The author reflects the history of the thoroughbred up to time of the book's publishing. Several photos illustrate each section.

Some of the topics:
= The Early Years
= Stanford, Burns, and Waterhouse
= Waterboy, Africander, and Rubio
= Early Racetracks
= Phar Lap
= The Influence of Louis B. Mayer
= Ray Bell
= Louis R. Rowan and Quicken Tree.

The dust jacket shows light shelf wear including rubbing and very small tears at edges. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt lettering.

The book measures approximately 9 x 11-1/4 inches.