Gold Rush
How Mr. Prospector Became Racing's Billion-Dollar Sire
By Avalyn Hunter

Pub Date: October 2007. Mr. Prospector showed early brilliance as a speedster on the racetrack but nothing could have prepared the horse racing world for the spectacular progenitor he would become. By the time of his death at age 29 in 1999, Mr. Prospector had led the U.S. sire list twice (with his sons and daughters earning more than $16 million) and had led the broodmare sire list twice. He has since led the broodmare sire list seven more times. He sired 2000 Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus, who sold for $4 million as a yearling and was syndicated for stud duty for $70 million. Respected pedigree expert Avalyn Hunter looks at Mr. Prospector and his incredible impact on the American Thoroughbred.

About the Author:

A former Air Force officer, Avalyn Hunter is a graduate of Vanderbilt University (BA, psychology) and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville (MA, clinical psychology) and has worked as a mental health professional since 1993. Her interest in Thoroughbred racehorse pedigrees stems from when she read Sir Charles Leicester’s classic Bloodstock Breeding at the age of 15. Hunter also is the author of The Kingmaker: How Northern Dancer Founded a Racing Dynasty and American Classic Pedigrees, and she is a regular contributor to The Blood-Horse, The Blood-Horse MarketWatch, BloodHorseNOW.com, and Owner-Breeder International. She resides in Lake City, Florida.

Praise for Gold Rush and Avalyn Hunter:

"Hunter cleverly weaves the history of horses, farms, and people into an entertaining and lively story and for this alone, the book is well worth reading."
--The Australian Bloodhorse Review

Hardcover
256 pages
Product #B11-1124
List Price: $26.95
ISBN: 978-1-58150-173-5