Author: Henry St. John Digby RaikesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Author: Tony RushmerEncyclopedia of British Horse Racing
Author: Dr Joyce KayPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1135762678
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing offers an innovative approach to one of Britain's oldest sports. While it considers the traditional themes of gambling and breeding, and contains biographies of human personalities and equine stars, it also devotes significant space to neglected areas. Entries include: social, economic and political forces that have influenced racing controversial historical and current issues legal and illegal gambling, and racing finance the British impact on world horseracing history and heritage of horseracing links between horse racing and the arts, media and technology human and equine biographies venues associated with racing horseracing websites The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing provides a unique source of information and will be of great interest to sports historians as well as all those whose work or leisure brings them into the world of racing.
Author: Henry Sweet
Author: Joseph WhitakerWho is Who in British Guiana - 1945 - 1948
Author: Erwin BrewsterPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 132985991X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
A transcription of a text published in British Guiana in 1948 listing 4351 individuals together with their occupations and some details of their accomplishments. This directory must have been very useful at the time of its original publication, but after nearly 70 years is of little if any practical commercial value. It has been reproduced purely for the purpose of informing current and future generations in Guyana of their ancestors and their accomplishments. From a genealogical perspective therefore, it may serve some useful purpose.
Tales From the Turf
Author: Robin OakleyPublisher: Icon Books Ltd
ISBN: 1906850674
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Britain and Ireland's Top 100 Racehorses of All Time author Robin Oakley takes us on a canter through the colourful world of horseracing. Join him as he shares evocative personal stories of being there at racing legends' key moments, such as Frankie Dettori riding seven winners in a day at Ascot. He debates whether jockeys are sportsmen or masochists – jump jockeys can expect a fall on average every 13 rides – and reminisces about unusual achievements, including trainer Sirrell Griffith's Cheltenham Gold Cup win after milking his 100 cows that morning. Tales From the Turf is an extraordinary account from the Spectator's long-running Turf columnist, and a man for whom horseracing is a lifetime's passion.
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Author: James Anthony Froude