Author: David Ashforth
Publisher: Racing Post
ISBN: 9781910497715
Category : Horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
You might feel sure that a horse is not a Flamingo, a Polar Bear, a Tomato, a Teapot, a pair of Bootlaces, a Taxidermist, a Rat Catcher, or a Flea, but you'd be wrong. Racehorse owners often give their horses bizarre names that would seem to make success impossible. Luckily, thoroughbreds are able to defy such handicaps. A Spaniel has won the Derby (1831), a Crow the St Leger (1976), a Butterfly the Oaks (1860) and, difficult to imagine, Oscar Wilde the Welsh National (1958). It's bonkers. Bonkers won at Southwell in 2002. Over the centuries there have been hundreds of thousands of different names bestowed or inflicted on racehorses, and in Fifty Shades Of Hay, David Ashforth has picked out a selection to baffle, surprise, and amuse in equal measure.
Fifty Shades of Hay
Author: David Ashforth
Publisher: Racing Post
ISBN: 9781910497715
Category : Horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
You might feel sure that a horse is not a Flamingo, a Polar Bear, a Tomato, a Teapot, a pair of Bootlaces, a Taxidermist, a Rat Catcher, or a Flea, but you'd be wrong. Racehorse owners often give their horses bizarre names that would seem to make success impossible. Luckily, thoroughbreds are able to defy such handicaps. A Spaniel has won the Derby (1831), a Crow the St Leger (1976), a Butterfly the Oaks (1860) and, difficult to imagine, Oscar Wilde the Welsh National (1958). It's bonkers. Bonkers won at Southwell in 2002. Over the centuries there have been hundreds of thousands of different names bestowed or inflicted on racehorses, and in Fifty Shades Of Hay, David Ashforth has picked out a selection to baffle, surprise, and amuse in equal measure.
Publisher: Racing Post
ISBN: 9781910497715
Category : Horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
You might feel sure that a horse is not a Flamingo, a Polar Bear, a Tomato, a Teapot, a pair of Bootlaces, a Taxidermist, a Rat Catcher, or a Flea, but you'd be wrong. Racehorse owners often give their horses bizarre names that would seem to make success impossible. Luckily, thoroughbreds are able to defy such handicaps. A Spaniel has won the Derby (1831), a Crow the St Leger (1976), a Butterfly the Oaks (1860) and, difficult to imagine, Oscar Wilde the Welsh National (1958). It's bonkers. Bonkers won at Southwell in 2002. Over the centuries there have been hundreds of thousands of different names bestowed or inflicted on racehorses, and in Fifty Shades Of Hay, David Ashforth has picked out a selection to baffle, surprise, and amuse in equal measure.
Cheltenham Et Al
Author: Alastair Down
Publisher: Racing Post
ISBN: 9781910498033
Category : Horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher: Racing Post
ISBN: 9781910498033
Category : Horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Racing Post Guide to the Flat 2024
Author: David Dew
Publisher: Racing Post Guide to the Flat
ISBN: 9781839501463
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Racing Post Guide to the Flatis the one best-selling book that every flat-racing enthusiast should have every season. It features exclusive trainer interviews and specialist selections for horses to follow, plus dark horses unearthed and set to shine in the upcoming season, as well as Topspeed and Racing PostRatings.
Publisher: Racing Post Guide to the Flat
ISBN: 9781839501463
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Racing Post Guide to the Flatis the one best-selling book that every flat-racing enthusiast should have every season. It features exclusive trainer interviews and specialist selections for horses to follow, plus dark horses unearthed and set to shine in the upcoming season, as well as Topspeed and Racing PostRatings.
Racing Post Chronicles
Author: Graham Sharpe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781839500800
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781839500800
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Horse Racing Manual
Author: Tom Peacock
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN: 9781785211690
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Horse Racing Manual guides the reader through a first day at the races, explaining all the elements and considerations, from what to wear to placing a bet. Unlike other books on the market, it takes the reader further and goes ‘behind the scenes,’ providing explanations into the physiology of the horse and where it comes from, the processes and people involved in leading it to become a racehorse, the breeders, farriers, owners, trainers, jockeys and more.
Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
ISBN: 9781785211690
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Horse Racing Manual guides the reader through a first day at the races, explaining all the elements and considerations, from what to wear to placing a bet. Unlike other books on the market, it takes the reader further and goes ‘behind the scenes,’ providing explanations into the physiology of the horse and where it comes from, the processes and people involved in leading it to become a racehorse, the breeders, farriers, owners, trainers, jockeys and more.
Doped
Author: Jamie Reid
Publisher: Racing Post
ISBN: 9781909471511
Category : Doping in horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'Doped' is the gripping true-story racing thriller set in Britain in the 1950s and early 1960s. Combining a potent mix of horse racing, drugs, sex, class, crime, gambling and the monarchy, it tells the true story of one of the biggest doping scandals in British racing history. In March 1962 an audacious attempt to nobble one of the royal horses alerted police to a well organised band of racecourse criminals, backed by murderous London gangsters. The subsequent Flying Squad pursuit of the gang brought the quaintly deferential world of racing into sharp conflict with the harsher realities of the 'You've never had it so good' era. This also coincided with the birth of the annual Dick Francis novel. The cast of characters is headed by William Roper, a debonair ex RAF Sergeant turned oddsmaker. His team included an ex jockey, numerous underpaid stable lads, an upper class gambling addict and a violent professional gangster who went on to face charges with the Kray twins in 1969. But the most fascinating member of Roper's firm was a beautiful and selfpossessed young Swiss woman called Micheline Lugeon who became the bookmaker's lover.
Publisher: Racing Post
ISBN: 9781909471511
Category : Doping in horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'Doped' is the gripping true-story racing thriller set in Britain in the 1950s and early 1960s. Combining a potent mix of horse racing, drugs, sex, class, crime, gambling and the monarchy, it tells the true story of one of the biggest doping scandals in British racing history. In March 1962 an audacious attempt to nobble one of the royal horses alerted police to a well organised band of racecourse criminals, backed by murderous London gangsters. The subsequent Flying Squad pursuit of the gang brought the quaintly deferential world of racing into sharp conflict with the harsher realities of the 'You've never had it so good' era. This also coincided with the birth of the annual Dick Francis novel. The cast of characters is headed by William Roper, a debonair ex RAF Sergeant turned oddsmaker. His team included an ex jockey, numerous underpaid stable lads, an upper class gambling addict and a violent professional gangster who went on to face charges with the Kray twins in 1969. But the most fascinating member of Roper's firm was a beautiful and selfpossessed young Swiss woman called Micheline Lugeon who became the bookmaker's lover.
Enemy Number One
Author: Patrick Veitch
Publisher: Racing Post
ISBN: 9781905156702
Category : Gamblers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The sensational inside story of how the UK's most feared professional punter overcame adversity to take the bookmakers for more than £10 million in an eight-year period. This book offers a brutal, often controversial, but utterly fascinating insight into Patrick Veitch's life of punting. Told in Veitch's own candid ice-cool style, with an intelligent wit throughout, this is quite simply a compelling read.
Publisher: Racing Post
ISBN: 9781905156702
Category : Gamblers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The sensational inside story of how the UK's most feared professional punter overcame adversity to take the bookmakers for more than £10 million in an eight-year period. This book offers a brutal, often controversial, but utterly fascinating insight into Patrick Veitch's life of punting. Told in Veitch's own candid ice-cool style, with an intelligent wit throughout, this is quite simply a compelling read.
The Racing Post Guide to Betting
Author: Tom Park
Publisher: Racing Post
ISBN: 9781839500107
Category : Horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The world of sports betting has evolved and the Racing Post has evolved with it. The variety of markets available to the bettor has grown exponentially. This is a thrilling time but potentially a confusing one as well. In The Racing Post Guide to Betting, experts on horse racing, as well as the most prominent sports, share their expertise and advice, clearing a path to more betting success. In a clear, precise and engaging format this unique guide will prove essential to all those keen on a bet, even the most hardened, set-in-their-ways punter.
Publisher: Racing Post
ISBN: 9781839500107
Category : Horse racing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The world of sports betting has evolved and the Racing Post has evolved with it. The variety of markets available to the bettor has grown exponentially. This is a thrilling time but potentially a confusing one as well. In The Racing Post Guide to Betting, experts on horse racing, as well as the most prominent sports, share their expertise and advice, clearing a path to more betting success. In a clear, precise and engaging format this unique guide will prove essential to all those keen on a bet, even the most hardened, set-in-their-ways punter.
Dorothy Paget
Author: Graham Sharpe
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910497760
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910497760
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Against the Crowd
Author: Alan Potts
Publisher: Aesculus Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781904328186
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The methods of a modern backer. Alan Potts is a full-time professional punter, who makes a steady and lucrative income from gambling. In this book, he reveals, for the first time, the techniques and methods that consistently give him the edge over bookmakers. Anyone who bets on horses will find valuable insights on how to become - and stay - a winner.
Publisher: Aesculus Press Ltd
ISBN: 9781904328186
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The methods of a modern backer. Alan Potts is a full-time professional punter, who makes a steady and lucrative income from gambling. In this book, he reveals, for the first time, the techniques and methods that consistently give him the edge over bookmakers. Anyone who bets on horses will find valuable insights on how to become - and stay - a winner.