Sixty Years Of Jump Racing

Author : Robin Oakley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781472935113

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Sixty Years of Jump Racing by Robin Oakley Pdf

Robin Oakley brings alive the colourful world of those who ride and train jumping horses. With elegant production and gripping images The History of Jump Racing chronicles the social and economic changes which have brought the sport's ups and downs-like the development of sponsorships and syndicate ownership, the near loss of the Grand National, the growing domination of the Cheltenham Festival and the growth of all-weather racing to meet the bookies' demands for betting shop fodder. Pace and colour is provided by stories of the horses who have been taken to the heart of racing crowds, like the Irish-trained hurdler Istabraq and Best Mate, the three-times winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup for England. Famous rivalries and memorable races are re-lived and key victories revisited in portraits of and interviews with the owners, jockeys and trainers who have dominated the sport. The emphasis will be largely on the past fifty years-from Arkle to Tony McCoy-but a significant introduction by Edward Gillespie encapsulates the past history of what was previously known as 'National Hunt Racing' and sets the stories in context. .

Author : Neil Clark
Publisher : White Owl
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781526769862

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Champion Jump Horse Racing Jockeys by Neil Clark Pdf

‘It’s one of the real sports that’s left to us: a bit of danger and a bit of excitement, and the horses, which are the best thing in the world.' HM The Queen Mother on National Hunt racing. This book traces how much National Hunt racing has changed since 1945- and also how Britain has changed too. The advent of motorways has made travel easier and racecourse safety has improved but the challenges for jump jockeys -the bravest of the brave- remain. It covers some of the biggest stories in jump racing over the last seventy-five years, including the dramatic collapse of Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National and the incredible exploits of three-times Grand National winner Red Rum. But it also contains lots of fascinating stories which the reader will not be so aware of, of trainers and horses long forgotten.

Author : Robin Oakley
Publisher : Aurum
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781781313909

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The Cheltenham Festival by Robin Oakley Pdf

The Cheltenham Festival is nowadays the biggest event in the racing year – in visitor numbers eclipsing Royal Ascot, the Grand National or the Derby. In 2011 it is a hundred years since the 1911 running of the National Hunt Chase marked the birth of the Festival, providing the perfect occasion for Robin Oakley's new history. This is a work of both history and celebration – telling the story of how three days of jump racing beneath Cleeve Hill in Cheltenham became a vast sporting event attracting an average of 50,000 spectators per day. Before the War it saw legendary horses like Golden Miller; after the War the Irish invasion began – both horses and spectators; in the Sixties, Arkle, the greatest jumps horse of all time duelling with Mill House in the Gold Cup. In recent years there have been Cheltenham favourites like Desert Orchid, winning a gruelling Gold Cup in the mud, Dawn Run, Best Mate (2 Gold Cups), hurdlers like Istabraq and Persian War, and the grey hero One Man. But also it is a story of the craic and the characters, like the Irishman who won enough on Istabraq to pay off his mortgage, then lost it again on the Champion Chase, and reflected, "Ach, it was only a small house anyway…" This is a book for both the committed Festival-goer, Guinness in hand, and every armchair racing fan.

Author : Henry Charles Howard Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : HARVARD:HN5T7T

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Racing and Steeple-chasing by Henry Charles Howard Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire Pdf

Author : Bill Mooney,George Ennor
Publisher : Carlton Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1780978219

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The Complete Encyclopedia of Horse Racing by Bill Mooney,George Ennor Pdf

An authoritative and comprehensive illustrated work of reference, which tells the story of the "sport of kings" from its earliest inception to the present day.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B2994327

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Baily's Magazine of Sports & Pastimes by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924056293149

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Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tresham Gilbey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Recreation
ISBN : UIUC:30112112129660

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Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes by Tresham Gilbey Pdf

Author : John M. Eargle
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476853543

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The JBL Story - 60 Years of Audio Innovation by John M. Eargle Pdf

(Book). Of all American audio companies, JBL holds the record for overall longevity and product renown. To celebrate sixty years of success, this book offers details on the people and products that have made this company famous. From car stereos to concert hall installations, JBL is the most recognized audio brand in the world. Written by audio expert John Eargle, this book features full-color photos, historical advertisements, and hundreds of diagrams and images, many taken right from JBL's archives. Topics include stories behind the development of innovative applications for consumer products, as well as systems installations for stadiums, tour sound, movie theaters, recording studios, and places of worship. In addition to the technical info that will help explain the innovation, this book will cover the brilliant engineers, and colorful record producers, musicians and technicians who had the vision to pursue a "better way". This book is for anyone interested in the behind-the-scenes of a business success story, and who is fascinated on how amplified sound is applied in almost every aspect of our lives from the home to the concert hall.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435028608339

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The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art by Anonim Pdf

Author : Iona Rossely
Publisher : Sarah Grace Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-10
Category : Jockeys
ISBN : 1912863286

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Racing on Empty by Iona Rossely Pdf

Iona Rossely was a champion speed skier She had everything she had ever dreamed of yet this lifestyle left her feeling cold and empty. Following a life-threatening accident she started a new career in endurance horse racing. A chance encounter with a Swiss couple changed her life for ever - could she finally find peace and the meaning to life?

Author : Wil S. Hylton
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101616253

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Vanished by Wil S. Hylton Pdf

From a mesmerizing storyteller, the gripping search for a missing World War II crew, their bomber plane, and their legacy. In the fall of 1944, a massive American bomber carrying eleven men vanished over the Pacific islands of Palau, leaving a trail of mysteries. According to mission reports from the Army Air Forces, the plane crashed in shallow water—but when investigators went to find it, the wreckage wasn’t there. Witnesses saw the crew parachute to safety, yet the airmen were never seen again. Some of their relatives whispered that they had returned to the United States in secret and lived in hiding. But they never explained why. For sixty years, the U.S. government, the children of the missing airmen, and a maverick team of scientists and scuba divers searched the islands for clues. With every clue they found, the mystery only deepened. Now, in a spellbinding narrative, Wil S. Hylton weaves together the true story of the missing men, their final mission, the families they left behind, and the real reason their disappearance remained shrouded in secrecy for so long. This is a story of love, loss, sacrifice, and faith—of the undying hope among the families of the missing, and the relentless determination of scientists, explorers, archaeologists, and deep-sea divers to solve one of the enduring mysteries of World War II.

Author : Angela Jimenez
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Older athletes
ISBN : 069277212X

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Racing Age by Angela Jimenez Pdf

A book of documentary photographs and essays about competitive masters track & field athletes by photojournalist Angela Jimenez.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119140999

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The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art by Anonim Pdf

Author : Linda Wheeler,Coaching Association of Canada. Sport Information Resource Centre
Publisher : Sport Information Resource Centre = Centre de documentation pour le sport
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Esports
ISBN : 0920678181

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Sport Bibliography: Sports by Linda Wheeler,Coaching Association of Canada. Sport Information Resource Centre Pdf