Publication Date: August 21, 2023
Inspired by true events, The Last Horseman is a gripping story of a Midwestern housewife who secretly devises an epic gambling scheme to save the career of her alienated horse trainer husband — perfect for fans of Secretariat and The Greatest Gambling Story Ever Told!
Eddie Logan was once the nation’s leading standardbred horse trainer. Today he’s down on his luck, struggling to survive in a world where rigged races and corruption threaten the future of the sport he loves. As Eddie faces mounting financial pressures, he succumbs to the temptation of cheating, the one-and-only time in his career, only to lose everything—except the love and support of his wife, Jean.
Desperate to save the man she loves, Jean cooks up a lucrative–and illegal–betting scheme. With the help of an organized crime boss, she bets on race after race, risking everything in the hopes of winning enough to restore Eddie’s reputation and career.
Jean must stay one step ahead of the law while keeping her scheme secret from Eddie, who would put a stop to it, and the horse racing officials, who would ban her and Eddie from the sport for life. As she walks a narrow line, Jean must decide how far she will go to save the one she loves.
Horse racing takes center stage in a fast-paced story packed with gambling wives, homemade pies, and rigged races.
Author Robert Mazerov creates a captivating set of characters in The Last Horseman. This particular type of horse racing features standardbred horses that pull their drivers on a cart called a sulky rather than thoroughbred racing, where horses are ridden by jockeys.
Despite Eddie Logan’s experience, he has become a target as other drivers scheme together to ensure he doesn’t win. Everything he has worked for gets ripped away. While building Eddie’s story, the author weaves insightful information about horse racing.
While there is a strong focus on Eddie and his frustrations, the author delivers an interesting twist featuring Eddie’s wife, Jean. She and one of her friends figure out how to incorporate their insider knowledge into an illegal betting scheme they keep secret from their husbands. They always celebrate their wins with a pie at a local restaurant, creating plenty of humorous moments.
With plenty of twists and turns, it all boils down to one final race, where all the secrets and illegal shenanigans are finally revealed.
The Last Horseman delivers a powerful story of a man determined to remain true to his principles and the lengths others will go to in order to win.
Bob Mazerov firmly believes that life is about great stories. Bob grew up on a standardbred horse farm in rural southern Ohio, much like the farm in his debut novel The Last Horseman. He isn’t simply telling this story, he’s lived it. He would arise early to go to the barns, feed the horses, brush them, clean their stalls, train them, and travel with his family as they raced the horses throughout the Midwest and Eastern U.S. He’s been writing all his life and is a sucker of a good story. Bob studied Journalism at Ohio State University (before it was THE Ohio State University), and put his writing on hold to build a successful career in marketing and advertising. Throughout it all, he never gave up on his passion for writing. Along the way, Bob learned how to craft a compelling story, because life is about great stories.
Today, Bob lives in a nondescript suburb of Denver with his wife, who is also a writer. Bob always wears a sweater, never eats pickles, is an avid photographer and sailor, and has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Frankly, Bob is so commonplace, it would be difficult for you to remember you even met him, or pick him out of a lineup. So he lets his stories speak for themselves. Find him online at robertmazerov.com.
