Sixty years of jump racing : from Arkle to McCoy
Oakley, Robin, 1941-2017
Books, Manuscripts
Robin Oakley brings alive the colourful world of those who ride and train jumping horses. With elegant production and gripping images, the book 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.
Main title:
Sixty years of jump racing : from Arkle to McCoy / Robin Oakley with Edward Gillespie.
Author:
Oakley, Robin, 1941-, authorGillespie, Edward, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2017.
Collation:
288 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472935090 (hbk)
Dewey class:
798.4509
LC class:
SF359.2
Language:
English
BRN:
1864899