Barbaro: The Horse Who Captured America's Heart
Sean Clancy

Pub Date: April 2007. Barbaro, the charismatic 2006 Kentucky Derby winner, thrilled racing fans with his brilliant victories. But he won hearts the world over with his gallant and courageous fight for life after his breakdown in the Preakness Stakes.

Barbaro: The Horse Who Captured America's Heart chronicles Barbaro's early days, his life at bucolic Fair Hill and journey down the Triple Crown trail, and the heroics of his trainer, former Olympic show jumper Michael Matz. Award-winning writer Sean Clancy details Barbaro's surgery and ensuing complications, bringing the reader close to the cutting-edge veterinary science and dedicated surgeon who nearly pulled off the impossible.

More than 100 color photos pay tribute to the great courage and spirit of the most popular racehorse of recent time.

About the Author:

Sean Clancy, a critically acclaimed author and former champion jockey, has had a lifelong association with horses. His father, Joe Clancy Sr., trained flat and steeplechase horses and instilled in sons Sean and Joe Jr. a love of racing.

Sean Clancy had quite a career as a jockey, riding steeplechase races professionally for 13 years. He won a total of 152 races and a national championship in 1998. He was the 10th highest winner of all time upon his retirement in 2000.

Clancy is the author of Saratoga Days and co-author of The Best of the Saratoga Special. He also has written for Daily Racing Form, The Blood-Horse, Mid-Atlantic Thoroughbred, and Newsweek among others. Clancy is editor/publisher of ST Publishing, based in Fair Hill, Maryland. ST Publishing produces The Saratoga Special, Steeplechase/Eventing Times, The Special at Keeneland, Thoroughbred Racing Calendar, and other projects.

Clancy's connections to Barbaro are many. He grew up in Unionville, Pennsylvania, home of Barbaro's owners, Roy and Gretchen Jackson; Barbaro's trainer Michael Matz; and Barbaro's temporary home, University of Pennsylvania's New Bolton Center. Clancy lives in Landenberg, Pennsylvania, hometown of Barbaro's primary veterinarian, Dr. Dean Richardson, and his office is in Fair Hill, Maryland, Barbaro's training grounds.

Praise for Barbaro:

"There is joy in skillfully written words as you read the stories that connect in the fleeting life of Barbaro. You could not ask for a nicer group of people to guide a horse destined for greatness, and Clancy brings them to life...Typical of any Clancy book, the layout is wonderful, and the photography is stunning."
--Tracy McKenna, The Equiery

Hardcover
10 1/2 x 8 1/2
192 pages
Product #B11-1119
100+ color photos
List Price: $25.95
ISBN: 978-1-58150-159-9