Marie_C

"Smithsonian Museum Support Centre, Maryland 2019: Catherine stepped up to the exhibit label on the plinth and drew out her reading glasses. “Horse!” she read. “I can’t believe it! I don’t suppose you people have the Mona Lisa stashed somewhere, labelled, Smiling Girl?” She ran a finger over the terse nameplate. “Not just Horse,” she said. “The horse. What you have here is the greatest racing stallion in American turf history.” (p70)

This is the story of an enslaved groom named Jarret and the compelling relationship between him and a famous US thoroughbred racehorse called Lexington. It is a story about enslavement, racism, horse racing, art and science and the book is set in 3 different time periods: 1850, 1950, and 2019. The story lines have been thoroughly researched and I learned so much, loved it.