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# The Horse God Built: The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World's Greatest Racehorse

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Review: A dream read about a dream horse!!! - I have wanted to read this book for years! It was so informative and very well written. Secretariat has been my 🩷 horse since I was a kid. It was a thrill to read about his origins, training, and the many people who loved him. The author described his races in a way that made time slow down and I felt like I was riding my dream horse! A terrific book for anyone who loves horses in general, and this beautiful champion in particular!!!
Review: Beautiful story of Secretariat and his groom. - This is an amazing story of Secretariat! 0 Packed full of information that’s not known to most people. This would be a great book for anyone e who loves horses.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #61,025 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3 in Horse Racing (Books) #29 in Sports History (Books) #468 in U.S. State & Local History |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,332) |
| Dimensions  | 5.45 x 0.85 x 8.25 inches |
| Edition  | First Edition |
| ISBN-10  | 0312382251 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0312382254 |
| Item Weight  | 12 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 335 pages |
| Publication date  | June 10, 2008 |
| Publisher  | St. Martin's Griffin |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A dream read about a dream horse!!!
*by C***D on December 19, 2025*

I have wanted to read this book for years! It was so informative and very well written. Secretariat has been my 🩷 horse since I was a kid. It was a thrill to read about his origins, training, and the many people who loved him. The author described his races in a way that made time slow down and I felt like I was riding my dream horse! A terrific book for anyone who loves horses in general, and this beautiful champion in particular!!!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful story of Secretariat and his groom.
*by H***Y on July 24, 2025*

This is an amazing story of Secretariat! 0 Packed full of information that’s not known to most people. This would be a great book for anyone e who loves horses.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Okay book.
*by D***A on March 5, 2018*

This is an okay book. If I hadn’t known the references to the horse park or races or the horses I’m familiar with, the research style writing would have left me bored! I was hoping to find some answers to the questions the author himself raises about Eddie Sweat, but alas, no luck. It only talks about his greatness without really showing us how he’s great, albeit I’ve no doubt he must have been. I think the caption is unfitting in a way, and may have been kept on for marketing purposes cuz the story did mostly circle back to the horse and the groom while talking about the whole Horseracing scenario, but the whole book is not just about The horse God built. It’s a well researched and thorough work it seems and it felt like the author was compelled to tell the story about the backstretch and the confused exhilaration of the Horseracing community in keeping up with the sport, where eventually nothing else mattered but the love of the horse... yet it felt incomplete. I’d recommend this book for the knowledge it imparts, but I won’t look for a story in this book... a good one or a bad one, cuz there’s none. It’s like a collection of newspaper articles, not even strung together. I shouldn’t sound so critical cuz I researched so many of the horses, and watched videos of races only after this book... and learnt so much.. but it could have said a better story, strung together in order instead of being scattered so it’d have been popular enough to reach everyone, which I honestly wish it had done!

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