Native Dancer

Book Description
Known as The Gray Ghost because of his color and his amazing ability on the racetrack, Native Dancer won all but one of his 22 starts. Boyd examines the human connections as well, including owner Alfred Vanderbilt, trainer William C. Winfrey, and jockeys Eddie Arcaro and Eric Guerin.


About the Author
Eva Jolene Boyd has written articles for The Thoroughbred Record, Turf and Sports Digest, SPUR, The Backstretch, and The Blood-Horse. She is also the author of That Old Overland Stagecoaching and Noble Brutes. She lives in Ingram, Texas.


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Native Dancer, also known as "The Grey Ghost," won all but one of his 22 starts. His only loss came when he was upset by Dark Star in the 1953 Kentucky Derby. Native Dancer went on to win the Preakness and Belmont Stakes. At two years old he was named co-Horse of the Year, an honor not bestowed on a two-year-old horse again until Secretariat was named Horse of the Year in 1972. This biography chronicles the triumphs of this spectacular horse and the people associated with his successes-his owner, trainer, and the jockeys that had the privilege to ride him.


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