You Bet Your Life (eBook)

My Incredible Adventures in Horse Racing and Offshore Betting

Laura Morton, Dave Stevenson (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
272 Seiten
Skyhorse Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5107-2081-7 (ISBN)

Infos

The rags-to-riches tale of one of the most remarkable figures in horse racing history.Readers will be left breathless at the edge of their seats by the amazing stories in You Bet Your Life: My Incredible Adventures in Horse Racing and Offshore Betting, the story of celebrated jockey Dave Stevenson. A runaway barn hand who became a legendary champion and hero in his native Canada, Stevenson's life is incomparable in its color, scope, and excitement. Throughout, You Bet Your Life is the ride of a lifetime. Its pages transport readers back in time to the golden era of American and Canadian horseracing greatness, traveling across North America and then around the world, all the while meeting an abundance of colorful characters: from legendary figures such as the Dowager Queen of England, Pablo Escobar, and champion thoroughbreds Secretariat and Seabiscuit, to charlatans and cheats, horses and owners, and jockeys and trainers that populated the underbelly and the pinnacle of the horseracing world. Relayed in stunning detail and brimming with emotional episodes, Stevenson's memories bring readers to the front lines, so close to the action that you'll swear you can feel the force of the filly's kick, taste the grit of the racetrack, hear the roar of the crowd, and smell the alluring perfume of wealthy women. Will Dave Stevenson's story enthrall and inspire you from its opening pages? You Bet Your Life it will.

Autor

Dave Stevenson has devoted his life to thoroughbred horses and horse racing. A former jockey, he rode the prizewinning steed Canadian Champ to win the Canadian Triple Crown in 1959. Following his career as a jockey, Stevenson served for more than thirty years as a trainer and consultant for various racing entities. Stevenson lives in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Laura Morton has co-authored twenty New York Times Bestsellers, including work with Al Roker, Joan Lunden, Susan Lucci, and Justin Bieber. She lives in New York.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.4.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 25 color photos
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Reiten / Pferde
• Schlagworte: 1970s • All or Nothing • BET • betting • betting horses • betting money • bookies • books on bets • books on betting • books on champions • books on charlatans • books on cheats books on dowagers • books on escobar • books on fillies • books on horseracings • books on jockeys • books on pablo • books on racetracks • books on rags-to-riches • books on roars • books on seabiscuits • books on secretariats • books on thoroughbreds • books on trainers • buying a horse • buying horses • Card Counting • Casinos • celebrated jockeys • Champion • champion thoroughbreds • Chance • charlatans • cheating • Cheats • daily racing • derbies • Derby • double or nothing • Dowager • Dowager Queen of England • enthrall • Escobar • excitement • Farms • Filly • Gambling • gambling in the 1970s • gambling in the 70s • gambling money • High Stakes • horse races • horseracing • horse racing in the 1970s • Horse riding • Horses • incomparable • Inspiration • Jockeys • Kentucky Derby • legendary • legendary champions • losing everything • Man o war • Offshore • Pablo • Pablo Escobar • Probability • Race • racetrack • racetracks • Racing • racing life • rags-to-riches • relayed • ride horses • Roar • seabiscuit • Secretariat • Stakes • Thoroughbreds • Thrill • Trainers • winning everything
• ISBN-10: 1-5107-2081-2 / 1510720812
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5107-2081-7 / 9781510720817