That they had no business being there. These were against million-dollar horses possessed by patricians, oilmen, Arab sheiks, and Hollywood suppliers. They were ten regular guys, and everything they desired was to win a race. Rather, they received the hearts of America.

In 2003, a three-year-old using the unlikely name of Funny Cide became ‘the people’s horse,’ the unheralded New York-bred gelding who-in a time of war and financial jitters-inspired a nation by knocking off the champions and their millionaire about Funny Cide: What sort of Equine, a Trainer, a Jockey, and a Bunch of SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL Buddies Took over the Shieks and Bluebloods…and Won owners and sweeping towards the brink of the Triple Crown.

Trained with a journeyman who’d spent over 30 years searching for ‘the one,’ ridden with a jockey fighting another after many years of injuries and hard knocks, and owned by a band of high school buddies from Sackets Harbor, NY, Funny Cide became a hero and media sensation.

Today, Sally Jenkins, award-winning co-author of Lance Armstrong’s #1 bestseller IT ISN’T About the Bike, tells the within story of the Crazy Cide team’s ups and downs against overwhelming odds, illness, as well as scandal, to capture the imagination of thousands. It’s a new American traditional for the underdog in all of us.