This is a surprise book - one that completely exceeded my expectations. The book is a true story about a race track lifer who has suffered defeat and alcohol hazed living. A man who suffered greatly at home in his youth and ran away to find safety and salvation. Booze and high living could have killed him.
But instead he meets a woman who loves horses and works at the track. Much younger, much nicer, and driven to rescue horses and Tim Snyder they become married.
But the nice woman has a physical flaw, an illness that does not forgive or go away and Tim has to face another loss. He handles it poorly and turns from Lisa's parents who had taken him in and wanders the track circuit again until he ends up with a horse - Lisa's Booby Trap - named after a strip club with his ex-wife's name in the front.
The horse becomes a surrogate for Lisa, it also becomes a winner after overcoming its own handicaps and both Tim and the horse form a bond that transcends
the track.
Is the horse a reincarnation of Lisa? You can make your own decision on that, but you will not lose the love that develops between the horse and handler and the coincidence of personality between horse and lost wife.
The writer handles this really well. No maudlin sentimentality. He does not make Tim out to be a nice guy. He is who he is and that is enough for the story.
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