The Complete Encyclopedia of Horse Racing - Softcover

Mooney, Bill; Ennor, George; Kelly, Graeme

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844427242 ISBN 13: 9781844427246

Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd, 2007

Synopsis

"The Complete Encyclopedia of Horse Racing" is an authoritative and comprehensive illustrated work of reference on one of the world's most popular sports. The book tells the story of the "sport of kings" from its earliest inception to the present day. It gives essential information on all the top jockeys, owners, trainers and horses. Every personality, event and issue of importance in the history of racing is covered in the book. In addition, the off-track world of racing is explored through the chapters dealing with gambling, scandals, disasters, and the social, cultural, media and business sides. This books has been fully updated to include not only all the recent winners of the major races, but also the new stars, equine and human.

About this title

About the Authors

Bill Mooney lives in Lexington, Kentucky. He served as the associate editor of the old Thoroughbred Record for several years, as the associate editor of The Thoroughbred Times for several years, and was a staff writer for Blood-Horse magazine for four years. He has two Eclipse Awards for magazine writing, and has also received honourable mentions in the Eclipse competition on four other occasions.

George Ennor was a racing correspondent for The Sporting Life for almost 40 years and before becoming a regular columnist on the Racing Post. Until his death in late 2005, he was a consultant to the sports agency Racenews. He owned shares in some horses - most notably Pelours (who won in his colours) and Gales Cavalier.

Graeme Kelly has been writing about horse racing in Australia for many years as a journalist and author.

Edition details

• Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844427242
• ISBN 13: 9781844427246
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248