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Informationen zum Autor Rebecca Cassidy is Professor of Anthropology at Goldsmiths! University of London. She has written and edited a number of books on horseracing! animal domestication and gambling! including Horse People (2007) and Sport of Kings: Kinship! Class and Thoroughbred Breeding in Newmarket (2002). Klappentext This text will provoke a discussion about the future of horseracing and is written in an accessible and scholarly style. 'A thoroughbred publication from an unusual but welcome stable.' Racing Post 'A comprehensive companion ...' The Irish Field Zusammenfassung This volume explores the history of horseracing in Britain; the thoroughbred in art and fiction; horseracing in Ireland! Australia! China and the United States; the lives of jockeys; betting; and technology. It will provoke discussion about the future of horseracing and is written in an accessible style by recognized experts. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Horseracing: a chronology; Introduction Rebecca Cassidy; 1. Sporting with kings Richard Nash; 2. The thoroughbred in British art Douglas Fordham; 3. The fiction of horseracing Jane Smiley; 4. From Godolphin to Godolphin: the turf re-laid Wray Vamplew; 5. Festivals Sean Magee; 6. Bodies on the line: the social and physical capital of race riding John Maynard; 7. Life in the backstretch James Helmer; 8. Irish racing's peaceable kingdoms Michael Hinds; 9. 'Sydney or the Bush': adaptation, centrality and periphery in Australian horseracing Wayne Peake; 10. Saratoga style Jonathan Silverman; 11. The Dubai connection Rachel Pagones; 12. Racing in Asia Mark Godfrey; 13. Global markets, changing technology: the future of the betting industry Mark Davies; 14. Horseracing: local traditions and global connections Chris McConville.
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List of illustrations; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Horseracing: a chronology; Introduction Rebecca Cassidy; 1. Sporting with kings Richard Nash; 2. The thoroughbred in British art Douglas Fordham; 3. The fiction of horseracing Jane Smiley; 4. From Godolphin to Godolphin: the turf re-laid Wray Vamplew; 5. Festivals Sean Magee; 6. Bodies on the line: the social and physical capital of race riding John Maynard; 7. Life in the backstretch James Helmer; 8. Irish racing's peaceable kingdoms Michael Hinds; 9. 'Sydney or the Bush': adaptation, centrality and periphery in Australian horseracing Wayne Peake; 10. Saratoga style Jonathan Silverman; 11. The Dubai connection Rachel Pagones; 12. Racing in Asia Mark Godfrey; 13. Global markets, changing technology: the future of the betting industry Mark Davies; 14. Horseracing: local traditions and global connections Chris McConville.
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'A thoroughbred publication from an unusual but welcome stable.' Racing Post
