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 gives essential information on all the top jockeys, owners, trainers and horses. Every personality, event and issue of importance in the history of 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. This books has been fully updated to include not only all the recent winners of the major races, but also the new stars, equine and human.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #371228 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
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. He lives in Kentucky, close to the home of America's biggest race, the Kentucky Derby. George Ennor, who died at the end of 2005, 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.