The Wrong Horse: An Odyssey Through the American Racing Scene

by William Murray

Book Overview

An intimate portrait of the American horse racing scene by a savvy insider who has been a bettor, owner, winner, and loser explores the world of the track and the colorful characters found standing at... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671767747
• ISBN13: 9780671767747
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.8" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

A Great Book

I am not a writer or a reviewer, just your average run of the mill horse raceing fan. This is not a review like the ones above but a recommendation, I really enjoyed this book and will loan it to all my horse raceing buddies. Any other books written by Mr. Murray I will purchase with no hesitation. I couldn't put it down and enjoyed each and every paragraph.

Witty, amusing and sometimes rueful memoirs of a racing fan

William Murray is, like many of us, hopelessly addicted to the track -- not to betting (although he does that often and, despite the modesty displayed in this book, probably very well), but to all the sights, smells, experiences, highs and lows of the race track. His tales of the track (from the highs of DelMar to the lows of the fair circuit) are sometimes sad, sometimes hilarious, always with an edge. If you wondered whether the characters that inhabit the Shifty books are real, read this. They are all here. And if you wanted to learn a little more about William Murray, then read this. Though essentially a private man, he does share with his readers some wonderful stories on himself -- my favorite is the cribbing horse -- and also lets us know (if we didn't already) that he thinks Del Mar is all the heaven there ever needs to be.