3,315円 Brisbane, 1984. It all started with a simple plan to secretly swap a mediocre horse with a faster one, and rake in the cash with a few well-placed bets. What could possibly go wrong? In The Fine Cotton Fiasco, Peter Hoysted and Pat Sheil brilliantly tell the scarcely believable tale of how – thro...

80円 Extrait:... Le voyageur qui, venant d’Orléans, a traversé la Sologne aride, les plaines nues de Vatan, et enfin la brande d’Ardentes ou celle de Saint-Aoust, s’arrête ravi, à l’entrée de la Vallée-Noire. Quand il embrasse des hauteurs de Corlay, ou de celles de Vilchère, l’immensité de cet abîme ...

562円 This book profiles the two hundred most famous racehorses of the twentieth century and gives ratings for six hundred others. What juvenile star beat older horses twice? What was the final score between Affirmed and Alydar? What was Man o’ War’s greatest victory margin? How many starts did indestr...

562円 While growing up in Jamaica, Robert Marshall spent his days at the racetrack with his father where he learned to play with luck. Unfamiliar with the intricacies of the game, Marshall won by receiving tips from othersーuntil someone showed him the Daily Racing Form. From that point on, Marshall re...

1,080円 In 1964, Northern Dancer won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes, the first two legs of the US Triple Crown, exploding the myth that Canadian-bred horses could not compete on the world stage. The little horse from Ontario’s Windfields Farm went on to change the face of international racin...

1,060円 A champion racehorse, Manikato won races at the elite level over six seasons through the late 1970s and early 1980s and became the first Australian sprinter to earn one million dollars in prize money. But, once getting to the top echelon of racing as a two-year-old, his life endured twists and tu...

1,500円 Extrait : "Dans toute société il existe des classes d'hommes qui ont beaucoup d'heures à dépenser en loisirs. C'est pour ce monde privilégié que l'Angleterre maintient avec une sorte de culte religieux ses exercices de sport. Les arts et le sport ont cela de bon, qu'ils introduisent dans les rela...

1,500円 Extrait : "L'ensemble d'un spectacle se compose de deux éléments: la troupe qui l'exécute et le public qui y assiste. Comme corollaire de cet axiome, on peut ajouter que la valeur de chacune de ses parties est proportionnelle l'une à l'autre, et que le public est d'autant plus nombreux que la tro...

2,594円 Tusindvis af tilskuere kæmper om de bedste pladser på Billund travbane, bilerne snegler sig af sted på byens indfaldsveje. Kaos truer, da politiet over radioen griber ind og advarer folk mod at køre mod byen. Årsagen til tumulten hedder Tarok. En rød hest, der skal løbe sit sidste løb inden delt...

2,600円 SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 Monsieur X is a dazzling tale of glamour, riches, violence and ultimately tragedy. Patrice des Moutis was a handsome, charming and well-educated Frenchman with an aristocratic family, a respectable insurance business, and a war...

1,326円 He was a Thoroughbred racehorse, proud and noble, with the blood of champions coursing through his veins. Though he was a beautiful specimen to me, that noble blood coursed through the veins of a racehorse who was offered for sale at a thousand dollars and was purchased for eight hundred. He was ...

17,079円 The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing offers an innovative approach to one of Britain's oldest sports. While it considers the traditional themes of gambling and breeding, and contains biographies of human personalities and equine stars, it also devotes significant space to neglected areas. Ent...