Dark Horses: A Memoir of Redemption

ARTHUR HANCOCK NEEDED A MIRACLE

He had long ago strayed from the golden path that once seemed to beckon him, as the eldest son of a Thoroughbred racing legend. His life had been a wild, booze-fueled ride: car wrecks, fights, nights in jail. But whatever else he was, Hancock was a born horseman-and knew that he had it in him, one day, to take Claiborne forward as the most storied farm in the Bluegrass.

Only that day never came. Obstructed by powerful enemies, and driven by a fiery pride, Hanc...