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
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Angela Palmer – ‘Mapping’ Eclipse
Artist Angela Palmer’s latest exhibition – currently on show at Waterhouse & Dodd in London until 15th June – takes the viewer on a journey through space and time.
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.”
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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.
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Denise Lewis fulfils a ‘secret ambition’ with Highclere
Olympic Gold Medallist and Heptathlon Champion, Denise Lewis joined champion trainer Richard Hannon and Harry Herbert in Wiltshire on Monday 5 March to watch her horse, Tassel, work.
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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.
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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
Downton’s home hosts racing syndicate showcase
As the stars of Downton Abbey filmed the ‘Christmas special’ at Highclere Castle, the estate also played host to one of the most sought-after invitations in the racing world.
Derby winner stabled in collection founded by ‘mystery man of the British turf’
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” background_layout=”light” text_orientation=”left” use_border_color=”off” border_color=”#ffffff” border_style=”solid”] The Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle backed a winner with its acquisition in September 2011 of an oil painting of a successful racehorse owned by the museum’s founder, John Bowes. Bowes, still universally recognised as one of the most successful stud owners and racehorse breeders of the 19th Century, was
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Winning It Back by Gary Wiltshire
“The ‘Magnificent Seven’ at Ascot in September 1996 was the greatest day of my racing life – and the worst day of Gary Wiltshire’s. How he came back was almost as amazing as how he got there in the first place. Read his story.” FRANKIE DETTORI