American Circus: A Journal of Creative Nonfiction - Dispatches from the Triple Crown

A series about the beauty and tragedy of horse racing.

Stories by Jamie Berk
Illustrations by Charlie Mostow

PART ONE
Whispers in the Shade
of Roses

In driving rain on the day of the Kentucky Derby, dawn approaches at Churchill Downs and demons lurk in the shadows.

PART TWO
Tracks That Burn

Back into the fire on the Triple Crown trail.

COLUMNS
A Troubled Sport

Another drug violation, another shrug.

Revoked credentials & racing journalism.

Hope wiped out, hope springs eternal.

VIGNETTES
At the Track

A day at Pimlico.

Faint impressions, broadly speaking.

The Preakness draw.

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