Champion Jump Horse Racing Jockeys

Author : Neil Clark
Publisher : White Owl
ISBN 13 : 1526769867
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Champion Jump Horse Racing Jockeys written by Neil Clark and published by White Owl. This book was released on 2021-10-30 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘It’s one of the real sports that’s left to us: a bit of danger and a bit of excitement, and the horses, which are the best thing in the world.' HM The Queen Mother on National Hunt racing. This book traces how much National Hunt racing has changed since 1945- and also how Britain has changed too. The advent of motorways has made travel easier and racecourse safety has improved but the challenges for jump jockeys -the bravest of the brave- remain. It covers some of the biggest stories in jump racing over the last seventy-five years, including the dramatic collapse of Devon Loch in the 1956 Grand National and the incredible exploits of three-times Grand National winner Red Rum. But it also contains lots of fascinating stories which the reader will not be so aware of, of trainers and horses long forgotten.

Author : A.P. McCoy
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 1409131688
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Autobiography written by A.P. McCoy and published by Orion. This book was released on 2011-10-20 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fully updated autobiography of Tony 'A.P.' McCoy, Grand National and BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR winner and unquestionably the greatest jump jockey ever. Tony 'A.P.' McCoy is without doubt the greatest and most successful jump jockey of all time. He has collected a record 16 consecutive jump-jockey titles to date, since 1992 he has ridden more than 3,000 winners, saying 'I never stop dreaming of the day I'll reach 4,000', and in 2002 he beat Sir Gordon Richards's record of 269 winners in a season by riding 289. In April 2010, A.P. achieved his lifelong ambition when he won the Grand National at Aintree on Don't Push It. It was his 15th attempt to win the race, a victory that captured the public's imagination and further enhanced a glittering career in which he had seemingly won all there was to win. It was the missing piece in the racing jigsaw for a champion jockey who had already had famous victories in the King George VI Chase, Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase and Cheltenham Gold Cup. This powerfully honest autobiography looks at life at the very top in National Hunt racing, and includes the highs and lows of A.P. winning his second Gold Cup, in 2012 on Synchronised, fifteen years after his first, only to see the horse put down after a fall in that year's Grand National. These are the memoirs of a true champion, an icon of sport, whose astonishing achievements are unlikely to be surpassed. It is a great story of courage and modesty, pain and professional setbacks, strong family values and sporting triumphs, the good guy coming first - and staying there.

Author : Robin Oakley
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147293511X
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sixty Years of Jump Racing written by Robin Oakley and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robin Oakley brings alive the colourful world of those who ride and train jumping horses. With elegant production and gripping images, Sixty Years of Jump Racing chronicles the social and economic changes which have brought the sport's ups and downs-like the development of sponsorships and syndicate ownership, the near loss of the Grand National, the growing domination of the Cheltenham Festival and the growth of all-weather racing to meet the bookies' demands for betting shop fodder. Pace and colour is provided by stories of the horses who have been taken to the heart of racing crowds, like the Irish-trained hurdler Istabraq and Best Mate, the three-times winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup for England. Famous rivalries and memorable races are re-lived and key victories revisited in portraits of and interviews with the owners, jockeys and trainers who have dominated the sport. The emphasis will be largely on the past fifty years-from Arkle to Tony McCoy-but a significant introduction by Edward Gillespie encapsulates the past history of what was previously known as 'National Hunt Racing' and sets the stories in context.

Author : Brough Scott
Publisher : Raceform
ISBN 13 : 9781908216021
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book McCoy written by Brough Scott and published by Raceform. This book was released on 2011 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony 'AP' McCoy is the winner of the 2010 BBC Sports Personality of the Year. McCoy is a wonderful record of the champion jump jockey's career in both words and images. This book gives a picture of one of the finest sportsmen.

Author : A.P. McCoy
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 1409129713
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Taking the Fall written by A.P. McCoy and published by Orion. This book was released on 2013-11-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From champion jockey A.P. McCoy comes a tense and utterly gripping racing thriller. Duncan Claymore could have it all. He's one of the country's up and coming young jockeys and this season his sights are set on getting right to the top, but his demons threaten to overwhelm him. Duncan was taught everything he knows by his father, Charlie, a former trainer whose career and reputation were destroyed when a series of bitter rivalries got out of hand. It ruined him and Charlie hasn't been able to set foot on a racecourse since. Now, with his father's health rapidly declining, Duncan is desperate to beat the best and at the same time take down the men responsible for Charlie's ruin. But can he do both or must he choose between his family and his future?

Author : John Carter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472911512
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Warriors on Horseback written by John Carter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-23 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever ridden a 1,500 pound thoroughbred horse that travels at speeds of up to 45 mph? Discover what it takes to be a professional jockey, the dangers and challenges they face each day. Winner of the prestigious Dr. Tony Ryan literary prize for books on horse racing A remarkable and riveting insight into the lives of jockeys. Jockeys who earn a living race riding on racehorses are a incredible group. They are fiercely competitive on the racecourse but enjoy a tribal kinship in the weighing room. The minimum requirements for long-term success are courage, skill, athleticism and an intuitive understanding of how to 'get a tune' out of a horse. This book celebrates these warriors on horseback, both the old and the new, highlighting the headline performers for jump racing and flat racing in the last five centuries – male and female and from around the globe - as well as taking the reader on a behind-the-scenes look at the lifestyle of professional jockeys in the 21st century.The book takes a tour of Aintree's weighing room, tracks a day in the life of a Derby-winning jockey and investigates the twin challenges faced by jockeys: inevitable injuries and 24/7 weight management. The book also looks back at historical events where jockeys have made the headlines, including: the scandal of jockey Sam Chifney, Lord Bunbury and the Prince of Wales; Captain Becher and his attempt to negotiate Aintree's formidable fences during the Grand National's inaugural running; Fred Archer, who committed suicide in the mists of mental and physical misery; Red Pollard's partnership with the great American horse, Seabiscuit; Bob Champion, who recovered from cancer to win the Grand National, and Frankie Dettori's magnificent seven wins in one day at Ascot. Dettori is just one of the more recent jockeys featured; others include Lester Piggott, Bill Shoemaker, Scobie Breasley, Julie Krone, John Francome and Tony McCoy. The book features quotes and insights from eminent jockeys and racing insiders, people who know the profession and the sport; and is illustrated with captivating images from the world of horseracing. Foreword by Bob Champion MBE, former jump jockey and Grand National winner.

Author : A.P. McCoy
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 1409162427
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Winner: My Racing Life written by A.P. McCoy and published by Orion. This book was released on 2015-11-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully updated with a new chapter on A.P.'s knighthood, the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement award and his new role as a TV pundit When Tony 'A.P.' McCoy announced his retirement from racing, the shockwaves reverberated across the world of sport. With more than 4,300 winners to his name, McCoy seemed to be at the peak of his powers when he suddenly brought down the curtain on an extraordinary career. But then A.P. McCoy has always done things his way. In Winner: My Racing Life, AP reflects upon his unparalleled career, taking the reader from his humble beginnings in County Antrim to the emotional day at Sandown when horse racing bade a tearful farewell to arguably its greatest ever star. McCoy relates in forensic detail the process that led to his decision to retire, recalls some of his greatest rides, lifts the lid on his family life and looks ahead to a future no longer driven by the constant pursuit of victory. The result is a remarkable insight into the private and public life of a true winner.

Author : BARRY. GERAGHTY
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781472282019
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book True Colours written by BARRY. GERAGHTY and published by . This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Barry Geraghty is an Irish horseracing legend. From his first win in 1997 he has gone on to ride almost 2000 winners, making him the fourth most successful jumps jockey of all time. With the second most wins at Cheltenham in the sport's history, he has worked with all the greats - Moscow Flyer, Kicking King, Monty's Pass. Barry finally retired in July 2020, covered in scars. He has broken all of his limbs, his shoulders, his ribs, his nose. He has survived falls too numerous to recall, and spent most of 2019 with a metal cast on his leg. And yet, he kept getting back on the horse, for twenty-three years. His autobiography is about resilience, the mental power that enables the great to keep going despite the pain, despite the odds. It explores how Barry has developed the mind tools to continue to push himself, even when all seems lost. Containing startling revelations and a searingly honest insight into the life of a top jockey, this is a must-read for all sports fans.

Author : Brough Scott
Publisher : Racing Post
ISBN 13 : 9781910498187
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book McCoy written by Brough Scott and published by Racing Post. This book was released on 2015-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: McCoy: The Complete Story celebrates the career of the UK's most successful jump jockey ever, Tony 'AP' McCoy. This book is a wonderful record of the 20-time champion jump jockey's career in both words and superb images from the unparalleled Racing Post library. It chronicles his big-race wins on such horses as Make A Stand, Edredon Bleu, Best Mate, Brave Inca, his Gold Cup winners Mr Mulligan and Synchronised - and of course his 2010 Grand National winner Don't Push It. Editor Brough Scott weaves together two decades of reporting McCoy in the pages of the Racing Post with unsurpassed photographic coverage to produce a worthy tribute to a remarkable man

Author : Alan Lee
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9780706360646
Total Pages : 159 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jump Jockeys written by Alan Lee and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 1980 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: