Ann Hagedorn Auerbach

Wild Ride By Ann Hagedorn Auerbach A fascinating insight into the rise and rapid fall of Calumet Farm. Using a detailed and grisly account of Alydar's death in November 1990 to set the scene, Auerbach charts the rise of Calumet for its founder Warren Wright—an interesting read in itself that takes in the careers of Citation, Whirlaway and Alydar, etc.—before turning her attention to what went wrong in a matter of years under the management of J.T. Lundy. By the time of Alydar's death, the once stately institution was destitute,...