Some you Win - A Life in Racing
Language: English
Published by Collins, London, 1998
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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1998, 1st edition 1st impression, Collins, London. Near Fine book in Very Good dust jacket. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Book is unread, no inscriptions or markings. DJ is not price clipped (£16.99), has light edgewear, small closed tear to upper spine (0.5cm).
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- Title
- Some you Win - A Life in Racing
- Author
- Wilson, Julian
- Publisher
- Collins, London
- Publication year
- 1998
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0002188252
- ISBN 13
- 9780002188258
- Edition
- 1st Edition
The remarkable memoirs of the BBC’s long-serving racing correspondent Julian Wilson, who recalls his society lifestyle and describes the turmoil within the Corporation in a fascinating look behind the scenes in racing’s corridors of power.
Julian Wilson’s life story is one of colour and controversy. His early years were spent satisfying his hunger for horse racing amid the escapades of cricket and rugby. From London to Glasgow, then on to Newmarket, the home of racing, where he developed his passion for the sport, he went on to join the BBC as a radio broadcaster.
In his flamboyant style, Wilson reminisces about the great horses of his time – Hyperion, Pontenuovo, Red Rum and Shergar – while under the microscope go a host of owners, trainers, jockeys and commentators, among them Lester Piggott, Walter Swinburn, Peter O’Sullevan, Des Lynam and David Coleman.
Off the track, he relives the merry-go-round of parties, gambling and infidelities with the smart set that were such a feature of the Swinging Sixties.
There is also Wilson’s forthright and at times brutally honest account of the internal strife at the BBC which followed financial cutbacks and the loss of racing contracts.
His autobiography is essential reading for devotees of horse racing’s ‘high life’ as well as punters seeking a unique insight into the sport.
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About the Author
Julian Wilson had been BBC television’s Racing Correspondent for 32 years until he retired at the end of 1997. His father was the legendary sports writer Peter Wilson. He started his career in journalism as sub-editor on Glasgow’s Noon Record where he went on to become a reporter on rugby and soccer. He joined the BBC in 1966 and has written several books, including a biography of Lester Piggott.
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