Steeplechasing

Steeplechasing
Title Steeplechasing PDF eBook
Author Peter Winants
Publisher Derrydale Press
Pages 347
Release 2000-08-17
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 1461708222

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Steeplechasing provides a long, colorful history of the sport and gives behind-the-scenes portraits of the horses, people, and places of the chase. From the 1800s, enjoy the reproductions of illustrations from colorful sporting journals, and enjoy the writing style of that era which was equally colorful. In more recent times, marvelous action pictures capture the excitement, beauty, and sometimes danger of the sport. Art lovers will also enjoy the color reproductions of horse portraits and race scenes by some of America's best sporting artists. Limited Edition ($175) is bound in a cloth clamshell casing.

Racing and Steeple-chasing

Racing and Steeple-chasing
Title Racing and Steeple-chasing PDF eBook
Author Henry Charles Howard Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire
Publisher
Pages 468
Release 1907
Genre Horse racing
ISBN

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Flying Change

Flying Change
Title Flying Change PDF eBook
Author Patrick Smithwick
Publisher Publishing Concepts (Baltimore, MD)
Pages 0
Release 2012
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780982304945

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Inspired by the Henry Taylor poem of the same name, Flying Change is the true story of a man changing strides and leaving the comforts and security of middle-age life to reenter the hazardous and highly competitive world of steeplechasing. After a youthful career begun under the tutelage of his father, legendary steeplechase jockey A. P. "Paddy" Smithwick, he gave up riding to become a newspaper editor, a Chesapeake Bay waterman, a teacher of English and literature, and a father. But the one-time jockey could not leave the sport he so loved. At forty-six, he pushed himself back into shape for competitive racing and set about trying to find a horse to ride in the most challenging of timber races, the Maryland Hunt Cup. From the rolling hills of Maryland horse country, Smithwick issues a movingly written call to those of us trapped in increasingly sedentary, digital lives to get up and go outdoors and let the senses play, to feel a cold rain on your shoulders and sit in front of a warm fire, to smell hay and grass and live in the beauty of spring dawns and brilliant autumn sunsets.

Racehorse

Racehorse
Title Racehorse PDF eBook
Author Elwyn Hartley Edwards
Publisher AA Publishing
Pages 0
Release 2008
Genre Horse racing
ISBN 9780749558680

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"From ancient beginnings to modern institutions and innovations, from prestigious races to famous faces, discover the stories and fact behind today's multi-billion-dollar racing industry."--Publisher's description

Racing and steeple-chasing, by the earl of Suffolk and Berkshire [and others].

Racing and steeple-chasing, by the earl of Suffolk and Berkshire [and others].
Title Racing and steeple-chasing, by the earl of Suffolk and Berkshire [and others]. PDF eBook
Author Racing
Publisher
Pages 470
Release 1900
Genre
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Racing My Father

Racing My Father
Title Racing My Father PDF eBook
Author Patrick Smithwick
Publisher Eclipse Press
Pages 386
Release 2006
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9781581501407

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Becoming a steeplechase jockey takes great courage, especially when following in the footsteps of a legendary father. Growing up, Patrick Smithwick idolized his father, A.P. Smithwick, considered the greatest steeplechase jockey in America at the time. In this compelling memoir, Patrick Smithwick recalls how his father's success shaped his own ambitions and dreams. Despite witnessing the pinnacle of the sport, the younger Smithwick started his own journey without a leg up. He mucked stalls and lived in tack rooms, learning the sport from the bottom up. After his father was severely injured in a racing accident, young Patrick did not sway from pursuing his dream. Though he may not have reached the career heights of his father, Patrick Smithwick succeeded in carving his own niche as a top steeplechase rider.

They're Off!

They're Off!
Title They're Off! PDF eBook
Author Ed Hotaling
Publisher Syracuse University Press
Pages 392
Release 1995-07-01
Genre Sports & Recreation
ISBN 9780815603504

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As much social history as sports history, this is an account of how America's first national resort, Saratoga Springs, gave birth to and nurtured its first national sport and in the process had significant impact on American cultural life. Fine bandw photographs, etchings, and drawings illustrate the text. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR