The untold story of the legendary Timely Writer and his blue-collar owners from Boston chronicles the Martin brothers' rags-to-riches fairy tale story as they take on the horse racing establishment during the 1980s. Purchased by two brothers and butchers from Boston, Timely Writer rises from a horse nobody wanted to one everyone needed to call their own. Crowned the "people's champion," and with comparisons to the great Seabiscuit, the tale of Timely Writer brings the colt to the brink of immortality as the overwhelming favorite for the 1982 Kentucky Derby and Triple Crown races. Join along with the Martin family for an emotional roller coaster ride aboard Timely Writer as their story spreads from Boston throughout the country.

Upon Mary's passing in 2022, I had spent 25 years as a trial attorney in Massachusetts - a generation of organizing, writing, and telling stories to countless juries throughout Massachusetts. Under the guidance and with the help of my brother-in-law John, who learned horse racing at the feat of his father and uncle and lived through the times of Timely Writer, writing this book together seemed a natural fit for one of the few skillsets I possessed. John and I agreed to partner up to tell the story of his parents, his uncle, and Timely Writer. As we put the story together over two and one-half years, it was unlike any other I had encountered personally or professionally. I suspected the story would be worth telling when we began the project ? never envisioning the depths of its greatness and meaning. As John and I put together chapter after chapter, I found myself riding the emotional roller coaster of what my in-laws had gone through ? fascinated at times, laughing at times, and shedding tears of joy and sorrow all along the way.

We hope you enjoy the journey as you are brought back in time atop the saddle of the legendary Timely Writer and into Martin's circle of family and friends in The Ride of Their Lives.