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Courses for Horses
A Journey Round Racing in Britain and Ireland

English · Hardback

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In parks, on downlands and heaths, by motorways, overlooking firths: the racecourses of Britain and Ireland are as various as the people you meet there. Some - Newmarket, Epsom, the Curragh - are among the most celebrated sporting venues in the world; others - Fakenham, Bangor-on-Dee, Perth - offer more modest but no less appealing reasons to visit. Travelling round these courses, Nicholas Clee samples an outstanding burger and the world''s worst curry, basks in sunshine and shelters from a hurricane, thrills at the sight of a potential Derby winner, and quickly recognises his ineptness as a punter. Clee also meets racing people: among them a Derby-winning owner, a Grand National-winning jockey, leading English and Irish trainers, a top TV commentator and a TV presenter, bookmakers, form experts, racecourse managers, and the head of the team with the job of assessing every horse who takes part in the sport. They take us behind the scenes at that grand outing: a day at the races.

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