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Making the Running

Making the Running A Racing Life

Paperback (07 Mar 2005)

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Publisher's Synopsis

The image of the Derby winner with his leg in plaster was broadcast around the world. Alongside Mill Reef stood a baby-faced man who had won the Arc, the King George, the Eclipse, and now the Derby. He trained for the Queen and Queen Mother; and Lester Piggott, Willie Carson and Frankie Dettori all rode for him, but where had he come from and how had he got there?

Ian Balding's story is one of heartbreaking loss and outrageous good luck. He left Cambridge without a degree but with a rugby blue, and became one of the outstanding amateur sportsmen of his generation. Balding's burgeoning talent was quickly noticed and he was soon running Peter Hastings-Bass' stables at Kingsclere. Ian had no money and no experience of running a business, but he learnt fast. In Making the Running, Ian Balding reveals the pressure of maintaining the pace and shares the highs and lows of the sport of kings.

Book information

ISBN: 9780755312795
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Imprint: Headline
Pub date:
DEWEY: 798.40092
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 278
Weight: 230g
Height: 197mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 20mm