Keeneland's Ted Bassett: My Life

In the December 30, 1967, edition of the weekly Thoroughbred trade publication, the Blood-Horse, was an announcement that took up one inch of space-James E. "Ted" Bassett III had been named assistant to the president of the Keeneland Association. It was sandwiched between equally short news items about a handicapping seminar at an East Coast racetrack and a California vacation trip by a horse-owning couple. Bassett's new job, in his own words, "was not earthshaking news." More than four decades

Author: James E. Ted Bassett, Bill Mooney
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 04/24/2009
Pages: 440
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780813125480

About the Author

James E. "Ted" Bassett III continues to serve as Keeneland's trustee emeritus, and in this capacity he chairs fund-raising drives throughout the Bluegrass region.

Bill Mooney has covered racing for the New York Times, Thoroughbred Record and Blood-Horse, and is currently a contributing editor for Thoroughbred Times.

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