The Masters of Manton: From Alec Taylor to George Todd - Softcover

Paul Mathieu

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1910498971 ISBN 13: 9781910498972

Publisher: Racing Post Books, 2016

Synopsis

One great stable: Manton. Four training legends: Alec Taylor, his son, Young Alec, Joe Lawson and George Todd. Here are their stories, from the Taylors wars with the touts to Todd's defiance of the stewards. From the 43 classic winners to Todd's selling platers. Along the way, meet some of the grand eccentrics of the English Turf: the Duchess of Montrose, who hissed at a Royal procession; George Payne, who gambled away fortunes and tried to horsewhip a QC; and Lord Glasgow, whose hotel bill included a waiter's broken leg. Here are the men who guided Manton between the wars. Here too are the gambles, led by the Lincoln winner that paid for Manton, in cash, in a paper bag. The Masters of Manton is a wide-angle view of the horses, trainers, owners, jockeys and lads who peopled the Marlborough Downs between Old Alec Taylor building the yard in 1870 and George Todd s death in 1974.

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About the Author

PAUL MATHIEU has visited every racecourse in Britain and was one of the early-morning team who supplied the commentary for Wogan's Winner on Radio Two. His other racing book s are Beckhampton and The Druid's Lodge Confederacy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Racing Post Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1910498971
• ISBN 13: 9781910498972
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320