Bluffer's Guide to Horseracing: Instant wit and wisdom - Softcover

Ashforth, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785212397 ISBN 13: 9781785212390

Publisher: J H Haynes & Co Ltd, 2018

Synopsis

Instantly acquire all the knowledge you need to pass as an expert in the world of horseracing. Know what to say, what not to say, what to back, when to bet, and why you should never be tempted to invest in a thoroughbred without enquiring if it has ‘got a leg’. Never again confuse an exacta with a trifecta, a hurdle race with a steeplechase, or an ante post with a winning post. Easily distinguish between ‘going’ that’s ‘good to soft’, or ‘heavy’, or not going at all as in the case of a racecourse that’s just closed. Bask in the admiration of your fellow racing aficionados as you pronounce confidently on a range of turf-related issues, and hold your own against the most arrogant and dismissive of so-called racing experts. Written by experts and offering readers the opportunity to pass off appropriated knowledge as their own, the Bluffer’s Guides provide hard fact masquerading as frivolous observation in one witty, easy read.

About this title

About the Author

Twice voted Horserace Writer of the Year, David Ashforth has reported on races from around the world but somehow always seems to end up at Brighton Racecourse. A horse rider himself (Radnage House riding school, Wycombe Hospital), only an absence of

Edition details

• Publisher: J H Haynes & Co Ltd
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785212397
• ISBN 13: 9781785212390
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128