| class="articletext"> | | | | haunted his personal and professional life to the point |
| Coteau, LA � Superstar jockey Shane Sellers | | | | of a near overdose death and a brief banishment |
| seemed to have it all: turning pro in the sport � | | | | from the sport. |
| horse racing � he loved so much as kid, | | | | As documented by author Tricia Psarreas, Sellers |
| winning over 4,000 races and $122 million in purses and | | | | used �The Sport of Kings� to |
| finding a soul mate in his wife Kelli. But as candidly | | | | escape the grasp of an alcoholic father and quickly |
| revealed in his �rags to riches to | | | | found another family in his fellow jockeys, who |
| rags� autobiography, | | | | showed him the ropes and passed down extreme tips |
| �Freedom�s Rein,� | | | | to make outdated weight requirements. |
| Sellers� demons from an abusive childhood | | | | |