He was called the greatest jockey who ever rode, but until now no one knew that the man who won the Kentucky Derby was only months away from losing his wife to suicide, or that when he won the title of winningest jockey of all time, he was the subject of an FBI investigation.
With unflinching candor, Cain reveals Laffit Pincay’s greatest triumphs and fiercest struggles: the famed races, the unrivaled self-discipline, the relentless drive, the cheating, the betrayals, and the violence. Pincay may have lived the high life but he often was forced to pull himself out of the depths of hell.
The Pincay story is shocking, poignant and soul-bearing -- an awe-inspiring look at one of the world’s greatest living legends. It is truly the anatomy of a winner.