Fixed: Cheating, Doping, Rape and Murder - The Inside Track on Australia's Racing Industry by Matthew Benns
$24.99 AUD
Category: Horseracing
In this updated version, Matthew Benns takes us back into the murky world of Australian horseracing. Dapper horse trainer Les Samba was in Melbourne for the annual yearling sales when he turned down an Italian meal with racing contacts saying, 'I have to meet a bloke.' Just hours later he was dead, bloo ...Show more
Shannon by Jessica Owers
$34.99 AUD
Category: Horseracing
Before Black Caviar, So You Think or Takeover Target, There Was Shannon. Wartime Sydney, a small and weedy racehorse was kicking his way through the top tier of Australian racing. He was Shannon, one of the fastest horses the nation had ever seen. Between 1943 and 1947, Shannon broke record after record ...Show more
True Grit: Tales from 40 Years on the Turf by Les Carlyon
$34.99 AUD
Category: Horseracing
Four decades of tales from the turf from Australia's leading writer on history and horses, Les Carlyon. Every outrage that occurs on any racecourse anywhere can be explained by one line from Damon Runyon: 'Well, it is horse racing.' Les Carlyon's acclaimed collection of feature stories and vignettes fro ...Show more
Modern Melbourne Cup by Danny Power
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Category: Horseracing
The Melbourne Cup is 152 years old, but the changes in the race over the past 20 years have been the most significant in its history. No longer is it 'the race that stops a nation' - now it's the race that captivates the world. This book covers Irishman Dermot Weld's ground-breaking win with Vintage Cro ...Show more
Healthy Stables by Design: A Common Sense Approach to the Health and Safety of Horses by John Blackburn
$110.00 AUD
Category: Horseracing
'Healthy Stables by Design' turns traditional sheltering practices for horses on its ear, introducing the concepts of aerodynamic ventilation, strategic natural light, and passive solar heating and cooling into compelling horse barn designs ranging from exquisite to functional and everything in between. ...Show more
The Majesty of the Horse by Dean Server
$39.99 AUD
Category: Horseracing
Combining modern photography with reproductions of historical paintings and drawings, this attractive and informative book offers a guide to the horse's life cycle, a comparison of the domestic and wild horse, a history of horse racing and dressage, and a detailed section outlining a number of specific ...Show more
Me and Phar Lap by Jan Wositzky
$29.99 AUD
Category: Horseracing
Tommy Woodcock spent a long lifetime with horses, but is best remembered, and loved, as the young man who strapped and looked after Australia's legendary racehorse, Phar Lap. And Woodcock is fondly known, too, as the old man who, almost 50 years on, trained the gallant Reckless, second in the 1977 Melbo ...Show more
Drongo by Bruce Walkley
$19.99 AUD
Category: Horseracing
Just about everyone knows what a drongo is - the human not the bird variety. It s what you re likely to be called by your Australian mates if you re a bit of a dill, a loser even. It comes from the racehorse Drongo, who in the 1920s couldn t win a race in 37 attempts, but the animal s saving grace was t ...Show more
They Hit the Line by Bryan Martin, Leo Schlink
$29.99 AUD
Category: Horseracing
The champions that captured our hearts.
At the Track by Barry Wood
$32.99 AUD
Category: Horseracing
Following the best-selling Off the Track comes At the Track -- a romp of intrigue, fascination, failures and great track triumphs. Join brothers Barry and Alan Wood as they once again explore the wonderful world history of horse racing. Includes the great thoroughbreds, the colourful personalities and t ...Show more
The Horse That Bart Built by Helen Thomas
$19.99 AUD
Category: Horseracing
So You Think's incredible journey. As a youngster, So You Think caught the eye of Australia's legendary trainer Bart Cummings. He liked the future he saw in his gangly frame, and So You Think soon captivated Australasia with his brilliance, strength and rockstar good looks. At just his fifth race start, ...Show more