The Forgotten Jockey: Jake Heupel and the Golden Age of Horse Racing

The remarkable true story of a jockey who rose through the ranks of American horse racing during one of the country's most turbulent eras

Jake "Strong-Arm" Heupel was larger than life-a flamboyant, fearless Thoroughbred jockey who rode at the top of his game through the glittering 1920s and the desperate, gritty years of the Depression. His journey from a tight-knit German immigrant community in northern Kentucky to the front ranks of American horse racing takes readers through the most glam...