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It is an often-forgotten fact that horses played an important part
in Winston Churchill's life. They were his escape in childhood, his
challenge in youth, his transport in war, his triumph in sport and
his diversion in old age. Renowned author, broadcaster and former
jockey, Brough Scott, follows in Churchill's hoofprints from
galloping his pony in Blenheim Park, to topping the riding class
whilst army training at Sandhurst, taking part in a famous cavalry
charge in Sudan, playing polo in India, hunting foxes in
Leicestershire and breeding racehorses near his home in Kent, after
a minor interlude out of the saddle to tend to the historic task of
winning the Second World War.
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 part of
the 20th century. His early life was one of adventure, sailing to
the antipodes, saving the crew of a French ship wrecked off the
coast of the Isle of Wight and later raising a squadron and joining
the Boer War, where he was awarded the DSO for his bravery. On his
return to England he was elected Conservative MP for the Isle of
Wight, but just like his close friend Winston Churchill, later
crossed over to the Liberal party. At the outbreak of the First
World War, Seely went to the Western Front and there made his name
as a humane and innovative leader. Written with honesty and wit,
this is an exciting, unusual and thought-provoking biography of a
man who has been unfairly treated by history.
Updated paperback edition of the racing book of 2013. For more than
four decades the elegant, slightly foppish figure of trainer Henry
Cecil had been adulated by racing fans. He handled countless top
horses - his 25 English Classics include four Derby winners - and
won dozens of big races around the world. But his story is far from
a chronicle of unbroken success. A sharp downturn in his racing
fortunes in the late 1990s was accompanied by all manner of
personal trials, including well publicised marital problems and
then cancer, but the dogged manner in which he has climbed back to
the top was rewarded in 2011 by the presence in his Newmarket yard
of the wonder horse Frankel. Based on extensive research and
interviews with those closest to Cecil, it is shot through with
Brough Scott's unparalleled inside knowledge of the sport. Winner
of the Horse Racing Book of the Year at the 2014 British Sports
Book Awards.
Gary Witheford is one of the country's leading 'horse whisperers'
and the man who famously broke a zebra to prove that all flight
animals react in a similar way to human handling. If Horses Could
Talk tells Gary's story through the prism of the horses and animals
that have most affected his life. The book centres around the
animals with inspiring and uplifting stories that will amuse and
fascinate, interwoven with Gary's remarkable, and in parts,
shocking life story.
It is an often-forgotten fact that horses played an important part
in Winston Churchill's life. They were his escape in childhood, his
challenge in youth, his transport in war, his triumph in sport and
his diversion in old age. Renowned author, broadcaster and former
jockey, Brough Scott, follows in Churchill's hoofprints from
galloping his pony in Blenheim Park, to topping the riding class
whilst army training at Sandhurst, taking part in a famous cavalry
charge in Sudan, playing polo in India, hunting foxes in
Leicestershire and breeding racehorses near his home in Kent, after
a minor interlude out of the saddle to tend to the historic task of
winning the Second World War.
"McCoy" celebrates the country's most successful jump jockey, Tony
'AP' McCoy, in the year in which he won the world's most famous
horse race, the Grand National. "McCoy" will be a wonderful record
of the champion jump jockey's career in both words and images,
chronicling his rise with trainer Jim Bolger and his first winner
in 1992, his move to England in 1994 with Toby Balding, joining
Martin Pipe in 1995 and his various big-race winners on the likes
of Pridwell, Edredon Bleu, Best Mate, Brave Inca, Binocular and of
course Don't Push It. Brough Scott will edit and introduce the
book. "The Racing Post" has been lucky enough to fully chronicle in
both words and pictures AP's phenomenal achievements of the last 15
years. This book will gather together the best of this material to
give a unique picture of the finest sportsman currently operating
in any discipline anywhere.' Linked pieces by Scott will join the
historical articles together and set them in context, coupled with
the Post's unique library of images.
McCoy celebrates the country's most successful jump jockey, Tony
'AP' McCoy, 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, chronicling his rise with trainer Jim Bolger
and his first winner in 1992, his move to England in 1994 with Toby
Balding, joining Martin Pipe in 1995 and his various big-race
winners on the likes of Pridwell, Edredon Bleu, Best Mate, Brave
Inca, Binocular and, of course, Don't Push It, on which he won the
Grand National at the 15th attempt. This book gives a unique
picture of the finest sportsman currently operating in any
discipline anywhere. Linked pieces by Brough Scott will join the
historical articles from "The Racing Post" together and set them in
context, coupled with "The Post's" unique library of images.
Gary Witheford is one of the country's leading 'horse whisperers'
and the man who famously broke a zebrato prove that all flight
animals react in a similar way to human handling. If Horses Could
Talk, which will be co-written by award- winning journalist,
broadcaster and author, Brough Scott, will tell Gary's story
through the prism of the horses and animals that have most affected
his life. The book centres around the animals with inspiring and
uplifting stories that will amuse and fascinate, interwoven with
Gary's remarkable, and in parts, shocking life story. Gary says:
"My life has been inspired as well as saved by horses and I hope
that telling my story can inspire others too.". Brough Scott adds:
"Communication comes in many forms. That which Gary Witheford has
with horses is among the most remarkable I have seen in any
language. Anyone who has ever had anything to do with a horse will
be mesmerised by Gary's story."
McCoy: The Complete Story celebrates the career of the country'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.
When Frankie Dettori stormed to victory on Golden Horn in the 2015
Derby, the effervescent Italian jockey was writing yet another
extraordinary chapter in a remarkable sporting story. This tribute
to hugely popular sportsman draws on the unique resources of the
Racing Post to chronicle the Dettori career as never before. The
son of a Milanese Classic-winning jockey has been Champion jockey
on three occasions and has ridden such equine superstars as Dubai
Millennium, Lochsong, Lammtarra, Daylami and his first Derby winner
Authorized. He made worldwide headlines when winning every contest
on a seven-race card in September 1996, which made him a household
name. The Dettori story has also had its darker side: surviving a
plane crash in 2000 in which the pilot was killed; a six-month
suspension in December 2012 for contravening racing's drugs rules;
losing the lucrative job as first jockey to Sheikh Mohammed's
Godolphin operation. But Frankie has always bounced back, and his
next flying dismount is never far away.
Sprinter Sacre's 2016 Champion Chase success generated a level of
bedlam previously unseen at the Cheltenham Festival.His matchless
redemptive story reaching its heady climax as racing's public
seemingly willed the impossible, possible. Legendary status was
already assured yet it was Sprinter Sacre's return from the brink,
his battle with adversity that has taken this horse of the ages
into such rarefied territory.Drawing on the unique resources of the
Racing Post, including many previously unseen photos, an
extraordinary tale is told of a racehorse whose incredible looks
are, for once, matched by his achievements. Introduced to fences in
2011, he soon built an aura of invincibility that all presumed
would last for years to come, but, in December 2013 that
spectacularly vanished as the tribulation of atrial fibrillation
reared its head.While he battled through, his greatest moments were
in his past. Despite the patience and expertise of trainer Nicky
Henderson and vet Celia Marr, whose ultrasound and ECG readings are
here to see, the spark of brilliance had fizzled out.Then in late
2015 that spark flickered into life before setting the sporting
world alight as his story reached its most epic crescendo.
For more than four decades the elegant, slightly foppish figure of
trainer Henry Cecil has been adulated by racing fans. He has
handled countless top horses - his '25 English Classics' include
four Derby winners - and won dozens of big races around the world.
But his story is far from a chronicle of unbroken success. A sharp
downturn in his racing fortunes in the late 1990s was accompanied
by all manner of personal trials, including well publicised marital
problems and then cancer, but the dogged manner in which he has
climbed back to the top was rewarded in 2011 by the presence in his
Newmarket yard of the wonder horse Frankel. Based on extensive
research and interviews with those closest to "Cecil", and shot
through with Brough Scott's unparalleled inside knowledge of the
sport, this will be the racing book not only of the year, but of
the decade.
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