Filter by
Filters
Clear filters

Publication date

2011 year - 2011 year

Author

Price

107.00 zł - 108.00 zł

Delivery time

2 days - 2 days

Publication form

Language

Publisher

Kings, Queens & Four-legged...

Kings, Queens & Four-legged Athletes

Author: Martin Smith
Publishing date: 2011
It is the Sport of Kings. And Queens. And Lords and their Ladies. It is also the sport of knaves and bounders, spivs and cheats. Horse racing, moreover, is the sport of the ordinary man: from housewives with their 50p on whichever horse Lester is riding in the Derby, to anyone who has entered the office Grand National sweepstake. It is a massive commercial industry with a multi-million pound turnover in betting, breeding and prize-money. Yet it is a fun day out, whether it be the splendour of Royal Ascot, Epsom dolled up for the Derby, Cheltenham rocking to the Irish enjoying 'the craic', or the homeliness of the most humble country course. The names of its best-known exponents have become engrained in the nation's consciousness: who has never heard of Red Rum, Best
107.10 zł