The Saratoga races. Breeders Cup. The road to Louisville. Victories and defeats, gambles lost and landed. And something unexpected. A story about life and love and racehorses - and unexpected problems.

Patrick Gilligan graduatedwith an honors degree in equine studies. After a decade as an exercise rider he went on to spend 16 years training racehorses in Newmarket in Suffolk, England. Now based in Lexington Kentucky, where his son Jack rides as a jockey.. He is still active within the Thoroughbred industry.