Horse racing's strangest tales
Subtitle: extraordinary but true stories from over 200 years of racing
By: Andrew Ward
Series: Strangest series; Strangest
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781911042464
Subjects: Horse racing; Anecdotes
Description: This hilarious, sideways look at horse racing vividly recounts many of the strangest moments and oddest incidents from over 200 years of the sport's history. Andrew Ward recalls the time when spectators mounted two fallen horses and rode them to second and third places; the race which had to be re-run because the judge wasn't in his box at the finish; the ultrasonic binoculars that allegedly stunned a horse and unseated a jockey at Ascot, and many more.
Notes: Includes bibliography (pages 250-252).