You know when you are born into the Jobe family, it is a given you are going to have to become a come-from-behind stretch runner, or life is going to chew you up and spit you out. Young Jackie Jobe is an insider. Adult Jack Jobe is an outsider looking in. When, at a young age a tragedy at the racetrack seems certain to define young Jackie's life, he is determined to overcome the tragedy by returning some day to the sport usually reserved for the "VanAstorbilts," and not a mere Jobe. Determination, and a loving family combine to give Jack the push he needs to return to his dream, the sole reason, he believes, God placed him here in the first place, to somehow win the most important horse race in the world.But first, he must overcome his inheritance: The Jobe name. Patience is a virtue, and it shall be needed to withstand the lurking poverty, hopelessness, felonious behavior, and tragedy that awaits him.