Mr Darley S Arabian
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Mr Darley S Arabian
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Author : Christopher McGrath
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2016-06-16
Mr Darley S Arabian written by Christopher McGrath and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-16 with History categories.
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award In 1704 a bankrupt English merchant sent home the colt he had bought from Bedouin tribesmen near the ruins of Palmyra. Thomas Darley hoped this horse might be the ticket to a new life back in Yorkshire. But he turned out to be far more than that: and although Mr Darley's Arabian never ran a race, 95% of all thoroughbreds in the world today are descended from him. In this book, for the first time, award-winning racing writer Christopher McGrath traces this extraordinary bloodline through twenty-five generations to our greatest modern racehorse, Frankel. The story of racing is about man's relationship with horses, and Mr Darley's Arabian also celebrates the men and women who owned, trained and traded the stallions that extended the dynasty. The great Eclipse, for instance, was bred by the Duke who foiled Bonnie Prince Charlie's invasion (with militia gathered from Wakefield races) and went on to lead the Jockey Club. But he only became a success once bought and raced by a card-sharp and brothel-keeper - the racecourse has always brought high and low life together. McGrath expertly guides us through three centuries of scandals, adventures and fortunes won and lost: our sporting life offers a fascinating view into our history. With a canvas that extends from the diamond mines of South Africa to the trenches of the Great War, and a cast ranging from Smithfield meat salesmen to the inspiration for Mr Toad, and from legendary jockeys to not one, but two disreputable Princes of Wales (and a very unamused Queen Victoria), Mr Darley's Arabian shows us the many faces of the sport of kings.
The General Stud Book
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1858
The General Stud Book written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1858 with Horses categories.
The Horse Breeders Handbook
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Author : Joseph Osborne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
The Horse Breeders Handbook written by Joseph Osborne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Horses categories.
The Turf Register And Sportsman Breeder S Stud Book By W Pick And R Johnson
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Author : William Pick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1803
The Turf Register And Sportsman Breeder S Stud Book By W Pick And R Johnson written by William Pick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1803 with categories.
The Turf Register And Sportsman Breeder S Stud Book
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Author : William Pick
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1803
The Turf Register And Sportsman Breeder S Stud Book written by William Pick and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1803 with Harness racehorses categories.
American Turf Register And Sporting Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1830
American Turf Register And Sporting Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1830 with Horse racing categories.
Sporting Magazine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1806
Sporting Magazine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1806 with Hunting categories.
Isaac Murphy
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Author : Katherine C. Mooney
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2023-05-02
Isaac Murphy written by Katherine C. Mooney and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The rise and fall of one of America’s first Black sports celebrities Isaac Murphy, born enslaved in 1861, still reigns as one of the greatest jockeys in American history. Black jockeys like Murphy were at the top of the most popular sport in America at the end of the nineteenth century. They were internationally famous, the first African American superstar athletes—and with wins in three Kentucky Derbies and countless other prestigious races, Murphy was the greatest of them all. At the same time, he lived through the seismic events of Emancipation and Reconstruction and formative conflicts over freedom and equality in the United States. And inevitably he was drawn into those conflicts, with devastating consequences. Katherine C. Mooney uncovers the history of Murphy’s troubled life, his death in 1896 at age thirty-five, and his afterlife. In recounting Murphy’s personal story, she also tells two of the great stories of change in nineteenth-century America: the debates over what a multiracial democracy might look like and the battles over who was to hold power in an economy that increasingly resembled the corporate, wealth-polarized world we know today.
Turf Annals Of York And Doncaster
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Author : John Orton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1844
Turf Annals Of York And Doncaster written by John Orton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1844 with Horse racing categories.
The General Stud Book Containing Pedigrees Of English Race Horses C C From The Earliest Accounts To The Year 1831 Inclusive
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1834
The General Stud Book Containing Pedigrees Of English Race Horses C C From The Earliest Accounts To The Year 1831 Inclusive written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1834 with Horses categories.