True Colours: My Autobiography - Couverture rigide

Geraghty, Barry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1472282000 ISBN 13 : 9781472282002

Editeur : Headline, 2020

Synopsis

The riveting full-career autobiography of Barry Geraghty, one of the most successful jump jockeys in the sport's history. Now retired, Geraghty takes his rightful place in the pantheon of greats that inclues AP McCoy, Richard Johnson and Ruby Walsh.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Barry Geraghty is Ireland's foremost champion jockey.

In 2009 he became the first jockey to have won the big four races at Cheltenham (Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, Stayers Hurdle, Gold Cup) and the English Grand National.

In 2020 he won five races at Cheltenham, including the Champion Hurdle, equalling the record for winning four times.

He announced his retirement in July 2020, leaving the sport as the fourth most successful British and Irish jump jockey in history with 1920 winners.

He lives in Skryne, Co Meath with his wife Paula and three children.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'There are days when the ground comes back at you like bullets, flicking off the top of the sod as the horse in front gallops through. There are days when it comes sod and all, two fists full like a punch in the face. You drop your eyes, tuck in your chin and try to take it on your shoulders instead. When the first set of goggles are covered in muck, you pull them down and move on to the second pair; when the second pair are covered, the best you can do is try to give them a wipe with your glove; when your glove is covered, you're on your own. All the while you're watching, judging, calculating. When you turn into the home straight, with the finish line in sight, you wait for the right moment. You wait and you wait. You know it when it comes. At least, that's how it should happen ...'
BARRY GERAGHTY, FROM THE INTRODUCTION

À propos de la deuxième de couverture

Barry Geraghty is one of the greatest jockeys of all time.

In 2003 he became famous the world over when he won the Grand National aboard Monty's Pass. In 2009 he became the first jockey to win the 'big four' races at Cheltenham and the English Grand National. In 2020 he won five races at Cheltenham, including the Champion Hurdle, marking an astonishing comeback from a broken leg that saw him spend most of 2019 with his leg in a metal frame.

Geraghty is covered in scars. He has broken all his limbs, his shoulders, his ribs and his nose, and acquired over seventy stitches to his face. He has survived falls too numerous to recall. And yet, he kept getting back on the horse.

Brilliantly capturing the irreplaceable buzz and adrenaline of life as a jockey, True Colours charts Geraghty's constant striving to find balance between chasing the highs and managing the lows in a notoriously high-stakes industry. It is a memoir about resilience, the mental power that enables the great to keep going despite the pain, despite the odds. It is about self-belief and how putting everything into something you're passionate about can make dreams happen.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Headline
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1472282000
• ISBN 13: 9781472282002
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible