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Zusatztext A thoroughly engaging memoir. I can't recommend this insightful autobiography enough. Informationen zum Autor Barry Geraghty is Ireland's foremost champion jockey. In 2009 he became the first jockey to have won the big four races at Cheltenham (Champion Hurdle, Champion Chase, Stayers Hurdle, Gold Cup) and the English Grand National. In 2020 he won five races at Cheltenham, including the Champion Hurdle, equalling the record for winning four times. He announced his retirement in July 2020, leaving the sport as the fourth most successful British and Irish jump jockey in history with 1920 winners. He lives in Skryne, Co Meath with his wife Paula and three children. Klappentext 'There are days when the ground comes back at you like bullets, flicking off the top of the sod as the horse in front gallops through. There are days when it comes sod and all, two fists full like a punch in the face. You drop your eyes, tuck in your chin and try to take it on your shoulders instead. When the first set of goggles are covered in muck, you pull them down and move on to the second pair; when the second pair are covered, the best you can do is try to give them a wipe with your glove; when your glove is covered, you're on your own. All the while you're watching, judging, calculating. When you turn into the home straight, with the finish line in sight, you wait for the right moment. You wait and you wait. You know it when it comes. At least, that's how it should happen ...' BARRY GERAGHTY, FROM THE INTRODUCTION Vorwort The riveting full-career autobiography of Barry Geraghty , one of the most successful jump jockeys in the sport's history. Now retired, Geraghty takes his rightful place in the pantheon of greats that inclues AP McCoy , Richard Johnson and Ruby Walsh. Zusammenfassung The riveting full-career autobiography of Barry Geraghty, one of the most successful jump jockeys in the sport's history. Now retired, Geraghty takes his rightful place in the pantheon of greats that inclues AP McCoy, Richard Johnson and Ruby Walsh....
