Jennifer S. Kelly
@thesirbarton.bsky.social
Freelance turf writer/author/historian. Author of Sir Barton & the Making of the Triple Crown & The Foxes of Belair: Gallant Fox, Omaha, and the Quest for the Triple Crown. Currently writing A Crown Most Splendid. NTWAB Secretary. Sammy's biggest fan.
I am also working on bookplates for anyone who may already have these books or the Racetracks book and would like to add my signature to theirs.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I am also working on bookplates for anyone who may already have these books or the Racetracks book and would like to add my signature to theirs.
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These make a great gift for your favorite horsey person (or yourself, natch) so get those orders in because I only have NINE bundles left (four HC and five SC). Order here: forms.gle/b97cMsPgt3qu... (or email me at [email protected]).
Order Your Holiday Book Bundle!
I try to do something special every holiday season. I've done gift boxes the last two years, but for 2025, I dialed it back a bit. Since The Foxes of Belair is now available in softcover, I thought I ...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
These make a great gift for your favorite horsey person (or yourself, natch) so get those orders in because I only have NINE bundles left (four HC and five SC). Order here: forms.gle/b97cMsPgt3qu... (or email me at [email protected]).
Both are eligible for the 40% off with code FROSTY25. If you'd like to give or get signed copies this holiday season, check back next week for a special offer!
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Both are eligible for the 40% off with code FROSTY25. If you'd like to give or get signed copies this holiday season, check back next week for a special offer!
and a third under contract. The Horses in History imprint has been good to me and I hope I have returned the favor.
Sir Barton and The Foxes of Belair: Gallant Fox, Omaha, and the Quest for the Triple Crown are now available in both hardcover and softcover.
www.kentuckypress.com/978081319737...
Sir Barton and The Foxes of Belair: Gallant Fox, Omaha, and the Quest for the Triple Crown are now available in both hardcover and softcover.
www.kentuckypress.com/978081319737...
The Foxes of Belair - The University Press of Kentucky
Calumet, Claiborne, King Ranch—these iconic Thoroughbred breeders are revered by industry professionals and racing fans around the world. As campaigners of...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
and a third under contract. The Horses in History imprint has been good to me and I hope I have returned the favor.
Sir Barton and The Foxes of Belair: Gallant Fox, Omaha, and the Quest for the Triple Crown are now available in both hardcover and softcover.
www.kentuckypress.com/978081319737...
Sir Barton and The Foxes of Belair: Gallant Fox, Omaha, and the Quest for the Triple Crown are now available in both hardcover and softcover.
www.kentuckypress.com/978081319737...
I quite literally had no idea what I was doing other than I wanted to write a book and I wanted that book to be this story. I had the great fortune of connecting with UPK thanks to Jamie Nicholson and Ed Bowen. A decade later, I have not one but two books w/UPK
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Sir Barton and the Making of the Triple Crown - The University Press of Kentucky
He was always destined to be a champion. Royally bred, with English and American classic winners in his pedigree, Sir Barton shone from birth, dubbed the "ki...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I quite literally had no idea what I was doing other than I wanted to write a book and I wanted that book to be this story. I had the great fortune of connecting with UPK thanks to Jamie Nicholson and Ed Bowen. A decade later, I have not one but two books w/UPK
www.kentuckypress.com/978081319740...
www.kentuckypress.com/978081319740...
I hope you will pick up one or all of these titles now during UPK's Holiday Sale. Use code FROSTY25 for 40% off!
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I hope you will pick up one or all of these titles now during UPK's Holiday Sale. Use code FROSTY25 for 40% off!
Riding to Arms examines the evolution of horsemanship—the training of horses and riders—and its relationship to the evolution of mounted warfare over four centuries.
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Riding to Arms - The University Press of Kentucky
Horses and horsemen played central roles in modern European warfare from the Renaissance to the Great War of 1914-1918, not only determining victory in battl...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Riding to Arms examines the evolution of horsemanship—the training of horses and riders—and its relationship to the evolution of mounted warfare over four centuries.
www.kentuckypress.com/978081318230...
www.kentuckypress.com/978081318230...
Eliza McGraw's Astride shares the history of women and riding in public spaces and how that evolution mirrors the societal changes that brought us our long-overdue right to vote and more.
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Astride - The University Press of Kentucky
On March 3, 1913, a quarter of a million people gathered in Washington, DC, to watch five thousand female suffragists march down Pennsylvania Avenue, headed ...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Eliza McGraw's Astride shares the history of women and riding in public spaces and how that evolution mirrors the societal changes that brought us our long-overdue right to vote and more.
www.kentuckypress.com/978198590128...
www.kentuckypress.com/978198590128...
Emma Hudelson's Sky Watch shares the story of an extraordinary Saddlebred champion Sky Watch while also teaching those not exposed to the breed abt the particulars of these grand showhorses & also tackling the question of how horses make us feel human again.
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Sky Watch - The University Press of Kentucky
Horse shows used to draw crowds by the thousands to state fairs and venues such as Madison Square Garden. And in the 1980s, no performance horse filled more ...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Emma Hudelson's Sky Watch shares the story of an extraordinary Saddlebred champion Sky Watch while also teaching those not exposed to the breed abt the particulars of these grand showhorses & also tackling the question of how horses make us feel human again.
www.kentuckypress.com/978081319910...
www.kentuckypress.com/978081319910...
Grab Milt's two titles from the Press's Holiday Sale. Get 40% off with the code FROSTY25 until 1/31/2026.
November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Grab Milt's two titles from the Press's Holiday Sale. Get 40% off with the code FROSTY25 until 1/31/2026.
at how it all unfolded. His exploration of the issues of performance-enhancing substances shares the evolution of the sport's enforcement from long before the advent of testing and other tools.
www.kentuckypress.com/978081319743...
www.kentuckypress.com/978081319743...
Unnatural Ability - The University Press of Kentucky
In a mere twelve months, between May 2020 and May 2021, horse racing's most recognizable face—Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert—had five horses that faile...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
at how it all unfolded. His exploration of the issues of performance-enhancing substances shares the evolution of the sport's enforcement from long before the advent of testing and other tools.
www.kentuckypress.com/978081319743...
www.kentuckypress.com/978081319743...
dating back to 19th-century concerns abt doping. Milt takes these complex subjects & breaks them down in ways that every reader can appreciate. His discussion of the investigation into Shergar's disappearance shares details that will leave you marveling
www.kentuckypress.com/978081317623...
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Taking Shergar - The University Press of Kentucky
It was a cold and foggy February night in 1983 when a group of armed thieves crept onto Ballymany Stud, near The Curragh in County Kildare, Ireland, to steal...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
dating back to 19th-century concerns abt doping. Milt takes these complex subjects & breaks them down in ways that every reader can appreciate. His discussion of the investigation into Shergar's disappearance shares details that will leave you marveling
www.kentuckypress.com/978081317623...
www.kentuckypress.com/978081317623...
Grab Avalyn's titles today! Use code FROSTY25 at checkout to get 40% off any and all of these titles.
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Grab Avalyn's titles today! Use code FROSTY25 at checkout to get 40% off any and all of these titles.
Along with Lenny Shulman, Avalyn is helping us launch Racing Royalty with her book on Holy Bull, which gives you an inside look at the career of this Hall of Famer. Her newest title is available for pre-order, & yes, you can use the discount code on pre-orders!
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Holy Bull - The University Press of Kentucky
Holy Bull's path to glory was anything but ordinary. Born outside the Bluegrass and destined for racing's blue-collar ranks, this gray colt did not inspire T...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Along with Lenny Shulman, Avalyn is helping us launch Racing Royalty with her book on Holy Bull, which gives you an inside look at the career of this Hall of Famer. Her newest title is available for pre-order, & yes, you can use the discount code on pre-orders!
www.kentuckypress.com/978198590424...
www.kentuckypress.com/978198590424...
Her other title, Dream Derby, reveals the story behind Black Gold, the horse at the center of a beloved Marguerite Henry classic, from his Osage roots to his victory in the milestone 50th Kentucky Derby.
www.kentuckypress.com/978081319919...
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Dream Derby - The University Press of Kentucky
On the morning of May 18, 1924, households across America opened their newspapers to the headline: "Derby Winner Property of Indian Woman." The woman in ques...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Her other title, Dream Derby, reveals the story behind Black Gold, the horse at the center of a beloved Marguerite Henry classic, from his Osage roots to his victory in the milestone 50th Kentucky Derby.
www.kentuckypress.com/978081319919...
www.kentuckypress.com/978081319919...
Her book on the Kentucky Oaks is the ONLY book that covers the first 150 years of this grand stakes. Trace the growth of this original Churchill Downs feature from local test to distaff classic, a race nearly as recognizable and beloved as the Derby itself.
www.kentuckypress.com/978198590034...
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The Kentucky Oaks - The University Press of Kentucky
No Thoroughbred race in the state of Kentucky holds a more hallowed place in the national and international consciousness than the Kentucky Derby. Its fame i...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Her book on the Kentucky Oaks is the ONLY book that covers the first 150 years of this grand stakes. Trace the growth of this original Churchill Downs feature from local test to distaff classic, a race nearly as recognizable and beloved as the Derby itself.
www.kentuckypress.com/978198590034...
www.kentuckypress.com/978198590034...
In addition to her titles previously published by Eclipse Press, Avalyn has added two fantastic titles to Horses in History, both essential reading for racing fans everywhere.
November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
In addition to her titles previously published by Eclipse Press, Avalyn has added two fantastic titles to Horses in History, both essential reading for racing fans everywhere.
If you are not familiar with Avalyn's contributions to the sport, may I direct you to American Classic Pedigrees & the PRODIGIOUS pages of information available on what has to be at least a thousand sires, dams, & others, an essential tool for writers.
www.americanclassicpedigrees.com
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American Classic Pedigrees Home
American Classic Pedigrees is the website of pedigree expert, racing historian and author Avalyn Hunter. It provides information on the racing, breeding and individual histories of top Thoroughbreds, ...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
If you are not familiar with Avalyn's contributions to the sport, may I direct you to American Classic Pedigrees & the PRODIGIOUS pages of information available on what has to be at least a thousand sires, dams, & others, an essential tool for writers.
www.americanclassicpedigrees.com
www.americanclassicpedigrees.com