{"product_id":"doketo-r-h-pope-9798895435021","title":"Doketo: The 1960s Story of a Thoroughbred Racehorse","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis story is about a thoroughbred racehorse named Doketo, who was owned and trained by the person telling the story. Doketo was a good racehorse, though not exceptional as he might have you believe. However, as the racetrack saying goes, he was better than an empty stall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife is like that. Friends and associates may not be exactly what you want, but in a very real sense, they can still be better than an empty stall. Doketo s eventual owner learned this lesson as a 20-year-old boxer competing in the fiercely contested featherweight division of the 1954 Golden Gloves, where winners qualified for the Pan American Games.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe late veteran boxing judge Billy Oaths believed the young fighter had a strong chance of winning his division. His confidence came from the boxer s previous bout, a stunning televised victory over a top-ranked U.S. featherweight in the opponent s hometown just three months earlier. As the young boxer climbed the steps to the ring for his first Golden Gloves match before a large crowd, Billy called out, C mon, let s get the ball rolling! The boxer, full of confidence, shouted back, Don t worry, Billy. This won t last long. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd it didn t.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe referee stopped the fight in the first round, awarding a TKO win to the boxer s opponent. While disappointed, Billy would likely have summed it up with the same racetrack wisdom: his boxer and Doketo were both better than an empty stall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e R. H. Pope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798895435021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Austin Macauley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.17d","brand":"R. H. Pope","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47419829715199,"sku":"9798895435021","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2a9b702f-f8fc-4f1e-a724-16e17d560e27.jpg?v=1761514115","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/doketo-r-h-pope-9798895435021","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}