Description
Published by Time Warner Books, UK in 2003.
Condition Good hardback, slight wear to page edges and corners, slight foxing along text block.
From the sport’s humble beginnings at that first race in Ireland to today’s multi-million pound extravaganzas, all the drama, spectacle and history of 250 years of steeplechasing are captured in Anne Holland’s enchanting book. There are the horses that have made history: Red Rum, Desert Orchid, Papillon, Dawn Run, Arkle, Norton’s Coin, Istabraq and Golden Miller.
There are the men who rode them to some of the most spectacular triumphs-and heart wrenching disasters-from Fred Winter and Tommy Carberry to John Francome and Tony McCoy. And of course there are the great events themselves, from the prestigious Cheltenham Gold Cup to the showpiece of the equine calendar, the Grand National.
