The Bluffer's Guide to Horseracing - Couverture souple

Ashforth, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1909937363 ISBN 13 : 9781909937369

Editeur : Bluffer's, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Instantly acquire all the knowledge you need to pass as an expert in the world of horseracing. Know what to say, what not to say, what to back, when to bet, and why you should never be tempted to invest in a thoroughbred without enquiring if it has got a leg . Never again confuse an exacta with a trifecta, a hurdle race with a steeplechase, or an ante post with a winning post. Easily distinguish between going that s good to soft , or heavy , or not going at all as in the case of a racecourse that s just closed. Bask in the admiration of your fellow racing aficionados as you pronounce confidently on a range of turf-related issues, and hold your own against the most arrogant and dismissive of so-called racing experts. DO SAY Evidently the Queen took a liking to my filly at Sir Michael s yard the other day. DON T SAY It came to me in a dream... it romped home at 12 to 1, beating the favourite by a short nose. So I put a hundred on it. How was I to know it had a leg ?

Biographie de l'auteur

Twice voted Horserace Writer of the Year, David Ashforth has reported on the races from around the world but somehow always ends up at a Brighton Racecourse. A horse rider himself (Radnage House riding school, Wycombe Hospital), only an absence of ability prevented him from staying on. Instead, during over 20 years with The Sporting Life and Racing Post, he has commented freely on the shortcomings of professional jockeys, particularly when failing to win when selected to do so. He still believes that Joe Mercer should have won the 1978 Cambridgeshire on Claudio Nicolai. The author of several books, none of which you will have heard of, David studied History and betting shops at Cambridge University before specialising in the treatment of poverty in the nineteenth century and its acquisition in the twentieth, mainly in Ladbrokes.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bluffer's
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1909937363
• ISBN 13: 9781909937369
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible