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With a trademark powerful stride amid a blaze of red and yellow silks, Justify emphatically crossed the finish line at the 2018 Belmont Stakes and became just the 13th winner of horse racing's elusive Triple Crown. One of the most charismatic and talented runners in the history of the sport, Justify was also one of its most unlikely champions; the late-blooming chestnut colt made his competitive debut only 111 days prior to that legendary victory. In Justify: 111 Days to Triple Crown Glory, veteran scribe Lenny Shulman (BloodHorse magazine) provides an insider account of this Thoroughbred's rise to greatness. Through extensive interviews and first-hand accounts, readers will discover the fascinatingly disparate cast of characters who were crucial to Justify's success, including trainer Bob Baffert, whose innate ability to identify equine talent also produced American Pharoah; Mike Smith, the 52-year-old jockey asserting himself in the miraculous third act of his career; and breeders John and Tanya Gunther, who believed in Justify's ability despite the developmental imperfections that drove buyers away.
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Lenny Shulman is an Emmy Award-winning writer who worked in TV and film in Hollywood for two decades. He wrote and produced "Kids Incorporated," wrote for the NFL on FOX, and co-wrote the feature film "Dice Rules."Larry Flynt, a Kentucky native, was Lenny's first boss when Lenny moved to Los Angeles in 1980 to work as a copy editor. For the past 15 years Lenny's work has appeared in The Blood-Horse magazine, Thoroughbred racing's leading weekly publication. He is also the author of "Ride Of Their Lives," a behind-the-scenes look at the triumphs and turmoil of Thoroughbred racing's top jockeys."Long Way From Home" is his first novel. Two of the characters, Sonny Catapano and Gregg Gold, were based on childhood friends of Lenny's.
