse was; by the time we hit Native Dancer's one loss, I was devestated for him. A quick rundown of his prodigy is included at the end, as well as his family tree and a list of references for citations in the book.

This is a great overview of Native Dancer - his career, his background and his nature. There are a number of black & white photos included in the middle of the book.