Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing

Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : 9781135762667
ISBN-13 : 113576266X
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing by : Dr Joyce Kay

Download or read book Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing written by Dr Joyce Kay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing offers an innovative approach to one of Britain's oldest sports. While it considers the traditional themes of gambling and breeding, and contains biographies of human personalities and equine stars, it also devotes significant space to neglected areas. Entries include: social, economic and political forces that have influenced racing controversial historical and current issues legal and illegal gambling, and racing finance the British impact on world horseracing history and heritage of horseracing links between horse racing and the arts, media and technology human and equine biographies venues associated with racing horseracing websites The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing provides a unique source of information and will be of great interest to sports historians as well as all those whose work or leisure brings them into the world of racing.


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