Avalyn Hunter's love affair with Thoroughbred racehorses began in 1973, when Secretariat became the ninth American Triple Crown winner with a record-breaking victory in the Belmont Stakes. Since then, she has become a nationally recognized authority on Thoroughbred pedigrees and racing history whose work has appeared in The Blood-Horse, Thoroughbred Times, Owner-Breeder International, Market Watch, New York Breeder, and Louisiana Horse. Her first book was American Classic Pedigrees 1914-2002, which was published to strong reviews. Her more recent titles are The Kingmaker: How Northern Dancer Founded a Racing Dynasty and Gold Rush: How Mr. Prospector Became Racing's Billion-Dollar Sire, and she has been a contributor to five other books.Hunter's most recent work is Dream Derby: The Myth and Legend of Black Gold. The culmination of nearly five years of research into one of the most romantic and tragic tales in the history of the Kentucky Derby, the book reflects Hunter's fascination with the history and characters surrounding an extraordinary horse whose true story is even stranger and more compelling than his legend.Read more about this authorRead less about this author