The Daily Telegraph Chronicle of Horse Racing

Selling The Daily Telegraph Chronicle of Horse Racing, edited by Norman Barrett. This book compiles articles and despatches from The Daily Telegraph, offering a flavour of twelve months of racing on the flat and over the jumps. Includes contemporary reports from on-the-spot Telegraph correspondents and a selection of special feature-length articles. Book records the triumphs and ultimate tragedy of Fred Archer, the grand arrival of American jockeys on the racecourses of Great Britain, the 'Suffragette incident' at the 1913 Derby, the first ever Cheltenham Gold Cup, the incredible career of Sir Gordon Richards and the joy that greeted his long-awaited Derby triumph, the three Grand Nationals won by Red Rum, the mysterious loss of Shergar to kidnappers, and the arrival of the galloping grey, Desert Orchid. Each year's coverage also includes a diary of events, a summary of Classic winners, and details of inter-national events including the Arc de Triomphe and Arlington Million. Each decade of racing is intro-duced put into context by the editor, Norman Barrett, and the book is fully illustrated throughout with over 150 black and white photographs