Crossing the Line: The World of Racing Revealed
By (Author) Charlie Brooks
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Book Publishing
11th December 2000
New edition
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Biography: sport
798.45
320
Width 177mm, Height 113mm
Former racehorse trainer Charlie Brooks takes the lid off the racing world to provide a candid commentary on the state of the industry today. He talks openly about: who is really winning and losing in a sport riven by factional interests; what owners, trainers, jockeys and bookmakers are up to; and what is going on behind closed stable doors.
Once trainer of Suny Bay - one of the greatest steeplechasers in the country - and now a newspaper and TV pundit, Charlie Brooks is ideally placed to give an informed and honest view of the weird and wonderful world of racing.Witty, informative, controversial and above all, entertaining. There are times when you will laugh out loud - Sunday Times
Highly entertaining ... Candid and honest - Horse and HoundCharlie Brooks single-handedly made racehorse training sexy' - TatlerA good, serious, at times self-critical read - GuardianCharlie Brooks rose to prominence as the National Hunt trainer who succeeded Fred Winter at Uplands. He now has a column in the Daily Telegraph and appears regularly on TV and radio as a pundit.