The Extraordinary Story of the Newspaperman Who Bred the Kentucky Derby Winner.
As editor of 'The Chicago Tribune', Jim Squires managed staff that won seven Pulitzer Prizes in eight years. But not even this was enough to save his job in a management shake-up. Consoled by a hefty severance payment, he decided to take up professionally what had been a passion of his for twenty years: raising horses.
Setting up shop in the bluegrass county of Kentucky, no one held out much hope of him making a living at it. But Squires did more than merely stay in business: he brought together the stallion and mare who would produce the winner of the most famous race of all - the Kentucky Derby.
'Horse Of A Different Colour' is the rollicking tale of how a novice in the world of Kentucky horse culture scooped the ultimate prize. It is the extraordinary story of both a man overcoming the odds, and that of a remarkable horse: Monarchos, the grey colt blessed with astonishing speed and the making of a hero.
