Horse Racing & Equestrian

A.P McCoy / Mccoy : The Autobiography

Tony McCoy is a racing legend - the most successful jump jockey ever. He has won the last three jockey's championship and he rode over 200 winners last year. He rides principally for Martin Pipe. He...

Andrew Mount / Trend Horses (Large Paperback)

Andrew Mount's 'Form-Breaking' methods were first applied to National Hunt racing in 2002. He revealed the hurdler with six wins from seven starts when faced with distances below three miles, a...

Anne Holland - The Grand National : The Irish at Aintree - HB

The Aintree Grand National is the world’s most famous horserace – fast-paced, exhilarating and occasionally perilous. Everyone – serious racing fraternity and occasional flutterers...

Anne Holland / Festival Fever : The Irish at Cheltenham (Hardback)

 It is said the land level of Ireland rises a few feet every March because so many people have left for the National Hunt Festival at Cheltenham.English-Irish rivalry at this pinnacle of jump...

Anne Holland / Festival Fever, The Irish at Cheltenham (Signed by the Author) (Hardback)

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Anne Holland / The Grand National (Hardback)

 Every year the Grand National produces very different stories from jockeys and horses alike; uplifting scenes from a victor and heartbreak when a mere inch divides the loser from the winner at...

Barry Mault / Gone to Stud (Large Paperback)

This book takes a look behind the scenes at a top thoroughbred stud farm, providing an insight into the thoroughbred mating game. It contains anecdotes from the author's years of experience in...

Brian O'Connor / Kings of the Saddle : Ireland's Greatest Jockeys

   The recent retirement of Mick Kinane, doyen of flat racing jockeys whose swansong was his 2009 Classic victories on the great Sea the Stars, reminded us once again how many of the...

Brough Scott / Galloper Jack

  This is Brough Scott's moving biography of his grandfather - the author of the best-selling Warrior. 'Galloper' Jack Seely was at the heart of some of the most important events of the first...

Chris Pitt / Going Down to the Beaten: Tales of the Grand National (Hardback)

 Distills the magic of the Grand National through the eyes of jockeys who, for one reason or another, did not reach the personal and professional pinnacle which the National represents -...

Daniel Roddy - The Irish Derby : 1962-1995 - HB

Previous owner's long gift inscription on front endpages.  Hardcover, illustrated throughout, Gill Books, 1995. 

Donn McClean - Flat Out - Celebrating Irish Flat Racing - HB - 2021

A thrilling collection of 200 photographs from the high-octane, glamourous world of flat racing, from the Irish Derby and the Irish Guineas at The Curragh, to the many local race meets, and reaching...

Finbarr Slattery - Following the Horses - HB - SIGNED HB - KERRY - 1996

Published by the Kerryman Newspaper 1996, this copy is signed and dedicated by the author.  An account of his family’s background, and growing up in Asdee, north Kerry. Studied in Dublin,...

Frankie Dettori / a Year in the Life

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Frankie Dettori / A Year in the Life of Frankie Dettori (Hardback)

 Frankie Dettori's 1996 diary is an in-depth portrait of an unusual champion's life. He gives an insight into what it is like to be in charge of half a ton of thoroughbred, worth millions of...

Frankie Dettori / A year in the life of Frankie Dettori (Signed by the Author) (Hardback)

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Frankie Dettori / Leap of Faith (Large Paperback)

 'After all this time Frankie Dettori still ranks amongst the all-time greats of the sport' LESTER PIGGOTT'An autobiography as gripping as any Dick Francis thriller' YORKSHIRE POST'Endearingly...

Frankie Dettori / The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori (Hardback)

Frankie Dettori is a unique character in modern-day Britain: a millionaire champion jockey irresistible to the punters; a charismatic personality with an easy charm and immaculate dress sense that...

John Karter / Lester : Return of a Legend (Coffee Table Book)

Photographs from the career of the hugely successful horse racing jockey Lester Piggott.    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition...

John Scally / Them and Us : The Irish at Cheltenham (Hardback)

 A behind-the-scenes look at the role of the Irish in the Cheltenham race meeting. The insights and humour of jockeys, owners, punters and trainers are all reflected and interviews with Vincent...

Jonjo O'Neill ( With Tim Richards) - Jonjo : An Autobiography - HB - 1984

John Joseph "Jonjo" O'Neill (born 13 April 1952) is a National Hunt jockey who was born in Castletownroche, Cork. He is now a hugley succesful trainer based at the Jackdaws Castle...

Julian Wilson / 100 Greatest Race Horses (Coffee Table Book)

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Michael Tanner , Gerry Cranham / The Guinness Book of Great Jockeys of the Flat: A Celebration of Two Centuries of Jockeyship (Coffee Table Book)

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Michael Tanner / The Champion Hurdle (Coffee Table Book)

Over the years, many of national hunt racings most renowned equine and human celebrities have been associated with the hurdling's Blue Riband event. The roll of honours reads like an encyclopedia of...

Michael Tanner / The Guinness Book of Great Jockeys of the Flat: A Celebration of Two Centuries of Jockeyship (Coffee Table Book)

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Nick Townsend / The Sure Thing : The Greatest Coup in Horse Racing History

 The bookies always win. But one man has been proving them wrong for four decades.In the summer of 1975 Barney Curley, a fearless and renowned gambler, masterminded one of the most spectacular...

Olwen Way / The Poetry of Horses (Hardback)

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Reg Green / The Grand National (Coffee Table Book)

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Ruby Walsh / Ruby: The Autobiography (Large Paperback)

 Autobiography of champion jockey and much-loved sports personality Ruby Walsh.A much-loved sports personality throughout Ireland and Great Britain, Ruby has had a career of outstanding success,...

T.H Browne - A History of the English Turf 1904-1930 ( Volume 1 ) - HB - 1931 - Horse Racing

Intended as a supplementary updating to the larger 'History of the English Turf' by T.A Cook.  In brown cloth, leather effect covers, with an embossed gold image of seated rider on front cover...

William Steinkraus / Horse in Sport (Coffee Table Book)

Looks at the use of horses in flat racing, steeplechasing, show jumping, dressage, three-day events, polo, rodeos, harness racing, and combined driving   This book is second hand, and while you...