Horse Racing category: 231 books

Horse Rider's Guide This is No Dog and Pony Show Well, maybe half. It's nothing about dogs. But it IS about ponies or even horses. If you have ever thought of riding or even owning your own horse you need to read on. We have everything you ever needed to know about the...

A tale of passion, obsession, and greed.  Join best-selling author, Muriel Lennox, in discovering how the Celtic Tiger, Ireland's astonishing economic resurgence, was sparked by a horse.  Lennox invokes the Chaos Theory or butterfly effect, where a small change, like the flapping of a butterfly...

Originally published in 1858, this book on the Arabian art of horse training is founded on the three fundamental principles of the leading characteristic of the horse: A Horse is so constituted by nature that he will not offer resistance to any demand made of him which he fully comprehends,...

Katherine C. Mooney recaptures the sights, sensations, and illusions of America's first mass spectator sport. Her central characters are not the elite white owners of slaves and thoroughbreds but the black jockeys, grooms, and horse trainers who called themselves race horse men and made the racetrack run--until Jim Crow drove them from their jobs.

Nearctic was an equine aristocrat.  Tall, proud and true to his regal heritage, he could run a hole in the wind.  But Nearctic became a pawn in a bizarre power struggle.  His only real ally was Gordon (Pete) McCann, gifted trainer of countless Windfields Farm champions.  While...

Are you looking for a journey that will take you through Greatest Horse Jockeys to Ever Race: Top 100, along with funny comments and a word puzzle? Then this book is for you. Whether you are looking at this book for curiosity, choices, options, or just for fun; this book fits any criteria. Creating...

Isaac Burns Murphy (1861--1896) was one of the most dynamic jockeys of his era. Still considered one of the finest riders of all time, Murphy was the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby three times, and his 44 percent win record remains unmatched. Despite his success, Murphy was pushed out of Thoroughbred...

Belmont Park is best known for the annual Belmont Stakes, the challenging final leg of racing's Triple Crown. But Belmont is also renowned because nearly every American champion Thoroughbred has competed on its grounds. Named for the illustrious Belmont family, the track has seen many exciting races...

The definitive work on this rare coronation, this book delves into the history, personalities, and subplots of each of the 12 Triple Crown champions. From Sir Barton in 1919 through American Pharaoh in 2015, each Triple Crown winner has exhibited a true personality and charisma befitting of super...

Britain and Ireland's Top 100 Racehorses of All Time author Robin Oakley takes us on a canter through the colourful world of horseracing. Join him as he shares evocative personal stories of being there at racing legends’ key moments, such as Frankie Dettori riding seven winners in a day at Ascot....

The revealing and honest autobiography of Britain's leading National Hunt trainer. Paul Nicholls is the former jockey who began training in 1991. Gradually he built up a reputation as one of the most astute and successful trainers in the business, with a special knack for getting it right on...

His trainer said that managing him was like holding a tiger by the tail. His owner compared him to "chain lightning." His jockeys found their lives transformed by him, in triumphant and distressing ways. All of them became caught in a battle for honesty. Born in 1917, Man o' War grew from...

Millions of people gamble on sport and racing recreationally each year. Most of them lose money, only a very small number are successful. Those who are follow tried and proven methodologies and are strongly disciplined in their pursuit of profit. There are no quick rags to riches opportunities in...

‘Originality may not be everything in poetry, but it's hard enough to find at any moment in literary history. Necessary Evil is a consummate book, and of an instantly insistent originality. With it Sherborne goes to the top of Australian poetry - nobody is writing better.’— Peter Porter Necessary...