New Kentucky Derby book commemorates Barbaro’s victory

Kentucky Derby 132 Review, a book commemorating Barbaro’s win in the 2006 .Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1), is now available. Licensed by Churchill Downs and Barbaro’s owners Roy and Gretchen Jackson, the 80-page coffee table book is the first in a series and is limited to 5,000 copies available online at www.Secretariat.com. Published by Louisville-based Moonlight Press, the book will soon be available through the official Kentucky Derby online store www.thederbystore.com and other retailers.

“If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Kentucky Derby 132 Review speaks volumes about America’s premier horse race and the horse and connections fortunate enough to find their way into the Derby winner’s circle on the first Saturday in May,” said John Asher, vice president of racing communications for Churchill Downs. “The colorful narrative for the book and its many photo captions was penned by Churchill Downs’s longtime director of publicity, Tony Terry, and will certainly have special meaning to race fans who followed Barbaro’s journey to Louisville, Kentucky, and who were dazzled by his heroic performance under the Twin Spires.”

A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Laminitis Fund at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s New Bolton Center in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, where Barbaro continues his battle against life-threatening laminitis.Source www.thoroughbredtimes.com