Robin Oakley: 4 books
by Robin Oakley
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2012
Kauto Star, Nijinsky, Arkle, Desert Orchid, Frankel, Red Rum … how do you rank the best British and Irish horses from both Flat racing and jumping? How do you compare a fleet-footed sprinter with the robust staying power of a steeplechaser? Robin Oakley’s highly personal list will provoke debate...
Tales From the Turf
Reflections from a Life in Horseracing
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
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 Cheltenham Festival
A Centenary History
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
The Cheltenham Festival is nowadays the biggest event in the racing year – in visitor numbers eclipsing Royal Ascot, the Grand National or the Derby. In 2011 it is a hundred years since the 1911 running of the National Hunt Chase marked the birth of the Festival, providing the perfect occasion for...
Sixty Years of Jump Racing
From Arkle to McCoy
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Robin Oakley brings alive the colourful world of those who ride and train jumping horses. With elegant production and gripping images The History of Jump Racing chronicles the social and economic changes which have brought the sport's ups and downs-like the development of sponsorships and syndicate...