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“For eight glorious seasons I have marvelled at his brilliance, bravery and exuberance, his quality and elegance, at times his fallibility, but most of all his longevity.” Alice Plunkett, Channel 4 Racing
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British Horseracing’s Fact Book 2011/12
The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has published British Horseracing’s Fact Book 2011/12.
Crime does pay, for Kidney Research
Richard Pitman and Joe McNally, co-authors of the Eddie Malloy series of racing crime thrillers, are donating all profits for 2012, from their most popular novel, Warned Off, to Kidney Research UK.
How to Go Racing – FREE DOWNLOAD
Going to the races? Booked your tickets, bought your outfit and organised a taxi? And now are you wondering exactly what you should be expecting, or what, in fact, you need to know before you get there?
Clive Brittain: The Smiling Pioneer
By Robin Oakley
“He’s always in tune with his horses. He’s got the equivalent of a gardener’s green fingers. He can just feel it.”
Willie Carson
Richard Hughes: A Weight Off My Mind My Autobiography
“Never in my whole life had I been so desperate to pee… After peeing for at least 30 seconds, the agony was over. And then I passed out.”
Her Majesty’s Pleasure: How Horseracing Enthrals the Queen
The only days ring-fenced in the Queen’s diary each year are the five days of Royal Ascot and Derby day at Epsom.
Galloper Jack: The Remarkable Story of the Man who Rode a Real War Horse
Galloper Jack is Brough Scott’s moving biography of his grandfather – the author of the best-selling Warrior: the Amazing Story of a Real War Horse.
Greatness and Goodness: Barbaro and his Legacy
Barbaro's brilliance, and then his indomnitable spirit, captured a nation during his short life. This remarkable biography explores Barbaro's extraordinary life, and examines his ongoing legacy.
Warrior: The Amazing Story of a Real War Horse
‘Horse the Germans Could Not Kill’ Evening Standard Obituary to Warrior, 4 April 1941
Very rarely does a horse have an obituary in the newspapers. But this one did.
Safari Team - A True Adventure
In 2011, Ascot racecourse celebrated its 300th anniversary. To celebrate the tercentenary, the Ascot Colts & Fillies Club – which is a free racing club for junior racegoers aged under 16 years – looked for a trainer to loan the club a racehorse for the duration of the 2011 Flat racing season.
THE RACING POST ANNUAL 2012
“There have been moments when, in the wrong hands, his mind could have blown it.” Brough Scott’s inside story of Frankel the wonder horse.
GAMBLE by Felix Francis
Felix Francis, the younger son of the legendary jockey and bestselling writer Dick Francis, was involved in the research and writing of his father’s novels for almost 40 years. Gamble sees him taking up the literary reins for the first time as the sole author of the Dick Francis novels, following the death of his father in 2010.
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- Mullins to the fore in Irish Racing Yearbook 2011
- RUBY - The Autobiography
- The Cheltenham World of Jump Racing
- The Celebrity Cookbook
- Rodders of Arabia
- JUMP! by Jilly Cooper
- Upside Down Management by John Timpson
- Enemy Number One by Patrick Veitch
- Beyond the Homestretch - what I learned from saving Racehorses
- The Rule of Lazari by Ben Osborne
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