Eva Jolene Boyd is a sixth-generation Texan. Born in San Antonio in 1937, she has loved horses her entire life. Assault was the first great racehorse she ever saw in person when she went to King Ranch. Boyd’s own horses include a half-Thoroughbred and a little Mexican cow pony. Her love affair with Thoroughbred racing began in 1953 when saw the telecast of Native Dancer winning the Gotham Stakes. The Dancer hooked her for good and still remains her favorite. Boyd eventually combined her love for both horses and writing. She has had articles published in The Thoroughbred Record, Turf and Sport Digest, SPUR, The Backstretch, and The Blood-Horse. Boyd also wrote two previous books: That Old Overland Stagecoaching and Noble Brutes: Camels on the American Frontier. She resides in Ingram, Texas.