Steve Cauthen commenced his 14-year 'English Odyssey' in April 1979. The erstwhile 'Kentucky Kid' had taken American racing by storm. A champion jockey at 17 and a Triple Crown winner at 18, the teenage prodigy became a bona fide celebrity but a slump of 110 consecutive losers saw him cross the Atlantic seeking to resurrect his career. Within weeks of his arrival 'The Kid' won an English Classic, the 2000 Guineas. He'd go on to become the only jockey to win both the Derby and the Kentucky Derby (plus those of Ireland, France and Italy); be the most recent jockey to win an English Triple Crown courtesy of Oh So Sharp in 1985; and secure three jockeys' championships - making him the only man to win titles in both America and England. Moreover, Cauthen was a supreme stylist who transformed English race-riding: his streamlined American toe-in-the-iron seat and clock-in-the-head judgement of pace sparking widespread imitation. The list of household names benefiting from his sublime talents are legion and this most articulate of jockeys recalls every one of them in his own inimitable style along with all the attendant highs and lows in this first complete retelling of his 'English Odyssey'.

"Steve Cauthen" was written by Michael Tanner.

Michael Tanner has written extensively on horseracing for nearly 40 years, contributing features to The Sporting Life, Racing Post, Pacemaker and European Racehorse et al. He has also authored numerous books earning critical acclaim, notably Mick the Miller: Sporting Icon of the Depression, longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year and shortlisted for Biography of the Year at the British Sports Book Awards in 2003; and The Suffragette Derby was declared 'racing's book of the year' by Racing Post in 2013. This is his 29th book.