President of the Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation and author of 20 books on horse racing. Bowen says Man o’ War was fortunate from the beginning. The horse was purchased by a fellow who ...

Even now, Big Red remains a big draw. “I read Walter Farley’s book ("Man o' War") in my great aunt’s basement,” Kent said, “and she gave it to me. I memorized facts about him.

“I remember the first book he had was (about) Man o’ War. That’s the first thoroughbred I ever heard of. Man o’ War was the horse until Secretariat. Man o’ War was like the Babe Ruth of ...

The currency of Thoroughbred racing is speed, and in that medium of exchange, Man o' War was as rich as Croesus. By the time that midsummer 1920 rolled around, the towering chestnut son of Fair ...