Contents

Introduction

1. The Fast Track into the Future

2. The Greening of the Bluegrass

3. A Killing Spree and a Hanging Tree

4. “All the Best Jockeys of the West Are Colored”

5. Old Money Meets the Arrivistes

6. Winners and Losers in the Age of Reform

7. The Idea of Horse Country Reclaimed

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index