Meet the author of Greyhound: The Remarkable Story of the Legendary Racehorse Who Inspired a Nation

Name: Meet the author of Greyhound: The Remarkable Story of the Legendary Racehorse Who Inspired a Nation
Start: 2025-08-16T11:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-08-16T13:00:00-05:00
Location: 918 W Main St, Lake Geneva, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53147

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Sat Aug 16 2025 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC-05:00

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918 W Main St, Lake Geneva, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53147 | Lake Geneva, WI

Horse lovers, history & racing buffs - don't miss meeting author Cheryl Eriksen as she shares her newest book, "Greyhound: The Remarkable Story of the Legendary Racehorse Who Inspired a Nation"!
About the book: A compelling and illuminating narrative about the greatest racehorse history forgot.
He was unbeatable like Man O' War, had record-breaking speed like Secretariat, and was loved by the fans and everyone who knew him like Seabiscuit. While any fan of harness racing will know and talk of Greyhound with deep reverence, outside the world of harness racing—where horses race at the trot or pace, pulling a sulky—he is almost completely unknown.
An ugly, awkward underdog in his early years, Greyhound blossomed into a champion under the care of a millionaire entrepreneur owner, a veteran trainer/driver, and a young caretaker who acted as bodyguard, public relations guru, and valet for the horse in his care. Developing into the fastest trotter in history with a record that stood for over thirty years, Greyhound was a celebrity in his day—a horse with such an enigmatic personality some swore he was part human.
Brought to life in these pages with painstaking detail and meticulous research, Greyhound's story is both colorful and entertaining. With hundreds of historical photographs and racing artifacts, many shared with the public for the first time, and a compendium of race results from the heyday of harness racing, this is more than a feel-good success story—it’s the historical record racing enthusiasts have been waiting for. Greyhound is a book for anyone who has known the love of a great horse and everyone who finds inspiration in a true underdog story.