Reinventing the American Thoroughbred: The Arabian Adventures of Alexander Keene Richards BadgerBooks Paperback: 281 pages

Paperback: 281 pages

with a cigarette pack of American Smokes laid carefully over his heart

encouraged long-distance trade routes

and Riding Academy in ’63

Reinventing the American Thoroughbred: The Arabian Adventures of Alexander Keene Richards BadgerBooks Paperback: 281 pagesAuthor: Gary A. O'Dell Most equine authorities consider Alexander Keene Richards (18271881) one of the nineteenth centurys most significant Thoroughbred importers and breeders. Born in Georgetown, Kentucky, and orphaned as a toddler, Richards was adopted by his grandfather, from whom he inherited not only the family farm in Georgetown but also Transylvania, a cotton plantation in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana. Horses fascinated Richards from an early