Horse Racing Terms: An Illustrated Guide - Hardcover

Rosemary Coates

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1910723746 ISBN 13: 9781910723746

Publisher: Merlin Unwin Books, 2018

A day at the races can be a confusing time. But thanks to this little book, no longer will you be out of the loop when the talk turns to:

* Steeplechasers
* Weighing Rooms
* Maiden Stakes
* A Weaver
* A colt, a filly, a brood mare, stallion stud
* Bumpers
* On the Nod
* Nursery Stakes
* The Field
* Gone to Post
*An Each-way Bet

Artist and racing enthusiast Rosemary Coates explains in a nutshell, using words and her witty illustrations, exactly what those mysterious racing terms mean.

Review:

Unpicking the sport s jargon with pithy freshness, and illustrated to great comic effect, this book will quickly enable anyone to acquire, with impressive fluency, the language of the Turf - the language of the world's greatest sport. --Adrian McGlynn, Weatherbys

About the Author:

Rosemary Coates studied at the Ruskin School of Fine Art and Drawing, Oxford University. Famous for her paintings of domestic animals, her maps of UK racecourses and hunting countries, she lives in Northamptonshire.

Her motto 'Have paintbrush, will travel' has taken her across the UK and Ireland.often sits on her shoulder.

• Publisher: Merlin Unwin Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1910723746
• ISBN 13: 9781910723746
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144