Product Description

"The Complete Encyclopedia of Horse Racing" is an authoritative and comprehensive illustrated work of reference on one of the world's most popular sports. The book tells the story of the "sport of kings" from its earliest inception to the present day. It provides essential information on all the top jockeys, owners, trainers and horses. Every personality, event and issue of importance in the history of both racing is covered in the book. In addition, the off-track world of racing is explored through the chapters dealing with gambling, scandals, disasters, and the social, cultural, media and business sides.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #679655 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

About the Author
George Ennor spent more than 50 years writing for The Sporting Life and Racing Post newspapers. President of the Horserace Writers & Photographers Association for 20 years, the HWPA named an annual award in his honour. Bill Mooney was associate editor of the Thoroughbred Record and The Thoroughbred Times for many years, and staff writer for Blood-Horse magazine for four years. He has contributed to many horse racing programmes on cable channel ESPN. He collected an Eclipse Award for magazine writing in the U.S. Graeme Kelly is an expert on horseracing in Australia. He is the author of several racing books.

Customer Reviews

This is a complete encyclopedia
This is great! It covers horse racing around the world, legandary horses and jockeys. It is quite complete. I am sure you will be able to find a reference on almost everything about horse racing in this book. A great Horse Racing reference book!