Book Signing: James Nicholson - 08/11/2013

"Never Say Die: a Kentucky Colt, the Epsom Derby, and the Rise of the Modern Thoroughbred Industry"

The Kentucky Derby’s rise to prominence in the early 20th century helped to secure Kentucky’s status as the center of the American thoroughbred industry. But Never Say Die’s 1954 win at the Epsom Derby, the first victory in England’s greatest race for a Kentucky-bred, played a part in making Kentucky the center of an increasingly global thoroughbred industry.