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Background was made at the Belmont Stakes in Summertime 2015 when American Pharoah won the Triple Crown name, the first racehorse to attain the momentous feat since Affirmed in 1978. Pharoah was the group favorite, as spectators had anxiously expected the American Thoroughbred’s victory, already a successful winner on the year’s earlier Kentucky Derby and Preakness races.

By most appearances, American Pharoah has led an effective career, unmarred simply by any controversy as he approximately American Pharoah: The Untold Story of the Triple Crown Winner’s Legendary Rise was the undisputed champion-only twelve horses total in American history have won the Triple Crown. Unfortunately however, his training team hasn’t fared nearly aswell.

With accusations which range from sour business transactions to poor gambling practices to active litigation with bankruptcy courts and other legal cases pending, his owner Ahmed Zayat has many rooting against him. The flamboyant Egyptian-American businessman continues to be leading a double-life which has threatened to overwhelm his little empire. Victor Espinoza, the famed racehorse’s relentless jockey, left rural Mexico only to face harsh conditions on a farm where he previously to overcome his fear of horses before learning that he had a gift for race riding. Finally, Bob Baffert, American Pharoah’s trainer, has an interesting arc which includes tremendous wins, personal losses, and controversial medicine violations.

You start with American Pharoah’s modest displaying at his first maiden race in 2014, NY Moments sportswriter Joe Drape recounts the earning thoroughbred’s explosive race job by weaving in details of Zayat’s questionable business practices, Espinoza’s heartbreaking loss with California Chrome last year, and Baffert’s temperamental, unreliable track record. By interviewing the parties involved and acquiring readers behind the scenes from the producing of America’s latest Triple Crown winner, Drape unfurls an account ‘that transcends athletics, a story of adolescence and small-town life’ (Web publishers Weekly), and all of the problem, illegal playing, and secretive business methods that may flourish in the shadows of greatness.