It's how you start out and how you end up... but never about getting off track, just how fast you get back on!
Sonny is JUST ANOTHER RACE HORSE with a story to tell that will open a well of emotion in your soul and melt your heart as you read each endearing page of his young life! Sonny's first memory is of being born and seeing the warmth and love in his mother's eyes as she sees her newborn son for the first time. In the beginning, life is good. Sonny grows into a handsome, sleek thoroughbred, wrapped in a blanket of love and approval -- trusting the good of the world that surrounds him. It isn't long, however, before he realizes life is about to throw him moldy carrots!
The day he was taken from his home, from his mother, is the scariest day of his life. Everyone and everything is new. Herded into a huge horse trailer with other horses, he's taken to a strange place. Everyone makes sure he's fed well and groomed well, but for the first time in his life he's yelled at for being playful, then sold at auction into the new and dangerous world of thoroughbred racing!
JUST ANOTHER RACE HORSE is the poignant story of a thoroughbred raised all his young life to be a race horse -- complete with all the brutality of his training while immersed in the seedy side of horse racing! Through it all, Sonny keeps his positive attitude, but how can he ever know that winning has a very nasty side... losing -- and you're only as good as your next race!
Get your copy today and join Sonny in this winning memoir that stamps him as a king among princes and not JUST ANOTHER RACE HORSE!
Reviewed by Mamta Madhavan for Readers' Favorite
Just Another Race Horse by Marion N. Seidel is the story of Sonny, a horse just like many other horses born to be race horses. The book gives readers an insight about horse training and the non-glamorous side of horse riding and horse racing.
One thing that I appreciate is the thoughtfulness by the author to donate part of the proceeds to DJEMF (the Davy Jones Equine Memorial Fund). The book is written from the perspective of Sonny, the race horse. All the events mentioned in the book are true, making it more personal and appealing to the reader. The insecurities and fears that crowd the minds of these race horses is described here. Horse racing and horse riding appear to be very glamorous and these are said to be the hobbies of the elite. The book reveals the ugly side of it, by telling the readers not everything is glamorous in that sport and not everything is right behind the scenes.
Just Another Race Horse is an honest book that reveals many unknown facts about horse racing. The reader feels sad while reading about Sonny's bad treatment at the hands of certain horse handlers. We often tend to forget that animals feel pain and they have feelings too. This book brings that part to the fore. Sonny's meeting with his rescuer after he was treated badly touches your heart. I recommend this book to all horse lovers.
