Going Down to the Beaten

Tales of the Grand National

Chris Pitt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2011
Racing Post (Verlag)
978-1-905156-95-5 (ISBN)

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Distills the magic of the Grand National through the eyes of jockeys who, for one reason or another, did not reach the personal and professional pinnacle which the National represents - finishing with Tony McCoy, who famously won the 2010 race at his 15th attempt.

This is the magnetic appeal of the Grand National - by those who didn't win it...and one who did. Every year there is one Grand National - winning jockey - and 39 who tried but failed to win the world's most famous horse race. Some fell at the first fence. Others were beaten a whisker in a heart-stopping finish. But every rider who has ever taken on the fearsome Grand National fences has his - and her - unique memories of one the greatest challenges in sport. In "Go Down to the Beaten" racing historian Chris Pitt distills the magic of the Grand National through the eyes of jockeys who, for one reason or another, did not reach the personal and professional pinnacle which the National represents - finishing with Tony McCoy, who famously won the 2010 race at his 15th attempt. In doing so, Pitt presents a unique angle - inspirational, moving and frequently funny - on the greatest race of all.

CHRIS PITT is the author of several books on racing history, including the highly acclaimed A Long Time Gone.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	18.3.2011
Zusatzinfo	approx 30 b&w photos
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Reiten / Pferde
ISBN-10	1-905156-95-2 / 1905156952
ISBN-13	978-1-905156-95-5 / 9781905156955
Zustand	Neuware