All the King's Horses

The Equestrian Life of Elvis Presley

By: Kimberly Gatto, Victoria Racimo

Narrated by: Robin J Sitten

When Elvis Presley decided he wanted to buy a horse in 1966, he didn't want just any horse.

"He wanted a Golden Palomino," Priscilla Presley remembers. "He would get up at 3:00 in the morning, go to certain farms and ranches and say, 'Do you have a Golden Palomino for sale?' People would say, 'That was Elvis Presley!'"

Elvis's legendary love of horses drove him to find the golden palomino that would become his beloved companion, Rising Sun, and to fill Graceland's stables and Circle G Ranch with horses for family and friends to ride. In the first-ever audiobook dedicated to Elvis's equestrian side, horse lovers Kimberly Gatto and Victoria Racimo share rare stories and interviews that shed light on the beautiful, quiet life the King lived when he was with his horses.

©2017 Victoria Racimo, Kimberly Gatto (P)2017 Regnery Publishing

Have an Elvis & Horse Interest?

I appreciate the intention of this book, to focus on the equine interest of Elvis Presley. I had hoped for more in depth information or stories about the horses Elvis rode, owned and admired. The book covers a little of this but not enough in my opinion. The authors used information from other books, web sites or interviews. I think the authors conducted their own interviews from equine Elvis references. I did learn more about the early days with June (an Elvis girlfriend) and their riding together. The narrator was pleasant and I like that she didn’t have a fake, weird “Elvis voice”. I didn’t care for stating every footnote in each chapter in this audiobook it distracted from the story. Especially since the narrator reads all the footnotes the end. This book is a quick listen or read.