Description Professional sport, emigration, travel, history, horses, American Pharoah's Triple Crown, winners, losers, ups and downs.
Laughter and tears.
An account of a father's whirlwind year around Kentucky with his apprentice (bug) jockey son.
A story about fathers and sons.
A story about professional sport, and what it takes to make the grade.
A story about love, life, traveling and reflecting.
And there is even a bit about restrooms.
So I tell Patrick he can't train and he goes and wins a group race with a 500 horse.
Then I say he can't write and he comes up with a gem like this.
Oh, and that bug can ride a bit too.
--Ed Prosser, European representative Keeneland and formerly race writer and racehorse owner in the UK.
Random Horse Publications Llc Around kentucky with the bug, hardcover/gilligan lawrence patrick
