Courses for Horses: A Journey Round the Racecourses of Great Britain and Ireland - Hardcover

Clee, Nicholas

 
9781474618427: Courses for Horses: A Journey Round the Racecourses of Great Britain and Ireland
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1474618421 ISBN 13: 9781474618427
Verlag: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

In parks, on downlands and heaths, by motorways, overlooking firths: the racecourses of Britain and Ireland are as various as the people you meet there. Some - Newmarket, Epsom, the Curragh - are rich in history, and among the most celebrated sporting venues in the world; others - Fakenham, Bangor-on-Dee, Perth - offer more modest but no less enjoyable spectacles.

Journeying round these courses, Nicholas Clee meets the people who bring them to life: from those in the spotlight, including a Grand National-winning jockey, Derby-winning owner and top TV commentator; to many others with key roles in the sport - bookmakers, form experts, racecourse managers and more. From them, he learns about the bravery, dedication, skill and expertise that make racing one of our most popular spectator sports.

Whether basking in sunshine or sheltering from a hurricane, sampling a variety of pies or recoiling from the world's worst curry, losing his money with the bookies or at the Tote windows, Clee soaks up the atmosphere, delves into racing business, and marvels at the uniqueness of each course and its people. Written with a keen eye, gentle humour and a deep love for the sport, Courses for Horses take us behind the scenes at that grand outing: a day at the races.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Nicholas Clee is joint editor of book industry newsletter BookBrunch. He is a former editor of the Bookseller, and has written for the Times, Guardian, Observer, Telegraph, Financial Times, New Statesman, and Times Literary Supplement. He is the author of ECLIPSE: THE STORY OF THE ROGUE, THE MADAM AND THE HORSE THAT CHANGED RACING (2009), which was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award and won Best New Writer at the British Sports Book Awards.

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Verlag
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1474618421
ISBN 13 
9781474618427
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
261
Kontakt zum Hersteller
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Verantwortliche Person
Hachette Ireland, Hachette UK
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