My Grandad Knew Phar Lap

Author : Errol Broome
Publisher : Fremantle Arts Centre Press
ISBN 13 : 9781921064197
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Grandad Knew Phar Lap written by Errol Broome and published by Fremantle Arts Centre Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phar Lap wasn't just a horse ... he was the best. And Toby's Grandad knew him! Grandad has many a thrilling tale to tell about this legendary racehorse but he has also been hiding a dark secret. It's a tale that's as heavy as a saddle bag - a closely guarded cover-up that prevented Grandad from following his dreams.

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Publisher : Fremantle Press
ISBN 13 : 1921888288
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Author : Max Howell
Publisher : Palmer Higgs Pty Ltd
ISBN 13 : 192502704X
Total Pages : 457 pages
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Download or read book Laughing My Way to Oblivion. The Early Years written by Max Howell and published by Palmer Higgs Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about a poor boy who makes it through sport to the highest levels of academia.

Author : Jan Wositzky
Publisher : Slattery Media Group
ISBN 13 : 9781921778261
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Me & Phar Lap written by Jan Wositzky and published by Slattery Media Group. This book was released on 2011 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tommy Woodcock spent a long lifetime with horses, but is best remembered, and loved, as the young man who strapped and looked after Australia's legendary racehorse, Phar Lap. The 1930 Melbourne Cup winner and the people's champion of the Great Depression died mysteriously - cradled by Woodcock - in the US after winning against the odds in Agua Caliente, Mexico, at his only start overseas. The horseman called Phar Lap "Bobby", and knew him best. And Woodcock is fondly known, too, as the old man, who almost 50 years on, trained the gallant Reckless, second in the 1977 Melbourne Cup and winner of the other major "two-mile" races on the Australian turf calendar at the time, the Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane Cups. Reckless is the same horse Woodcock let children ride at the track on race day, and was pictured with bunked down in the straw, on the front page of The Age newspaper. Woodcock's life story and his great and heart-breaking moments with Phar Lap and Reckless are told in his own down-to- earth words by a master storyteller, Jan Wositzky, in this updated and revised edition, with a new introduction.

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ISBN 13 : 9780835248518
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Author : Rhionnan Paulmer
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0244097259
Total Pages : 344 pages
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Author : Andrew Froggatt
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 195253478X
Total Pages : 224 pages
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Download or read book The Horse Whisperer written by Andrew Froggatt and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2016-08-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andrew Froggatt has a special skill: he can train the wildest horse. Over the past twenty-five years he has worked with thousands of horses, from ones who have never encountered a human being before to top level show horses and racehorses. A master at building relationships with these wonderful animals, earning their trust and respect, he's developed a tried and true system for bringing out the best in troubled and difficult horses. Andrew also uses his skills to work with troubled youth as well as run highly successful leadership courses with corporate managers for an impressive list of clients: All Black coach Steve Hansen, the Super 15 rugby coaches, cricket coaches and a number of large corporations. By telling the stories of his favourite horses, Andrew shows how he can turn rogues into winners.

Author : Marita Pointon
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Total Pages : 334 pages
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Download or read book Writers World's "New Horizons" written by Marita Pointon and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems by 291 authors from all over Australia. Brief bibliographical information and photographs accompany each poet's work.

Author : James E. "Ted" Bassett
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813194083
Total Pages : 601 pages
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Download or read book Keeneland's Ted Bassett written by James E. "Ted" Bassett and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the December 30, 1967, edition of the weekly Thoroughbred trade publication, the Blood-Horse, was an announcement that took up one inch of space—James E. "Ted" Bassett III had been named assistant to the president of the Keeneland Association. It was sandwiched between equally short news items about a handicapping seminar at an East Coast racetrack and a California vacation trip by a horse-owning couple. Bassett's new job, in his own words, "was not earthshaking news." More than four decades later, Ted Bassett is one of the most respected figures within the global Thoroughbred industry. He has served as Keeneland's president, chairman of the board, and trustee, playing a critical role in its ascendency as a premier Thoroughbred track and auction house. Bassett was also president of Breeders' Cup Limited during its greatest period of growth and has been a key architect in the development of the Sport of Kings as we know it today. Written in collaboration with two-time Eclipse Award–winning journalist Bill Mooney, Keeneland's Ted Bassett: My Life recounts Bassett's extraordinary journey, including his days at Kent School and Yale University, through his U.S. Marine Corps service in the Pacific theater during World War II, and as director of the Kentucky State Police during the turbulent 1960s. He helped found the College of Justice & Safety at Eastern Kentucky University, and his continuing service to the Marine Corps has gained him the highest honors accorded to a civilian. During his forty-plus years with Keeneland, Bassett has hobnobbed with hot walkers in the track kitchen, hosted the first visit by Queen Elizabeth II to a United States track, and participated in many of the most important events in the modern history of horse racing. With self-effacing humor, characteristic charm, and candor, Bassett describes his association with historic figures such as J. Edgar Hoover and Kentucky governors Albert B. "Happy" Chandler, Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt, and John Y. Brown; and his friendships with racing personalities D. Wayne Lukas, Nick Zito, Ron McAnally, Pat Day, and Joe Hirsch. Bassett shares details about difficult corporate decisions and great racing events that only he can supply, and about the formation of Equibase, the premier data collection agency within the Thoroughbred industry. He tells about his role as an international ambassador for racing, which has made him a highly influential figure on six continents. Bassett often describes his life as a fascinating blur. That "blur" and all its unique components are brought into sharp focus in a book that is as wide-ranging as it is personal, filled with a gold mine of firsthand stories and historical details. In addition to highlighting Keeneland's reputation as the jewel of the Thoroughbred industry, Bassett chronicles the business of racing and accomplishments of many prominent people in the horse world, and elsewhere, during the twentieth century.