Flat Out: Celebrating Irish Flat Racing - Hardcover

Healy Racing; McClean, Donn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1788492781 ISBN 13: 9781788492782

Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd, 2021

Synopsis

A thrilling collection of 200 photographs from the high-octane, glamourous world of flat racing, from the Irish Derby and the Irish Guineas at The Curragh, to the many local race meets, and reaching internationally to the highlights in the racing calendar and as far afield as Melbourne and Saudi Arabia.

The book contains an exciting mix of the horses, the big wins, the big events, alongside significant wins for smaller trainers/owners/riders from 2011-2021. Some pages cover key photographs that capture significant people, special moments or are simply just great shots. 

About this title

About the Authors

Racing photographer supremo Pat ‘Cash’ Healy is known to many in the horse-racing world. His father Liam senior began the family horse-racing photography business in the 1970s. Today Pat Healy and the other members of the HEALY RACING team, including his brother Liam, his nephews, Kevin and Sean, and his son, Jack, are familiar figures at racetracks around the country and at the big race meetings abroad. From following trainers, horses, owners and jockeys, HEALY RACING has captured thousands of precious moments in the great sport of horse racing, many of which can be viewed on their website healyracing.ie.

DONN McCLEAN is a sports writer, specialising in horse racing. He has written for many publications, and is currently the main features writer on horse racing for The Sunday Times in Ireland and The Irish Field. He is also the author of four racing biographies and is a regular analyst on TV and radio.

He lives in Wicklow with his wife and four daughters and coaches underage soccer teams. This is his first book for younger readers.

Edition details

• Publisher: O'Brien Press Ltd
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1788492781
• ISBN 13: 9781788492782
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208