10" x 9 1/4"
160pp.
90 original b&w photographs
$35.00 cloth
0-9666776-1-7

Essays by Brendan Boyd
Photographs by Henry Horenstein

In an evocative blend of ninety striking black-and-white photographs by Henry Horenstein and seventy trenchant essays by Brendan Boyd, Racing Days captures the gritty yet elegant essence of a fascinating closed universe-the Thoroughbred racetrack. "Neither Horenstein nor Boyd sentimentalizes the racetrack. Instead of taking the route of so many books that believe Damon Runyan still runs things and that racetrackers are either cigar-chomping ne'er-do-wells with a heart of gold or aristocratic bluebloods still trying to improe the breed, these men—with a clarity seldom seen in brokerage houses or insurance companies or in other arenas where gambling is the key component—see the track as aplace where certain dramas are played out."

—Michael Blowen, The Boston Globe