Crossing the Line

The World of Racing Revealed

Charlie Brooks (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2000 | New edition
Headline Book Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-7472-6092-9 (ISBN)

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Former racehorse trainer Brooks takes the lid off the racing world to provide a candid commentary on the state of the industry today. He talks openly about who is really winning and losing in a sport riven by factional interests, what owners/trainers/jockeys/ bookmakers are up to and what goes on behind closed stable doors.

This is a candid commentary on the state of the horse racing industry today. The book takes a look at what owners, trainers, jockeys and bookmakers are up to; and what is going on behind closed stable doors. Charlie Brooks is a former racehorse trainer, and here he takes the lid off the racing world. He talks openly about who is winning and losing in a sport riven by factional interests. It also includes the full story of why he was arrested in connection with race-fixing allegations and his subsequent clearance.

Charlie Brooks rose to prominence as the National Hunt trainer who succeeded Fred Winter at Uplands. He now has a column in the Daily Telegraph and appears regularly on TV and radio as a pundit.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	11.12.2000
Zusatzinfo	illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	177 x 113 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Reiten / Pferde
ISBN-10	0-7472-6092-3 / 0747260923
ISBN-13	978-0-7472-6092-9 / 9780747260929
Zustand	Neuware