Calling The Horses. A Racing Autobiography

Peter O'Sullevan

ISBN 10: 0091745306 / ISBN 13: 9780091745301

Published by Stanley Paul, 1989

About this Item

Large format trade paperback edition, 1989, in overall very good condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - spine slightly faded. 6 x 9 inches, 368 pages and heavy. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions - date to reverse of front cover; page ends a little dust-marked but text and plates clean and clear throughout.

Seller Inventory # 111396

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Calling The Horses. A Racing Autobiography
• Publisher: Stanley Paul
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0091745306
• ISBN 13: 9780091745301
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Auto/Biography

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Synopsis

Peter O'Sullevan, owner, tipster and TV racing commentator, recalls more than 50 years of involvement with horse racing. He includes anecdotes from track and turf and recalls his childhood in Surrey, his recurrent ill-health in his youth and his early efforts to make it as a racing journalist from his hospital bed. He started in earnest in journalism as a racing reporter for the Press Association after the war. He then joined the "Daily Express" where he remained for 30 years, while also becoming the BBC TV commentator. The highlights of half a century's achievements, including the victories of his horses Be Friendly and Attivo, are recalled in detail.

Review

...the literary equivalent of his commentating voice, which many of us can still hear as the soundtrack to our love of racing. The book, like his performances with microphone in hand, is mellifluous, funny, revealing and warm, much like the man. (Daily Telegraph)