Bright Future, right, with jockey Javier Castellano, duels with Proxy and jockey Joel Rosario on the way to the win in the 105th running of the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga Race Course on ...

But his deeply satisfying “Bright Circle: Five Remarkable Women in the Age of Transcendentalism” is a tribute to a set of 19th-century women who made an art of contrarian thinking.

Withstanding a late stretch bid from Proxy, Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's Bright Future lasted for a nose victory in the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) Sept. 2 at Saratoga Race Course.

BRIGHT CIRCLE: Five Remarkable Women in the Age of Transcendentalism, by Randall Fuller Miss Peabody’s Book Room, at 13 West Street in Boston, was no ordinary bookstore.