[PDF] Encyclopedia Of British Horseracing eBook

Author : Dr Joyce Kay
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 25,73 MB
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 113576266X

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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.

Author : Dr Joyce Kay
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,45 MB
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1135762678

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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.

Author : Bill Mooney
Publisher : Carlton Publishing Group
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,39 MB
Release : 2006-10
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : 9781844421275

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The Complete Encyclopedia of Horse Racing is an authoritative and comprehensive illustrated work of reference on one of the world's most popular sports. The book tells the story of horse racing from its earliest beginnings to the present day. It provides essential information on all the top jockeys, owners, trainers and horses. Written by acknowledged authorities on the racing scene in the United States, UK, and Australia, and updated to the end of the 2005?06 winter season, this is the definitive work, with every page a visually exciting and information-packed celebration of the sport.

Author : Stephen Glynn
Publisher : Springer
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 27,97 MB
Release : 2019-01-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 3030051803

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This book constitutes the first full volume dedicated to an academic analysis of horseracing in British cinema. Through comprehensive contextual histories of film production and reception, together with detailed textual analysis, this book explores the aesthetic and emotive power of the enduringly popular horseracing genre, its ideologically-inflected landscape and the ways in which horse owners and riders, bookmakers and punters have been represented on British screen. The films discussed span from the 1890s to the present day and include silent shorts, quota quickies and big-budget biopics. A work of social and film history, The British Horseracing Film demonstrates how the so-called “sport of kings” functions as an accessible institutional structure through which to explore cinematic discussions about the British nation—but also, and equally, national approaches to British cinema.

Author : Mike Huggins
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 40,67 MB
Release : 2013-07-19
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1847795757

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This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book provides a detailed consideration of the history of racing in British culture and society, and explores the cultural world of racing during the interwar years. The book shows how racing gave pleasure even to the supposedly respectable middle classes and gave some working-class groups hope and consolation during economically difficult times. Regular attendance and increased spending on betting were found across class and generation, and women too were keen participants. Enjoyed by the royal family and controlled by the Jockey Club and National Hunt Committee, racing's visible emphasis on rank and status helped defend hierarchy and gentlemanly amateurism, and provided support for more conservative British attitudes. The mass media provided a cumulative cultural validation of racing, helping define national and regional identity, and encouraging the affluent consumption of sporting experience and a frank enjoyment of betting. The broader cultural approach of the first half of the book is followed by an exploration if the internal culture of racing itself.

Author : Bill Mooney
Publisher : Carlton Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,82 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781780978215

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An authoritative and comprehensive illustrated work of reference, which tells the story of the "sport of kings" from its earliest inception to the present day.

Author : M C Horrocks
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,85 MB
Release : 2024-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :

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The UK Horse Racing Systems Encyclopedia consists of 5 of my best UK horse racing systems that also includes the popular dutching method. Contents Finding NAP Bets Easily UK Handicap Horse Racing Buster The Sniper UK Horse Racing System UK Horse Racing Dutching Black Book UK Handicap Horse Racing Strength Indicators

Author : Rebecca Cassidy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 14,88 MB
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1107495733

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People have been racing horses for thousands of years, all over the world. Yet horseracing is often presented as an English creation that was exported, unaltered, to the colonies. This Companion investigates the intersection of racing and literature, art, history and finance, casting the sport as the product of cross-class, cosmopolitan and international influences. Chapters on racing history and the origins of the thoroughbred demonstrate how the gift of a fast horse could forge alliances between nations, and the extent to which international power dynamics can be traced back to racetracks and breeding sheds. Leading scholars and journalists draw on original research and firsthand experience to create portraits of the racetracks of Newmarket, Kentucky, the Curragh, and Hunter Valley, exposing readers to new racing frontiers in China and Dubai as well. A unique resource for fans and scholars alike, reopening essential questions regarding the legacy and importance of horseracing today.

Author : Bill Mooney
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 35,34 MB
Release : 2016-05
Category : Horse racing
ISBN : 9781780977652

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Now in its fifth edition, The Complete Encyclopedia of Horse Racing is an authoritative and comprehensive illustrated work of reference. The book tells the story of the "sport of kings" from its earliest inceptions to the present day. It provides essential information on all the top jockeys and the leading owners and trainers and the famous horses. Every personality (human and equine), event and issue of importance in the history of both flat racing and steeplechasing will be referred to somewhere in the book. In addition, the off-track world of racing will be explored through the chapters dealing with gambling, scandals and disasters, social and cultural aspects, media coverage and the business of the racing. Written by two acknowledged authorities on the racing scene, this book is the definitive work on "the horses", with every page a visually exciting and information-packed celebration of the sport. This book will be as invaluable to the fan who follows racing on television as it will be for the serious student, administrator and the media.