For hundreds of years men have attempted to breed the perfect racehorse, the one that will be greater than all the others of its generation. This book, with Julian Wilson's selection of the greatest racehorses ever, is a chronicle of the successful achievements of a number of those men; of the one horse in 10,000 that stands head and shoulders above the field. There are profiles of Desert Orchid, Cigar, Shergar and Lammtarra amongst many others, and every entry also includes the blood-lines of the horse.