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That's Racing [Paperback / softback]

  • Format: Paperback / softback, 208 pages, height x width x depth: 198x129x13 mm, weight: 150 g, Ill.(some col.).
  • Pub. Date: 07-Oct-1999
  • Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1840182598
  • ISBN-13: 9781840182590
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  • Format: Paperback / softback, 208 pages, height x width x depth: 198x129x13 mm, weight: 150 g, Ill.(some col.).
  • Pub. Date: 07-Oct-1999
  • Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1840182598
  • ISBN-13: 9781840182590
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Racing is a sport of infinite variety, stirring abiding memories in its devotees. In That's Racing, published in aid of the International League for the Protection of Horses, forty of the top writers and participants in the sport - including Dick Francis, Clement Freud, Hugh McIlvanney, John Oaksey, Lester Piggott, Brough Scott and Ian Wooldridge, to name just a few - reveal unforgettable moments in their involvement with racing, and the result is a collection of original writing unique in Turf literature. The chapters in this book recall great horses, among them Secretariat, Shergar and Desert Orchid, and famous occasions such as Aldaniti's Grand National, the 1990 Breeder's Cup and the return of Lester Piggott. But they also evoke memories of the less well-known stages on which the great drama of horseracing is played out - including meetings in Cyprus, the Faroes, Norway, Madagascar and the Australian bush!

Reviews

"All these contributions are original work, and wonderful with it. The editors must be congratulated for having coaxed their colleagues into such superlative action" Racing Post "A superb collection" Cambridge Evening News "An irresistible read for anyone interested in the sport" Manchester Evening News "A gem of a book ... it is all marvellous" Horse and Hound

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Peter O'Sullevan is the author of the autobiography "Calling the Horses" and Sean Magee has written several books including the "Channel 4 Book of Racing".
Foreword by HRH The Princess Royal 5(1)
Preface 6(2)
The International League for the Protection of Horses 8(2)
List of Contributors
10(5)
Fools' gold
A mug is born
15(5)
John Karter
The minstrel and the milk girl
20(5)
John Tyrrel
Superfluous
25(5)
Colin Mackenzie
`Listen to the man'
30(5)
Geoff Lester
Dessie and disgrace at Cheltenham
35(4)
John McCririck
Two coups from Clarehaven
39(8)
John Hislop
Hacking up
A word from the wise
47(6)
Tony Morris
Travelling form
53(5)
Roger Mortimer
When Bakharoff backed off
58(4)
Fred Shawcross
The one that got away
62(5)
Ian Carnaby
The getting back stakes
67(5)
Paul Haigh
A Royalist reflects
72(7)
Ian Wooldridge
The old, the bold and the barmy
First learn the language
79(4)
Clement Freud
The bogman and the barrister
83(5)
John Oaksey
Who's a party pooper now?
88(4)
Brough Scott
Excessive use of the elbow
92(3)
Peter Scudamore
Finnure
95(5)
Dick Francis
Another yellow card ...
100(3)
Lester Piggott
Lester takes the Mile
103(3)
Vincent O'Brien
The Bastard
106(7)
Peter O'Sullevan
Foreign fields
That golden glow
113(6)
Hugh McIlvanney
The dueling grounds
119(6)
Richard Pitman
Beating about the bush
125(4)
Peter Willett
Muckle Flugga's local
129(2)
Matthew Engel
The mother of number one
131(8)
Marcus Armytage
Days at the races
Witnesses to perfection
139(4)
Joe Hirsch
Charlottown's Derby
143(5)
Christopher Poole
Forty-six Derbys, only one Epsom
148(5)
Peter Scott
Good going
153(5)
Julian Wilson
A private view of courage
158(4)
Peter Bromley
Monkey
162(3)
George Ennor
`Now is the time to bet like men'
165(6)
Richard Baerlein
Wheels of fortune
The return of the maestro
171(4)
Tony Stafford
George walks tall
175(5)
Monty Court
The luck of the Gold Cup
180(5)
Ivor Herbert
Aintree agony and ecstasy
185(5)
John de Moraville
Questions and answers
190(7)
Jonathan Powell
History rattles the bones
197(4)
Paul Hayward
At Belmont with the horse players
201
Sean Magee
Peter O'Sullevan is one of the sport's most respected commentators and the author of the best-selling autobiography Calling the Horses Sean Magee has written a number of books on racing including The Channel 4 Book of Racing.