The retraining process no matter how many times you think about it or say it, is just not easy. There are so many things to think about and just when you really feel like you are hitting the peak you start over-thinking or over-analyzing new things.

Five semifinalists have been selected for the 17th Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award, including a novel, three biographical works based on the lives of late 20th century American champions, and a fictional oral history, all published in 2022.

A 2006 brainchild of the late philanthropist and global businessman Dr. Tony Ryan, the competition is open to any literary genre of book length, the only stipulations being that entries must have a Thoroughbred horse racing premise/backdrop, and that the writing be of high quality.