Jessica Owers: 2 books
by Jessica Owers
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
The Extraordinary Life of Australia's First International Racehorse.
Wartime Sydney, a small and weedy racehorse was kicking his way through the top tier of Australian racing. He was Shannon, one of the fastest horses the nation had ever seen. Between 1943 and 1947, Shannon broke record after...
by Jessica Owers
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2011
A wonderful, forgotten racing story set in The Great Depression
In 1932, they said there would never be another Phar Lap. Yet within months there came a racehorse so wildly brilliant that he was instantly compared to the dead champion. He was Peter Pan.
Within months of Phar Lap's death,...