Horse Racing & Equestrian

A. P. McCoy / Winner: My Racing Life (Hardback)

 At Sandown Park on the 25 April 2015, riding Box Office, two jumps from home, the realisation hit me. This is it. This is really the end.I was now a matter of seconds away from the moment all...

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 - In the Blood : Irish Racing Dynasties - HB - 2009

Hardcover, published by O'Brien Press , 2009. Illustrated throughout in colour.  A history of the many notable intergenerational horse racing families from Ireland - who members include...

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 / Steeplechasing: A celebration of 250 years, 1752-2002 (Coffee Table Book)

In 1752, Edmund Blake bet Cornelius O’Callaghan a cask of wine that his hunter could beat the others over a stretch of country from Buttevant Church Spire to the steeple of St Leger at...

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 Geraghty / True Colours

True Colours: My Autobiography   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...

Barry Geraghty / True Colours (Hardback)

 Barry Geraghty, an Irish horseracing legend. From his first win in 1997 to when he retired in July 2020, he rode almost 2,000 winners, making him the fourth most accomplished rider of all time...

Bill Barich / A Fine Place to Daydream: Racehorses, Romance and the Irish (Hardback)

Experience the sheer thrill and joy of National Hunt racing as an American novelist follows a select group of leading horses and their Irish trainers on their annual pilgrimage to the Cheltenham...

Buck Brannaman / Believe : A Horseman's Journey (Hardback)

Buck Brannaman, William Reynolds In his best-selling The Faraway Horses, Buck Brannaman, extraordinary trainer and acknowledged inspiration for The Horse Whisperer , described how he found his...

Carl Evans / Mick Fitzgerald: Jump Jockey Life

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

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

Declan Colley / Mouse Morris: His Extraordinary Racing Life (Hardback)

Michael 'Mouse' Morris, third son of Lord and Lady Killanin, began his career as a jockey until a devastating fall led him into training where he has been prominent ever since. This book takes the...

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...

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 / Leap of Faith: The new autobiography from one of the greatest living jockeys (Hardback)

‘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...

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...

Hugh Cahill - Winners : The Horses, the Memories , the Defining Moments - HB - 2018

Hardcover, published by Hachette , 2018, internally very good, but there is a previous owner's Christmas gift inscription to the title page, otherwise unmarked. Scuffing to the mostly cream coloured...

Hugh Dawnay / Polo Vision (Coffee Table Book)

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J.Edward Chamberlin / Horse - How the Horse Has Shaped Civilisations (Large Paperback)

  Full of wisdom, passion and wonder, Horse is the utterly fascinating and enlightening story of horses and humans from the beginning of time to the present. Ever since the dawn of human...

Jacqui Broderick / The Shane Broderick Story (Hardback)

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Jessica Harrington / Moscow Flyer : Flying to Success (Hardback)

 The two-mile steeplechaser is the most exciting equine athlete on the planet. Half a ton of horse set to carry a rider over twelve 5ft fences at almost 40mph. Moscow Flyer, twice winner of...

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...

Julian Wilson / Lester Piggott: The Pictorial Biography (Coffee Table Book)

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Julian Wilson / Some You Win : An Autobiography (Hardback)

 Julian Wilson's life story is one of colour and controversy. His early years were spent satisfying his hunger for horse racing amid the escapades of cricket and rugby. From London to Glasgow,...

Laura Hillenbrand / Seabiscuit, An American Legend

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Maria Costantino / The Hanbook of Horse Breeds (Hardback)

An informative and enjoyable guide, The Handbook of Breeds looks at the history and development of modern horse breeds, and provides information on horse anatomy, senses and behavior. The bulk of...

Martin Hannan / Rock Of Gibraltar (Hardback)

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Martin Smith / Sport of Kings, Queens & Four-Legged Athletes (Hardback)

Sport of Kings, Queens & Four-Legged Athletes: The Daily Telegraph Book of Horse Racing   It is the Sport of Kings. And Queens. And Lords and their Ladies. It is also the sport...

Mary W. Bromiley / A Way of Life : Healing Animals (Large Paperback)

In 2011 Mary Bromiley was awarded an MBE For Services to Equine Sport and Equestrian Physiotherapy . A Way of Life describes the ups and downs, both frustrating and amusing, from childhood to...

Merck Veterinary Manual ( MVM) - 10th Edition 2010 - HB - Thumbindexed

The Merck Veterinary Manual is the most comprehensive, reliable reference for veterinary professionals. Trusted for more than 50 years, this reference now features hundreds of full-color images,...

Michael Clower / Mick Kinane - Big Race King: The Authorized Biography (Hardback)

 Mick Kinane is the only jockey to have won Australia's Melbourne Cup, the Belmont Stakes in America, the Epsom Derby and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. This biography tells his story, as well...

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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Mick Fitzgerald / Better Than Sex: My Autobiography (Hardback)

 When you think of Mick Fitzgerald, you might think of his masterful ride on Rough Quest to win the 1996 Grand National, or of his victories in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, and the Champion Chase...

Monty Roberts / The Man Who Listens To Horses

When Monty Roberts was thirteen years old he went off on his own to the deserts of Nevada to watch mustangs in the wild. What he learned about their methods of communication changed his life forever...

Neil Clark / Champion Jump Horse Racing Jockeys: From 1945 to Present Day (Hardback)

‘It’s one of the real sports that’s left to 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...

Nick Townsend / The Sure Thing - The Greatest Coup in Horse Racing History (Large Paperback)

The Sure Thing: The Greatest Coup in Horse Racing History A compelling insight into how legendary gambler Barney Curley pulled off the greatest horse betting scams in history.THE BOOKIES...

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...

Pat Smullen / Champion

Champion: A Memoir       This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and...

Peter O'Sullevan / Calling The Horses (Hardback)

For decades, Peter O'Sullevan was one of the iconic sports commentators, providing the soundtrack for half a century of horseracing as he called home such legends of the sport as Arkle, Nijinsky,...

Reg Green / The Grand National (Coffee Table Book)

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Ruby Walsh / Ruby : The Autobiography (Hardback)

 Ruby Walsh is a phenomenon. The only jockey to have won all four of the home Grand Nationals, Ruby's racing life is the stuff of dreams. A charming, much-loved sports personality throughout...

Stewart Peters - The Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup : The Definitive History - HB - 2006

Published by Tempus Books, UK, illustrated hardcover, a detailed history of teh evolution of the Gold Cup, which moved to Newbury in 1960, after being at Cheltenham for it's first three years

Stewart Peters / Festival Gold : Forty Years of Cheltenham Racing (Coffee Table Book)

The definitive history of the Cheltenham Festival since 1963, this book features the Gold Cup, the Queen Mother Champion Chase, the Champion Hurdle, and other important races from each year. Superbly...