Warriors on horseback : the inside story of the professional jockey
Carter, John, 1963-2015
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Jockeys who earn a living race riding on racehorses are a remarkable group. They are fiercely competitive on the racecourse but enjoy a tribal kinship in the weighing room. The minimum requirements for long-term success are courage, skill, athleticism and an intuitive understanding of how to 'get a tune' out of a horse. This book celebrates these warriors on horseback, both the old and the new, highlighting the headline performers for jump and flat racing in the last five centuries.
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Author:
Carter, John, 1963-, author
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Collation:
xvii, 238 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781472909688 (hbk)1472909682
Dewey class:
798.4'00922798.4798.40092798.400922
Local class:
798.4
Language:
English
BRN:
670386
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