Publisher's Synopsis
This is an anthology of new writing on racing, by well-known figures inside and outside the sport. The collection, often humorous, encompasses personal reminiscence, celebrations, and great horses, jockeys and races, as well as short stories.;The pieces include former handicapper Miles Napier's portrait of the first keeper of the royal running horses, Julian Wilson's cri de coeur for more elegant days, Tim Heald's account of a day at Chepstow, and Richard Pitman's first-hand view of the perils faced by the jump jockey. The fiction includes a Runyonesque tale of low-life bookies by Geoff O'Hara (himself an ex-bookie), and a flesh-creeping tale by Simon Raven.
