A Long Way From Wyandra:My Story From the Bush To Black Caviar by Peter Moody; Trevor Marshallsea (As told to)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Horseracing
The classic story of a boy from the bush who worked his way from outback Queensland all the way to Royal Ascot. As a kid growing up in tiny Wyandra, Peter Moody learned to ride almost before he could walk. Horses were part of life, and as a teenager working for local trainers he learned many lessons - s ...Show more
Good Losers Die Broke: A lifetime of tales from the track by Max Presnell
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Category: Horseracing
The great moments and characters in horse racing brought to life by one of Australia's favourite racing journalists.
A Horse Called Mighty: The Might and Power Story by Helen Thomas
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Category: Horseracing
Might and Power was a giant in a golden era of exceptional racehorses- the horse of a lifetime for owner Nick Moraitis, the horse of hope for trainer Jack Denham, and the horse of redemption for jockey Jim Cassidy. Despite his awkward galloping style, few thoroughbreds could match Might and Power's sus ...Show more
Horse Racing's Strangest Tales by Andrew Ward
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Category: Horseracing | Series: Strangest | Reading Level: General Adult
Extraordinary but true stories from over 150 years of racing. This hilarious, sideways look at horse racing vividly recounts many of the strangest moments and oddest incidents from over 150 years of the sport's history. Andrew Ward recalls the time when spectators mounted two fallen horses and rode them ...Show more
Life as I Know it by Michelle Payne; John Harms
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Category: Horseracing
In Life As I Know It, Michelle Payne tells her deeply moving story. It will lift your spirits, stir your heart and give you courage. Michelle was six months old, the youngest of eleven children, when the family was hit with the tragic death of their mother, Mary. Their father, Paddy, a renowned horseman ...Show more
Moods: the Peter Moody Saga by Helen Thomas
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Category: Horseracing
In March 2016 Peter Moody, the man who took his 'good mare' Black Caviar to an unprecedented 25 straight victories, walked away from racing. Suspended for six months after he was found to have presented a horse on race day with an illegal level of cobalt in its system, the trainer made the drastic decis ...Show more
Prince of Penzance: The Extraordinary 2015 Melbourne Cup by Kristen Manning
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Category: Horseracing
24 horses lined up for the running of the 155th Melbourne Cup. At 100-1 Prince Of Penzance was the equal outsider, backed mainly by those hoping for a fairy-tale. A popular female jockey aboard when no woman had ever won the race before. A country bloke who had risen through the ranks from humble beginn ...Show more
Subzero : More Than a Melbourne Cup Hero by Adam Crettenden
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Category: Horseracing
The story of Subzero, one of the most popular horses in Australian history. This is more than a racing story. Sure, there is the breeder who took a punt on an untried stallion, the owners who thought they were buying a fast two-year-old, the trainer who was breaking records and the jockey whose career w ...Show more
Bruce Postle: At the Track by Bruce Postle
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Category: Horseracing
‘What a great photographer can do is capture a moment - freeze it in time so that it lives forever." - Les CarlyonAt the Track showcases 155 of Bruce Postle’s greatest images from more than 50 years covering events at racetracks across the country. These photographs display the colour and character of h ...Show more
Life as I know It: Michelle Payne by HARMS JOHN PAYNE MICHELLE
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Category: Horseracing
Michelle Payne rode into history as the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. She and her 100-to-1 local horse Prince of Penzance took the international racing world by surprise but hers was no overnight success story. Michelle was first put on a horse aged four. At five years old her dream was ...Show more
Clinton Anderson's Downunder Horsemanship: Establishing Respect and Control for English and Western Riders by Clinton Anderson
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Category: Horseracing
When Clinton Anderson wrote the book Downunder Horsemanship: Establishing Respect and Control for English and Western Riders, he was an up-and-coming clinician, and his goal was to create a practical training guide for everyday horse people to learn to better communicate with their horses. Ten years lat ...Show more
Peter Pan: The Forgotten Story of Phar Lap's Successor by Jessica Owers
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Category: Horseracing
In 1932, they said there would never be another Phar Lap. Yet within months there came a racehorse so wildly brilliant that he was instantly compared to the dead champion. He was Peter Pan. Within months of Phar Lap's death, Peter Pan had won the Melbourne Cup and then two years later, won it again - th ...Show more